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The Sacred Valley is a region in Peru's Andean highlands. Along with the nearby town of Cusco and the ancient city of Machu Picchu, it formed the heart of the Inca Empire,stretching roughly 60 kilometers/37 miles. It is an area of fertile farmland and Spanish colonial villages.                   There are many many Sacred Valley tours available. We choose to go a different route. Taxidatum is a taxi service in Peru. We used them to pick us up in Cusco and bring us to Ollantaytambo. They also offer a taxi service through the Sacred Valley.  A tour will provide a guide that will usher you through each site. A taxi driver will get you to the site then you are on your own. We do well on our own.  A tour guide will speak English and have extensive knowledge of each site. A taxi driver will use Google translate and give you some information. We were okay with that as well... we don't necessarily need in depth information on each site and...

When I started out with photography I was obsessed with taking close ups.. macro shots. This is a sepia mirror abstract of a ceiling in Iran. I visited a long long time ago and now don't even remember where I took it but I found it fascinating. It was not exactly successful as a photo print but with the help of   Zazzle   and   Redbubble   it can be places on hundreds of print on demand products.      Anything you like?                                                                     Etsy             Instagram             Twitter             Redbubble             Zazzle  

After spending our first two days in Ollantaytambo  on the third day of our Peruvian adventure we headed to Machu Picchu.  Entrance tickets for Machu Picchu are divided by 3 main circuits. Each circuit follows a certain route, each circuit also has sub routes. You can purchase multiple circuits and sub routes depending on how much you want to explore. We choose Circuit 2 - The Classic Route.  Considering it is the Classic Route it sells out quickly and I was a tad late even though I was buying a few months in advance. The only available time for the 7am ticket. So we had a 4am wake up call. The hotel gave us some fruit to take with us and ordered us a tuki tuki.  By 4:40 we were at our train ready to board. It was a very easy process. I had booked our train tickets with Peru Rail. Since we were planning on sleeping through this leg of our journey I choose to buy a lower class Expedition ticket.  We ate our fruit and ordered some coffee and then tired to sleep. I...