Cusco 25th pm.

The bus driver who looked about fourteen seemed competant enough but loved overtaking sometimes in the wrong place.   But we arrived in Pisac in one piece to spend 1 and a half hours in the local and tourist markets.  As we weren't interested in shopping it was a bit of a waste of time however we did buy the bag we needed for Machu Pichu.  Lunch followed at Yucay at a very nice restaurant called Sonesta Posadas Del Inca.  Very good food and a great variety as a buffet obviously set up to cater to tourists on bus trips.  After lunch followed another half hour in the bus through Urubamba (our hotel site) onto Ollantaytambo to visit the Inca ruins.   We climbed 200 to 300 feet (puff puff) to the top and a significant temple. We marvelled at the construction of the huge stones without any morter and fit together perfectly.  During the Spanish invasion the Incas flooded the area below the mountain and it has only recently been excavated.  Back to our hotal in Urubamba, the Hotel Boutique san Agustin Monesterio de la Recolleta of which we were pleasantly surprised.More later