so we're on the road to the sacred valley, we left cusco this
morning we will go to the machu picchu this week, there are not many kilometers I
I believe it's about one hundred kilometers, we're going to visit a lot of temples on the way
our first stop in the sacred valley is the village of pisac here it
there are Inca ruins, it's really beautiful we arrive here and feel
so tiny compared to everything surrounding us, all this space around us
it's really impressive!
Martin thought he could jump Each floor, we realize now we are walking on them how big they are..
it's huge, it's not small, it's huge
it's pretty nice, there are three different paths that are marked by yellow-green-red colors and
like that we can see according to our courage or if
we have young children what way to take..
it's a shame that we find very little information, no information at all there actually..
so we will have to do some research
tonight when returning to our 4X4
Rosita wanted to stop a little, to admire the view,
I'm repeating her words, she wanted to admire the view
I really need to pee but I can't, it's forbidden here
That's it we are all done visiting, it's really impressive, we are in the sacred valley
it is a very touristic place in Peru and in fact we really had the place for ourselves
and that's what makes it even more exceptional
you really feel like you're alone in the mountains and the that the Incas were here not so long ago!
it is very beautiful
today we are going to visit the salineras de Maras.
It's an Inca site, we are still in the sacred valley
Let's go !
For those who ask us how we deal with the dogs when we visit places,
we park
they stay tied to the car, they could stay inside
but we prefer to take them out
they can walk, drink, if it's sunny they can find themselves some shade
if it's cold they'll take shelter underneath it too. Generally visits are not
very long because we're leaving with young children so they are about one hour,
two hours, max
they protect the car too, nobody
approaches the car this way ! Bye Iris, Ciao iago!
Rose wants us to carry her but she just got out of the car, how old is she ?
3 years old
Of course before each entry of an inca site we pass dozens
and dozens of stores where they sell loads of crafts !
Do you by them clem? At the beginning yes, now a little less ..
and children?
It's noon..we're so hungry
Is it good Martin?
is it cold or hot?
hot!
we have a main source coming in, which is divided into several small channels, it will feed hundreds
and hundreds of small basins and when the water evaporates it creates salt
it's a very smart system and it's crazy to say
that it has been here for about 500 or 600 years and that it hasn't moved,
even though we are in a region with a lot of rain, they were really very good at building the Incas
I received a message on Facebook Clement from a lady that asks if you want to do something funny
So I'm going to swim in the salt lagoon
We are often asked how we take a photo all four so the best
way is to find Chinese because they take 10,000 photos, we just had a picture taken at least 15 times, it's great!
at least one will be
okay
you see clem trying to get some info by getting closer to
groups. I had already seen this in photos but it's huge there are
hundreds of basins
when i touch this water, it is salt water, after I eat it and they become all white my hands
The tour takes about 20 minutes, it's very easy with children, we recommend 100%
we really enjoyed and now we are leaving for Moray.
it's time for a beer
it looks more like a juice than a beer
It's not bad
they are happy to see us again
Iago has a stupid habit of taking something in his mouth when we arrive.
At home it was the same he always took something in his mouth
except that at home he took our shoes
we're crazy with Martin we're naughty
People are always curios clem is talking with a Peruvian who does not
understand how we could bring the car here bu boat and especially how we
could take two dogs on the plane
Where are we?
Where they planted the plantations! Do you know what it is? Dad will explain to you because he knows more about it than me
Dad what is it?
We are on an Inca site. You see there are a lot of mountains around it.
Everything is protected from wind and cold there are several levels. They were experimenting
the lowest level was the warmest level, here they planted
fruits that needed heat to be able to grow
the higher you go, the colder it gets, so that is where they would plant vegetables and fruit that didn't require
a lot of heat.
we are so sad we just arrived, it is beautiful
we want to explain you all about this place but
they are working on the place our sound is going to be so bad so we are giving you some
music
it's very easy also with children it takes a half an hour
the walk is really very nice it's not too hot so really we recommend
it for famies it's great there are not too many people so
it was even better
return to the 4x4
iago made a friend
no you can not go up!
What's going on Mart?
we rang, the lady did not come,
so dad climbed up the walls to find the lady
yes, because we do not have a phone anymore otherwise we could have called here but
we have no battery
it's okay the security guard has intercepted clem so we will be able to return
What did you do gringo?
I jumped the fence !
she has walked a lot today .. Compared to what she usually walks .. she is so tired !
this is what you get for 50 € in Peru
yesterday we arrived in Urubamba with the SUV after a long day of
visiting and when we arrived at the first campsite which was really very dangerous
the place was practically on the road it was really dangerous for
the dogs and for the kids we went to another campsite, which was full
because they had a group, that happens very very frequently here
it happened two or three times recently to us
we were trying to find a place for an hour in the city without finding anything
There was no place to do wildcamp either so we just
took my iphone and on booking we found a very nice hotel
where we pay I think about fifty euros
it's low season we are the only ones around the hotel and we had 40% discount so it's
really cool so we
slept there tonight and we will sleep here tomorrow we are continuing visiting the sacred valley
we had a great day today and tonight we will enjoy a
having this shelter and we are going to enjoy a hot bath
we will enjoy it because we do not know
when the next time will be !
