Tuesday, February 16 100km 3km after Huambutio Alt: 3058m 26 ° Sunny Even if the road does not go all the time, the day on the slope is negative . This explains why we chain mileages important in recent days. We followed the course of a river. The valleys and cashed it makes the road even more interesting. We saw our first Inca ruins important; Pikillaqta wall. Really impressive. We also missed two villages sinistrés suite aux inondations; dans l'un d'eux, les (pauvres) maisons en terre séchée ont bien triste allure. Du moins pour celles qui ne sont pas complètement détruites ou encore sous eau. Comme souvent, c'est encore les plus démunis qui souffrent...Nous avons pris la décision de bifurquer vers Pisac (où nous attends un site presque aussi beau que le Machu Pichu d'après le Guide du Routard) sans passer par Cuzco. En fait, depuis quelques jours nous collectons les informations à propos du Machu Pichu, et il apparaît qu'il serait possible de s'y rendre. On va donc essayer et on ira se reposer à Cuzco après.A propos de la route de Pisac, depuis que nous avons quitté la route principale, we ride in a kind of canyon. It is the most beautiful place we've seen in Peru yet. Truly a beautiful road!
Wednesday, February 17 Pisac 24km Elevation: 2981m Cloudy 19 ° and Sunny Afternoon . After the positive information about Machu Picchu, we are entitled to negative. According to the Tourist Office of Pisac, the site would be closed. Pisac was also affected by the floods, the bridge to enter the village came down to two meters and the police station was swept ... We are alone in our hotel and we have crossed a few tourists, in contrast to the large number of crafts vendors present in the village. Similarly, some hotel restaurants are closed. This is undoubtedly the effects of the announced closure of Machu Picchu, tourists have probably canceled their mass voyages.Pour our supper, we went to a small restaurant run by a German. European service and classical music in a friendly. It's pleasantly relaxing. 
Thursday, February 18 Ollantaytambo 58km Elevation: 2850m 25 ° Cloudy with a shower Interesting that visit the site of Pisac, a climb on the mountain terraces, the ruins of some residential units, baths, a fortress and finally the temple of the sun. And of course, a magnificent view of the''Sacred Valley of the Incas.'' We drove to fourteen hours with the project to ask our tent in a nice place for the night. Missed! Through the villages (which all have a more or less affected) we did not find anything. We arrived in Ollantaytambo where we will have our second site in the Sacred Valley. The road down which we still allowed to do as many miles in three hours. Only the last ten kilometers hilly and with a strong headwind were durs.Le village of Ollantaytambo is probably the best I've seen on this trip to South America and is built on the foundations of Inca village, which gives a set of narrow streets to the walls of large stones incredibly well adjusted here and there with even the original lintels above the doors. Pipelines also run along the cobbled streets bringing water from the mountain. All dominated by the ruins of the Inca fortress. Splendide.Ici as we feel the lack of tourists, hotels and restaurants are closed and one meets few''gringos''in the streets. Friday, February 19 Just before 45km Chinchiro Alt: 3708m 27 ° Sunny this morning then cloudy and a storm in the late afternoon This time it is final and we n 'go not to Machu Pichu. The site is closed until April 1. We also learned that the carnival of Cuzco was canceled due to weather events of the past month. The priority is reconstruction. Consolation prize, visit the site of Ollantaytambo this morning. Some fine adjustments stones and granite walls carved impressive. The whole course to mountainsides history we offer superb views. Incas.On thank you to hit the road to Cuzco and arrived in Urubamba marked the end of our week of the facility. Indeed, a coast 24km took us from 3750m to 2900m to. When no longer used, it is a long time ... And on top of this coast that we have laid the tent in the rain. It is nice rain, she waited until we reached the top for us water! 
Saturday, February 20 Cusco 39km Elevation: 3439m Rain, fog in the morning and gradually sunny. Rain in the evening., After early thinning of yesterday evening, the rain continued to fall last night. In the morning the tent was in the middle of a pond. Everything has been dismantled under the rain and we took our breakfast in a shelter a few hundred yards away. With only 5 °, the hot porridge was welcome. Before hitting the road, we waited for the fog to lift because it more how to drive Peruvians like playing Russian roulette ... We are in Cusco, very beautiful and quite airy, allowing to enjoy it without too much stress with traffic. We had a little trouble finding a good hotel at a reasonable price but in the end it was a beautiful view over the main square. We had the time to visit the fortress of Saqsaywaman on the heights of the city. 
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