Saludes de Ollantaytambo! Ollanta was a general in the Inkan army and he fell in love with the Inkn Princess whose name began with Tambo. In the Inkan days there was a cast system that prevented them from fallin in love or from being together. So, the general and the princess went ahead and fell in love and met in secret. When the 9th Inkan King found out, he was so angry that he banished Ollanta and put the Princess in a room where she could not escape. The Princess had a baby and the baby was taken away from her and never told of her origins. As the baby grew she would ask about the woman wailing behind the doors and the King said that she was not important for her to know. The the 9th King died and the 10th King released the banishment on the General and they were allowed to live happily in this place called Ollanta (y) tambo. What a great story and this is where I am spending the night today in order to leave for the Inka trail tomorrow morning. I will try to upload pics after I get back from Macchu Piccu. I am having a wonderful time visiting the ruins and the seeing the Peruvian culture but I am tired and my stomache is not settled. Nothing bad. Just bloated from all the Coca tea... mate de coca yum!
So, I hope you all are enjoying my comments. I am taking risks seeing and trying as much as I can and trying to work together with my buddies so that we can all have a wonderful time. So much more work to do... I will update after I get back from the Inka Trail. WooHoo!
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