Sacred Valley, and Incan explorations

Culture is only important because we give significance to it. For me the Incan culture and traditions has driven my Peruvian experience to spiritual heights that I only could have hoped for. When stepping of the plane in Cuzco you are all out of wack from the 12,000 foot elevation, and the whole trip is a balance of keeping your body protected, while challenging yourself to see the beauty of the Sacred Valley. After driving out of Cuzco we stopped at a place called Chinchero were we hobbled up to a house of a weaver who showed us all the different techniques of how they dye and wash alpaca wool. One of the ways is by mashing small beetles and putting it into a pot of boiling water with lime juice, it makes orange. After feeling the fine fibers of the vacuna, and alpaca we meandered over to terraces of the Incans that followed along one of the many routes of the Incan trail. the next stop was in a small town called Orubumba, where we were able to try a local beer made from corn called chicha. All the way we are traveling deeper into a valley in the beautiful Andes. Our final place that we stopped was Oyantaytambo, the last Incan living town where the old buildings are actually used by native people. The streets are tiny, and the valley walls are as high as the sky, and covered in terraces from Incan Agriculture. The next day we rose before the sun to catch a bus to Machu Picchu. My first though was the ruins look very surf and land owner, but after zooming out my eyes you realize that this mountain jungle is no place for Europeans including the Spanish that never found Machu Picchu. We took the 7am hike up Winupicchu, and sat bedazzeled by the mountains, and craftsmanship that sat below me. butterflies wizzed around me, and I felt like I never wanted to leave. The same happened as I passed through the sun gate into the outer reaches of machu picchu. This door was the passage way from outer lands like to ocean, and the surrounding jungles that transfered ideas, and culture. It was a great juxtaposition to this adventure that I am having.