Hola,
So, after passing through several towns, we reached the bustling town of Pisac.
After it's ruins, Pisac is most famous for it's market, which is flowing with local vendors, customers and tourists totally lost because of the size of the market. The market is almost like a little town in itself, with a central square where most of the food products are sold and bartered for. We spent a while cruising though the stalls and stopping at whatever caught our eye, which can be almost any native Andean handicraft or piece of clothing.
We even stopped by a local restaurant in the market that has a guinea pig farm!
Guinea Pig is a common and traditional food for the people of the Sacred Valley, and the farm was there so that customers could handpick their Guinea Pig. A little shocked by this after thinking that Guinea Pig's were only pets, we quickly passed on the opportunity to try one.
After leaving the market, we headed for the ruins of Pisac at the top of the mountain, but we were interrupted by an animal native to the area.
There Standing in the middle of the road was a white llama that looked pretty lost. We got out and took some pictures of it, but something must have set it off because after a couple of minutes it started frantically running around and charging at people!
So, not wanting to mess with the llama, we headed for the ruins.
It gets dark in Peru very early, at about just before six.
So by the time we got to the ruins moonlight was our only source to see the trail ahead of us. Although our tour guide first viewed this as a problem; the time of dat turned out to be an advantage, with no tourists and an authentic feeling of what it must've been like for the Incas at night. As we quickly made our way though the ruins the silence and peace of the ancient terraces, temples and houses was astounding. With wind rushing though the cracks of the ancient walls and a night sky blazing with stars that seemed so close you could almost reach out and touch them; this night was truly an experience.
Tired after all that we had learned in our packed day, we headed back to Cusco, preparing to leave the sacred Valley.
Chau
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