After visiting Machu Picchu we were back in Cusco, where the receptionist had booked us on a day tour to the Inca ruins of Ollantayambo and Pisac. We were picked up at 8am outside our hostel, the first of the ruins was situated a couple of hours Cusco by bus. Up the sides of the mountains are the remains of Incan ruins, with the classic stepped mountain sides that were used for the growing of food, all around there were the remains of the buildings and one or two replicas to give you the idea what these places would have looked like in there peak. Just like in Machu Picchu there are channels of water about 4 inches wide carved out of huge square stones that feed the town from a spring, most of these channels have been continually running for hundreds of years since the town was inhabited, with all the research and excavation that has been done on all the Inca ruins they have still never found the source of these springs and its still a wonder how the Incas found the springs in the first place. In the Mountain side there is holes all over the cliff face, which we found out were tombs of the people of the village as you look up the hill side you can see them all in the cliff face there was excellent chances to get photos of the local people at one of the markets that we stopped off at, all doing there daily shopping etc, we also stopped at the house of a family who make traditional fabrics you sit in the front room of there house and they go through all the stages of making the fabric, from shaving the wool from the Lima and/or Alpaca spinning, colouring and making the colour from natural plants then finally how they weave the yarns together to make the final cloth, normally with traditional images on them. The second ruin was similar but the village here was higher up the steep hills, with the houses still clearly visible. At the base of the mountain was a huge alter with Incan relief carved on to the Rock the largest stone weighing nearly 20 tons. All of the stones are of various sizes and shapes that fit together like a jigsaw, but they have been carved so well that they fit together so tightly that you can't even fit a hair between them. By the time we came to the end of seeing the second site the sun was just setting over a nearby mountain giving the stones a warm orange glow but this also signalled the end of out tour as you cannot see much in the dark!.