The Sacred Valley stretches north from Cusco for about 180 km and lies at a lower altitude making for a milder climate. The valley has a bit of everything snow covered peaks, Inca terrace everywhere, visible Inca trails, flat plains for grazing sheep, rolling landscapes, raging rivers, and good hotels in places you would never find without a guide. We stopped at Ollantaytambo, an Inca community. The skill of the Inca's with their stone work is amazing in how all the stones for the ancient houses, which continue to be occupied and the narrow streets with chanels built for the water to run down the hills demonstrates how skilled the ancien craftmens were. One house that we visited had a bit of everything running around ranging from ducks to ginne pigs running around. Ginne pigs are
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