Ukugqitha kumhlaba ochumileyo we UTambo del Inka kwiNtlambo eNgcwele yasePeru, amehlo am ayabhabha xa ndikhangela umbono wam wokuqala wokukhwela ndisiya eMachu Picchu: uloliwe obutofotofo wango-1920 IPeruRail . Njengomntu ongenamava ngohambo lukaloliwe- kunye nomntu ongazange ayifumane ileta yakhe ye-Hogwarts- ndonwabile kukuhamba ndisiya kuludwe lwamabhakethi kuluhlu olunje nge posh kunye ne Potter way. Emva kokuhamba malunga nemizuzu emihlanu, ndafika kuloliwe, kwaye uloliwe ohlaza okwesibhakabhaka negolide ulindile. Njengoko ndikhweleyo, ndibuliswa nge-citrus kunye ne-lemongrass tea ye-Andean, ndaza ndenyuka ndenyuka ngololiwe, ndothuswa bubuhle bayo obudala.

Kwimoto yokutyela, amalaphu amhlophe eetafile amdaka afakwe iivazi ezigcwele iintyatyambo, kwaye iiglasi zewayini zihlala zilungele ukuzaliswa. Ndizilungisa izinto zam kwiiracks zokugcina zegolide (ndizibuza ukuba uharry Potter Ndingahlala phaya phezulu ndisebenzisa ingubo yakhe yokungabonakali) kwaye ndithathe iti yam ndiye kwinqwelo-mafutha yokujonga, eneefestile macala onke nangaphezulu kwiimbono zepanoramic. Njengoko uloliwe egudla, ndijikeleza phakathi kokuhlala ebhentshini ethambileyo kunye nemiqamelo emileyo kunye nokuma ngokuchasene nokuthuka ngasemva kuloliwe, apho iqonga lokujonga umoya evulekileyo lidala indawo efanelekileyo yokubuyisela umva kubantwana belali njengoko bekhwaza Mholweni ! kuthi, bebaleka iingcango zabo zangaphambili ukuze babambe umbono kaloliwe.

Iimbono zindigcina ndihlala, njengoko sidlula iintaba neentlambo kunye neendawo ezivulekileyo apho amafama akhokelela khona iinkomo zawo kwimiqolo kunye nokulima. EPachar, abasetyhini abanesidima, abanxibe isiko behamba ecaleni kwendlela kunye nee-llamas kunye nee-alpaca zabo, ngamanye amaxesha basinika umtshangatshangiso okanye uncumo. Emva kokumisa kancinci ukuthatha abanye abakhweli e-Ollantayambo, isidlo sasemini siyanikezelwa: ikhosi yezifundo ezintathu iipanquitas (umbona ocoliweyo kunye netshizi yeParia kunye huancaína isosi), inkukhu egcadiweyo enamagqabi aseAndes, icassava puree, izilimo eziyizigaxa zeSacred Valley, kunye netyuwa yeMaras; kunye ne-leches ikhekhe kunye ne-gooseberry kunye ne-pisco, zonke zihlanjwe ngeglasi yewayini yasePeru. Iimbono ze-Andean ezi-spellbinding ziyaqhubeka njengoko sinyoka ecaleni koMlambo i-Urubamba, uzele ngamanzi agingxayo ajikeleza phezu kwamatye kunye neentaba macala onke. Kungekudala sifika eAguas Calientes, idolophu esisiseko kwidolophu yethu iMachu Picchu.

Emva kosuku lokuhamba ujikeleze enye yezimanga zisixhenxe zehlabathi, sikhwela iPeruRail kwakhona kuhambo lwethu lokubuyela kwi-Sacred Valley. Siphinde sabingelelwa kwakhona ngeti ye-Andes ye-iced, kwaye sabuyela emva kwinqwelo yokujonga imoto kwisifundo se-pisco esimuncu. Emva kokufunda ngamacandelo e-pisco omuncu ogqibeleleyo (i-pisco, incindi entsha yelayim, iqanda elimhlophe, isiraphu elula, kunye neAngostura bitters), ibartender idlula ijikeleze iisampulu zabo bonke. Ndidiniwe, ndiye ndacutha i-pisco yam emuncu kwaye ndayalela i-chilcano (i-cocktail yasePeruvia kunye ne-pisco, i-ginger ale, kunye nejusi ye-lime) ngaphambi kokuya emotweni yokutya isidlo sangokuhlwa. Izibane ezitafileni zivutha kuyo yonke imoto, zisenza ukuthula njengoko sihamba kubusuku obumnyama. Ukutya isidlo sangokuhlwa liphupha emva kosuku olude, kugqityiwe kunye nesuphu yasekhaya yokhilimu kunye necroutons kunye nemifuno entle; inyama yenkomo esidleleni kunye neetapile ezicujiweyo ze-rustic, i-chilivia yase-Peru, kunye ne-chimichurri ye-homestyle; Bhaka ipayinapile kunye ne-anise, mousse emfusa wombona, ukhilimu, kunye chancaca ibhotolo. Emva kwewayini engaphezulu, ndiyangena ndiphume ebuthongweni de sifike eTambo del Inka.

Ukubuyela emva egumbini lam, ndicinga ngolu suku lumangalisayo. Ndiziva kakhulu njengoHarry Potter ebuyela kwilizwe eligudileyo: kulusizi ukuba umlingo ufikelele esiphelweni, kodwa ndinethemba lokufumana ngakumbi kuloliwe wam olandelayo.

Uhlala phi

UTambo del Inka Ihotele kuphela eUrubamba enesikhululo sikaloliwe sabucala esiya eMachu Picchu. Ihotele ihleli kwindawo ephantsi kuneCusco, iyenza indawo entle ukuba iqhelane nokuphakama kweMachu Picchu. I-Anchled kwi-Sacred Valley, ihotele enamagumbi ali-128 inika umbono obukekayo we-Andes kunye noMlambo i-Urubamba ukusuka kwiibhalkoni zabucala kunye namathambeka, kwaye kubandakanya iindlela zokutyela ezihlaziyiweyo ezinezithako eziphilayo ezivela kwigadi yayo ekuyo. Ihotele inika ukungcamla okumuncu kwe-pisco, ubusuku be-pizza, indawo yokunyanga, kunye nephuli eshushu phakathi kwemisebenzi yayo. Ihonjiswe ngoyilo lwasekhaya, ihotele idibanisa inkcubeko kunye nobugcisa kwaye yeyona hotele yokuqala ePeru ene-LEED (ubunkokeli kubuNjineli boMbane kunye nokuYilwa kweNdalo), ngenxa yokuzibophelela kwayo ekukhathaleleni ifuthe kwindalo esingqongileyo xa kusakhiwa ihotele.