Pisac Market

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Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Thu 16 Sep 2010 19:15
Pisac
Market
![]() Písac is a Peruvian village in the Sacred
Valley on the Urubamba
River. The village is well-known for its market
every Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday, an event which attracts heavy tourist traffic from nearby Cusco. One of its more notable features is a large pisonay tree
which dominates the central plaza. The sanctuary of Huanca, home to a sacred
shrine, is also near the village. Pilgrims travel to the shrine every
September.
![]() ![]() ![]() We wandered the market for a while and then had a
traditional pasty cooked the original way
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() At the snack bar was a guinea pig house,
including pregnant ones, all the more to put Anne off eating one - the national
dish. Time to explore some more
![]() Alan demonstrating his purchase, a sacrificial weapon - also his new
leather trouser support
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() We wandered around a new housing estate on the
way back to the hotel
![]() ![]() A very old fashioned game with a push bike
tire.
ALL IN ALL AN AMAZING
MARKET
FASCINATING MARKET IN A POOR, RURAL
COMMUNITY
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