Sacred Valley and Pisac (click on picture for more)
We had an excellent tour guide, Daniel, who showed us the highlights of the Sacred Valley, an area near Cusco. Included: a weaving studio, pisac market, a chica bar tour and an ancient village where we visited a local's house to see how they live.
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This was our return trip from Machu Pichu. We stopped for photos and these kids ran up to see us as they new that tourists were a soft touch for handouts. (Click to enlarge)
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This was our return trip from Machu Pichu. We stopped for photos and these kids ran up to see us as they new that tourists were a soft touch for handouts.
Shortly after the kids came these adults. We saw the farmers using their bulls for plowing the fields. The farmer would stand on a plow while tethered to the bulls. The bulls would pull the plow and the farmers weight would keep the blade in the soil. (Click to enlarge)
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Shortly after the kids came these adults. We saw the farmers using their bulls for plowing the fields. The farmer would stand on a plow while tethered to the bulls. The bulls would pull the plow and the farmers weight would keep the blade in the soil.
(Click to enlarge)
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View of Sacred Valley as we went towards Pisac(Click to enlarge)
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View of Sacred Valley as we went towards Pisac
We stopped at a weaving studio. This was a western organization that was formed to help native weavers sell their products. Weavers from local villages would come here for 2 weeks at a time and spend their time weaving in the front yard. The organization had a very nice studio where the pieces were sold. The women were supposed to receive at least 50% of the price of each piece sold. However, it looked like a good portion of that went to pay the organization for food and lodging while they were there so they got more like 10% in cash. This little girl is spinning alpaca into yarn. (Click to enlarge)
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We stopped at a weaving studio. This was a western organization that was formed to help native weavers sell their products. Weavers from local villages would come here for 2 weeks at a time and spend their time weaving in the front yard. The organization had a very nice studio where the pieces were sold. The women were supposed to receive at least 50% of the price of each piece sold. However, it looked like a good portion of that went to pay the organization for food and lodging while they were there so they got more like 10% in cash. This little girl is spinning alpaca into yarn.
(Click to enlarge)
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