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By Suzanne Russell Parker, Trent Shelton, Mark Willcox and Mikka Tokuda-Hall Happy Birthday Ollantaytambo! Nearly three hours in, Awamaki staff, volunteers, homestay families, knitters, seamstresses and weavers marched last, after pretty much everyone else in town: school kids, artisans, marching bands, local businesses and at least one guy wearing a cuy suit.
By Suzanne Russell Parker, Trent Shelton, Mark Willcox and Mikka Tokuda-Hall Happy Birthday Ollantaytambo! Nearly three hours in, Awamaki staff, volunteers, homestay families, knitters, seamstresses and weavers marched last, after pretty much everyone else in town: school kids, artisans, marching bands, local businesses and at least one guy wearing a...
I’ve always been a cat person. Never had anything against pooches, but I just never really knew any on the same level of intimacy that I maintain with puss cats. Here in Ollanta, however, dogs are large and in charge, and I’ve been plunged deep into doggie society. Dogs have...
The “port” at Ibochote waiting for the boat our Robinson Crusoe hideout drying out on our porch This year was my fourth year at the fiesta of Choquekillca; a week-long festival in Ollantaytambo to celebrate Pentecost, and I decided to run to the jungle instead. The festival is one...
Hola! I’m Nayantara- a traveling seamstress on a special project here in Ollantaytambo with Awamaki Lab. Since the “traveling” aspect of my job normally just means racing around the streets of North Brooklyn with garment bag in tow, this is a whole different kind of endeavor: here I am not...
