Peru

10 days of pure fun! That is what Peru is. It is the most beautiful country and one of my favorites. We spent ten days there and didn't even touch the surface of things to do. In fact, we only stayed in the southern end of the country. We started in Cusco and then went into the sacred valley which is beautiful countryside. In the sacred valley, we visited Chincenero, Ollyantatambo, Urambamba and Pisac. Ollyantatambo is fortress in which we had to climb up 220 stairs to get to the top, at elevation it was not the easiest task. I whined but somehow the incas got 3 ton stones up the mountains. We then went back to Cusco were we visited sachsawoman(sexywoman) which is this fortress of huge stones. We explored here and found hidden tunnels and cave dwellings. We then went to Moray, which is the circle terraces which they do/did agricultural experiments because each level is at a different temp. This is were Andrew found some guys wallet, who later bought our whole group Inca colas. We then went to Salineras, which are salt mines on the side of a mountain. A salt river flows into the ponds, overflows an into the next. It was amazing the extent of these. Then we went down to lake Titicaca.....yes just like its spelled. Here we visited the floating islands that are made out of reed and the people live on these islands. We went to another island were we stayed with a host family for the night. We got all dressed up in there clothes and had a party. We didn't even have electricity on this island. We got back and went to colca canyon which is one of the deepest canyons and saw the condors fly. The condors only have one mate for life and if there mate dies, they fly up to extreme elevations to kill themselves. I am not sure how we fit all this into 10 days but we did. We took night buses to get places which was slightly miserable but well worth it. We saw some amazing landscapes and ruins and will someday go back to explore more. Her are pictures....