Heaven is Ollantaytambo

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I must have died and gone to heaven. I´m in the Peru version of Banff, surrounded by Inca buildings, in blasting hot weather, booked into a jewel of a hostel, and in an Interet cafe with fast computers!! At this point I am thinking....´MachuPicchu who?´ I want to stay here. In fact, I´m taking an overnight bag to A.C., running up that Machu hill, and coming back here. I´ve picked a room, and if it is free I´m booking it for 3 to 5 days.
I couldn´t have imagined a better place to stop, and sit, and totally chill. Well, the hostel rents mountain bikes and the owner is keen to show you where to zip to....if I get sick of sitting on the rooftop cafe, I might get energetic and explore the area.
At the moment it is too damn hot to walk around, and I´m taking the time to share photos of heaven with you. Ollantantaytambo seems to be a mixture of cowboy town, Inca settlement with a layer of tourist things to keep you well fed and amused. With all of that, there is something wonderful about this place. There is peace to find and enjoy.
Wish you were here, all you buddies in the Northern Hemisphere.
Oh, and this will cause me to lose friends.....the room is $20 u.s. a night.

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Photos

Paradise here
K B Tambo Hostel is THAT close to Inca ruins. See the thatched upbrella? That is the rooftop garden when I´ll spend the evening when the sun cools down.

Private garden
My room is the one with blue cover. Yup, it has two beds and private bathroom.

Bedroom view
I can´t wait to wake up here

Hummingbirds
The hummingbirds are here with me. I saw one in the fuccia.

Look up
This is the view from the hostel, if you stand on the stairs in the garden.

Inca Presence
Every hill around hostel has Inca buildings.

Front cafe
The hostel has a cafe. This is the view from the outside table. Food smells wonderfull

Chinese
Across the other street there is a chinese restaurant. A quick walk around the square this afternoon and I found many places to try.

Inca
The centre Plaza is a few hundred metres from hostel.

Statue Sees
This is the view in front of the Inca statue

Sunflowers
The plaza garden has lots of flowers and trees for shade

Cafe
Some cafes are inside the walls.

Tour bus
Going down hill towards the train station.

Bus
These tourists must be going to the ruins

Plaza
When you come out of the corner shop, look up.

Protection
The house statues up close

River
A few metre downhill from hostel is a rushing river. I wonder if I can hear it at night?

Bridge
This bridge takes traffic to the Inca site.

Downhill
Water flows this way

Park
There is a bit of a park beside river

Horse
This is the road entering Ollantaytambo. The horse makes it feel a bit like Banff

Approach
As the bus approached the town, the mountains seems to stand out even more. The glaciers add majesty to mountains

Sacred Valley
Look how lush the valley is; no wonder they call it sacred. Great to drive through it in the sun.

Tourist site
Tour buses stop here for the photo opt. What a view, eh?