Horses and Guinea Pig

Horse ride today in the Sacred Valley. Not much of a ride but the views were spectacular. We basically just plodded along at a walk.  The horses seemed well cared for.  They let me take my horse for a solo spin at the end of the ride so I could spend a few minutes actually riding.

Here's the group

And the view

After the ride, the guide dropped us off in the main square of Urubamba for shopping and lunch.  He recommended a restaurant but we could not find it so we went to a random one.  The lady serving us the food was fantastic. She did not speak a word of English and we speak virtually no Spanish.  With a lot of pointing and guessing, we learned that she had a woman from New York stay with her many years ago.  She showed us the pictures.  This prompted us to pull out our phones and show her pictures of our families.  The food was good.  Don't ask me what it was.  I hope I don't get sick from it.

As for shopping, we bought some ceramics at the only shopping place recommended in the Lonely Planet guide book.

To top off the day, I ate Guinea Pig for the first and last time.  It tastes like very salty duck.

We take the train to Machu Picchu tomorrow.