The Sacred Valley

Today was the day, after we had made it back from the Inca Trail – so after a nice shower and a night of good sleep. All of us took it easy today and decided to just go for the organized tour through the Sacred Valley close to Cuzco.

Our first stop was at an Inca ruin in Ollantaytambo, followed by a visit of a Chicha brewery (Chicha is an alcoholic drink made from fermented corn – kind the local beer).

In the Chicha place we also had the chance to try playing Sapo, a local, traditional game played in bars. Goal is to throw a coin to a small table with holes, each hole represents points – the maximum number of points is given, when the coins lands in the mouth of a metal frog in the middle of this table. Of course we had to try this game.

After having had lunch, we left Pisac and stopped at a Llama/ Alpaca center. We have been shown the animals and the production process for llama and alpaca clothing. In the end we had the chance to buy some llama and alpaca goods at the highest prices I have seen in Peru (so a tourist trap – what else to expect).

On the way back to Cuzco we had another stop at the ruin site of Sacsaywaman.