Tipon – Labour Day

Having already forgotten (bad memory!) the discomforts of travelling, Labour Day gave us a new excuse to explore the area. The destination this time, Tipon, another nearby town famous for its Inca ruins and for its speciality dish, roasted “cuy” (that is, roasted guinea pig). While we waited for the bus to Tipon, we got offered a lift in a private car with a group of people going in the same direction. The result; seven adults and a child squeezed in a car. We arrived to Tipon looking forward to stretch our legs, and it was not difficult given the way up awaiting us to the ruins. The ruins, a system of terraces with an irrigation system still functioning, are the place chosen by many cuzqueño families to have a picnic. Not having prepared ourselves accordingly, we visited the ruins and started our way down so hungry than even the roasted cuy seemed amazing.
With so many families, so many picnics, and so many cuys, the buses back to Cuzco made the ones from Pisac look empty by comparison. Given the circumstances we accepted an offer to get back to Cuzco in a private car. Seven adults and a child looked like a lot on the way there? The return we managed ten adults and a child… can anybody top that?