Once into the town we were met by our new American friend Kennedy who took us to meet the Patacancha womens weaving cooperative. It was really great to see how they typically create textiles.
After visiting Patacancha, we enjoyed the rest of the day...and night in Ollanta.
Today we had a lazy morning before leaving Ollanta to head to the farming community of Chinchero. Nilda Callanaupa Aleverez who runs the CEntro de los Tejidos Tradacionales. Her center was beautiful and we had a great time learning about the traditions of weaving.
We then headed up to the house of my comadre, Agosta who had prepared a watya for us for lunch (a watya is a buried earthen fire used to cook potatoes).
After a ver nice visit with Agosta we took a stroll through the ruins of Chinchero before jetting back to Cusco for pizza. Here's one for the road!
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