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Favorite thing: All around the Sacred Valley of Peru, you can still see terraces built during Inca times. Since these terraces continued to be useful after the fall of the Inca Empire in that they allowed cultivation of the steep Andean hillsides and prevented erosion, they have been maintained by the locals for centuries.
Written Jul 31, 2005
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Favorite thing: When you tour the highlands above Peru's Sacred Valley by horseback, you really get an appreciation for how hard people work. Many of the traditional farming ways passed down by the Incas are still practiced. Unfortunately, the only domesticated work animal the Incas had available was the llama, and it wasn't strong enough to plow fields. So most of the soil tilling and other labor is done by men with tools. Of course, this is not very efficient by 21st century standards an explains a great deal why so many Peruvians live in poverty. THe flip side is that using machines to reduce the manpower required to produce food would only result in more people living in urban shanty towns. Such is the quandry that is today's Peru.
Written Jul 30, 2005
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Favorite thing: The magnificient Fortress of Oyantaitambo, i visited this place before Machu Picchu , and it fascinated me , In this photo you can't really appreciate its size
Updated Nov 11, 2003
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Favorite thing: The Gate of the Sun, there is one in every important place in Cusco, this is the "Puerta del Sol " in Sacsayhuaman
Updated Nov 11, 2003
Favorite thing: Another view from Sacsayhuaman
Written Aug 11, 2003
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Favorite thing: do not forget to visit Machu Picchu and the Sacred Valley..with lot of historical sights and beautiful landscapes..
most impressive is Ollantaytambo
Written Feb 25, 2003
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Write a Reviewdo not forget to visit Machu Picchu and the Sacred Valley..with lot of historical sights and beautiful landscapes..most impressive is Ollantaytambo
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Q: I just wondering if I will still like it after machu picchu, so wonder maybe it is best that I do beforehand? and should i go...
A: before... keep MP as the last.
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Cusco and the Sacred Valley (the Urubamba River Valley) are two places that we should have spent more time. We say this even though we spent more time here than most vistors to Peru that we know....
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Cuzco (also known as Cusco) was the capital of the Tahuantinsuyo, what we know as "Inca Empire", though this word Inca means "king", so is used wrong when refering to that culture. This empire was...
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