Rose is always a little late..
Iris ate bread at breakfast
we are having breakfast a few days ago my aunt from the Netherlands
sent me an email She told me the brother of one of her good friends
who was living here in peru and that maybe it was on our
way. And indeed it was in the
sacred valley where we are right now so we sent him an email then he
invited us to come over to spend the afternoon with him
he has a beautiful ranch, a very big one with
incredible horses very beautiful we all got to ride one of his horses
it was extraordinary...
when we left in the evening we looked at his website and we realized
that his ranch is ranked among the 10
best ranches in the world by national magazine
geographic this is what traveling is about as well
meeting incredible people, people that we wouldn't have met back home
it was a great experience
he was so nice and invited us to come to his home after
the machu picchu because we are going to go back to cusco through the sacred valley
so I think we'll see him again anyway the experience was amazing !
I'm so happy I have been able to dry my hair
with a hair dryer I think I haven't done that for the past five months .. It is so good!
I think we're not going to leave .. We don't need the Machu Picchu do we Rose ?
we just want a hot bath no ?
yeah
It strangles me!
She is heavy !
Can you say hola to Papa?
Hola!
It feels like she is falling ..
Listo!
we are not yet at Machu Picchu but we are so close !
So I am getting exited...
because I think it's somewhere over there..
I wanted to tell you that we are on a small parking lot,
we are going to visit there the ruins of ... Ollantaytambo ..
we will go and visit these little ruins
it's super cool to travel trough the sacred valley because you come from
Cusco slowly and cross quite a lot of Inca ruins and then you approach
you approach, you approach... the Machu Picchu
What Else?
I just wanted to make a little coffee like
in my kitchen and then I realized that no ... my coffee is here ..
so is the coffee coming? It's looks hard !
A little bit ... it's not a Nespresso!
Dad serves coffee to mom and dad
we are in Ollantaytambo if I say correctly because I really find it
hard to pronounce, we have taken a guide otherwise we are so lost..
I think it is going to be great !
martin what is it?
It's an Inca chair for the king to see the sun!
Rosie is super grumpy, she woke up angry in the
car and does not want to participate anymore
We are in the temple part, then there are the stones for the temples so they fit very well together
and these are the stones for the people they weren't
cut
watchtowers to shoot, and these were not to make
offerings but to put away their weapons
we found a nice little place to rest a little bit from our big walk
on top of there
Rose didn't eat at noon as she was sleeping so is eating an empanadas
Martin has found candies that he will taste for the first time
Clem has beer again .. and me a coffee we
bought this book so we visited today
with a guide it was very interesting very nicel and we have
found the book that he had we are super happy because we
did a lot of tours without guides and without enough
preparation so we'll are now able to read a little bit about all the sites
we visited and about others we will visit later and
about the Machu Picchu so we are happy that we found it and it's in
French !
rose went buy some water and the lady tells her that it
costs 6 soles and Rose answers "is ok for 5 soles"?
Today Dad, Mom, Martin and Rose are separated
Rose and I are discoveringOllantaytambo
we will see what we find
we are eating lunch together and than we all meet at 1 pm at the car
they never have our attention for 100%
so today martin and me are discover a little bit the little
village of Ollantaytambo, we will buy something to eat and have fun
and we're going to walk a little bit
the small town super nice so we are happy and we will do this more often
what we like the most is all these beautiful things, all these colors
don't we want to buy everything Martin?
hello!
It's a small town
it's funny look who are here ?
dad and Rose!
We are leaving ! See you !
What do we do?
we are just the 2 of us, we are eating at the restaurant today!
We are eating pizza !!
There was a dog fight!
beautiful !
It's a tablecloth!
A tablecloth.. so beautiful!
What do you think Mom and Martin will chose to eat Rose?
Burgers!
Do you think they've chosen burgers?
I think they chose a pizza !
what did you choose?
A burger!
Do you want to see who holds his breath longer?
Yes !
wait at 3 ... 1 ... 2 ... 3 ...
She is too good Rosita!
it's really nice to spend time alone with one child
we never do it and I think we'll do it again because it's really interesting
we really realize how much we love them and the chance we also have to
to be able to make this trip to be able to spend all this quality time with them
we feel so lucky
we pick up some avocados, at the market they are cost 2 soles each, that's 50cts ..
we take a few before leaving!
We are taking the road, we are leaving
Ollantaytambo, we'll get closer to the machu picchu we are going to a small village
near Machu Picchu,
it's 1pm we have about a 3 and an half hours drive
we are leaving now to be there before dark and to find our
campsite, to settle down..
rather than hurry on the road
The kind of things we find in Peru ..
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