Hello everyone. I was just in Peru, where we met up with the National Geographic Kids Hands-On Explorer Challenge winners. We spent nine days in Peru with them, which is really exciting. Some of you might have read their blog posts on this website over the last two weeks.
We met up with them at the airport in Lima where we flew together to Cusco. After we arrived, we took a bus to a traditional weaving center where they knit tapestries the way the Incas did hundreds of year ago using wool from alpacas. Before they could even start weaving, the women spun the wool using big wooden tops and then dyed it all different colors.
From Cusco we went on to the Sacred Valley, which was at almost 14,000 feet in altitude. Because most people are not used to that extreme height, some got altitude sickness. Stefan and I took medication against it, so we were okay. Our activity for the next day was a treasure hunt with a group of local people from a nearby village.
We met up with them at the airport in Lima where we flew together to Cusco. After we arrived, we took a bus to a traditional weaving center where they knit tapestries the way the Incas did hundreds of year ago using wool from alpacas. Before they could even start weaving, the women spun the wool using big wooden tops and then dyed it all different colors.
From Cusco we went on to the Sacred Valley, which was at almost 14,000 feet in altitude. Because most people are not used to that extreme height, some got altitude sickness. Stefan and I took medication against it, so we were okay. Our activity for the next day was a treasure hunt with a group of local people from a nearby village.
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