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The Amazing New Adventures of Larry and Mark - Peru, Land of the Incas
(It has been a cool and rainy day today. All the better to catch up with chapters of my
Peru story which has been slowed down by the hot weather and spending my "free
time" painting my house. On a day like this, I can relax and get back to the Peru story.)
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In at sunset, out at sunrise. Before I'd learned how to pronounce
Pakaritampu, we'd already left.
The sun was already off the mountains of Ollantaytambo by the time the
first crew reached the hotel, but it is clearly worth a look around. This hotel
is just a short distance from the Mountain, the Man, and the Old Town.
The grounds were rich with flowers, which I had to
photograph in the dark.
For the Inca, Quechua was a spoken language and had no written
version. What they did have was the "quipu," which is believed to
have been accounting and record-keeping based on complex knots
on string. Once the Spaniards invaded, the quipu-writers were wiped
out, and there was nobody left who could translate them. More later....
More soon!
Next: on the train to Machu Picchu!
Larry Reich
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