MY trip

downwithpants · Post by **downwithpants** » Thu May 10, 2007 11:51 pm

souvenirs being sold on the street

i took these 2 pictures because i thought it was interesting they painted advertisements on the walls of peoples' houses or stores. The names on the ads are election candidates for some political offices.

the lady on the right also has a very common hat i saw all throughout peru. dark tan, heavy, round-topped hats. just something that stuck out to me.

downwithpants · Post by **downwithpants** » Thu May 10, 2007 11:54 pm

we visited a alpaca wool-weaving village in sacred village. they pretty much made everything they made (blankets, hats, mittens, scarfs) from scratch. they raised alpaca and sheared the wool, and they collected and prepared dyes from flowers and bugs and stuffs.

downwithpants · Post by **downwithpants** » Thu May 10, 2007 11:56 pm

this is another incan site, though i can't remember the name.

downwithpants · Post by **downwithpants** » Thu May 10, 2007 11:57 pm

tombs are dug into the cliff walls (the holes you see).

moo?

downwithpants · Post by **downwithpants** » Thu May 10, 2007 11:58 pm

taken from a marketplace at pisac:
BABY LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLAMA

lunch

we went to this place that grew... corn! they also ferment corn to make corn beer (shown in the tumblers on the right) which was kinda salty.

we sampled some corn nuts.

and they also also use corn mush to feed guinea pigs.

downwithpants · Post by **downwithpants** » Thu May 10, 2007 11:59 pm

we stayed at a lodge in ollantaytambo that night. there were 3 sweeeeetie doggies at the lodge. they loved being pet.

there were also dogs all over the place in the town of ollantaytambo.

...to be continued

guy07 · Post by **guy07** » Fri May 11, 2007 9:33 am

Hm ... you uploaded a pic of a dead guinea pig ....then a live one ...you uploaded a picture of a live dog ....don't tell me .... those damn Prussians!

lol

Orwell · Post by **Orwell** » Fri May 11, 2007 9:57 am

Interesting trip, and very colorful. MOAR.

downwithpants · Post by **downwithpants** » Sat May 12, 2007 5:48 pm

April 23
from our lodge in ollantaytambo, we saw laborers carrying bamboo poles up a mountain to the ruins at the top of the ridge for repairs.

mountain + fogginess makes good picture

Ollantaytambo ruins
first two pictures: religious sector of the site

downwithpants · Post by **downwithpants** » Sat May 12, 2007 5:48 pm

Ollanta (after whom the site and town is named) was a pre-Incan general. After being defeated by the Incans, his face was carved into the side of the mountain by the Incans who also respected him.

These knobs in the stone were used as astrological markers. The location of the shadow of the knob moved each day of the year. A notch below the knobs indicated the location where the shadow falls on winter solstice (June 21 in the southern hemisphere).