On the Inca Trail
Here every day opens a new chapter,
Empire after empire, these fabulous regions of the upper,
Featuring frozen Andean peaks and vast deserts
Never could be put by anyone in the irons.
In these immense areas where the Condor
He saw a multitude of Indian peoples formerly covered with gold.
The ancestral life of myths and vestiges
It takes place daily in an Andean world without vertigo.
On these legendary lands of the Kingdom of the Incas
Let's start with the discovery of the secrets and riches of the country of the "Papa".
In Lima, palaces, cathedrals and Plaza Mayor
Everything recalls Francisco Pizzaro and the era of the conquistadors.
Under the placid gaze of the penguins of Paracas,
The lone mothers monitor their babies on the Ballestas Islands.
In the Chincha wine-growing plain,
The bodegas are flowing pisco and shisha.
Worthy of Paris-Dakar, the immense dunes of Ica
Open their sandy slopes without any hassle.
The magical spectacle of the immense geoglyphs of Nazca
You will leave admiring before this pre-Inca archaeological mystery.
From Arequipa the white, the eternal snows of Misti
The rays of the god Inti will shimmer along its slopes.
Crossing the 5,000m of the Patapampa pass,
The snows of the Ampato will remind you of the history of Juanita,
The elected, sacrificed to 14 years according to the Inca tradition,
Without disturbing further, the flight of the Condor in the Canyon of the Colca.
While crossing on the altiplano the Laguna of Salinas,
You will fall in admiration before the placid vicunas, lamas and alpacas.
Facing Puno, on the cool waters of Lake Titicaca
You will sail with the Uros on their canoes in totora.
On Taquilé Island with five hundred renowned marches
Take time to admire the men knitting.
Past the border of Désaguadéro, La Paz and its witch market
You will introduce the quechua women to the appearance of the haughty bell.
Lower, around the fairy chimneys of the Valley of the Moon
You will wind in a canyon without waters or dunes.
Passed the gate of the Sun from the immense archaeological site of Tiwanaku
Contemplate the enclosing walls with sculpted heads, bearing toque on them.
Revenged by the verdant Sacred Valley of the Urubamba,
Climb to Maras to caress the water of the pre-Inca salt wells.
Climb the steep steps of the remarkable site of Ollantaytambo,
You will see the granaries where meat and dad dried before Pizarro.
At the top of Aguas Calientes, snake on the Road of the Lost City
To dream of the virgins of the Machu Pichu sun.
On the heights of Cuzco, Tambomachay will open the Bath of the Inca
In a hidden site at an altitude of 3 800 m from where no one will drive you.
In the huge site of Saqsayhuaman, celebrate the Inti Rami
Under the monumental walls where every June 24th one worships the god Inti.
On Cuzco, the Santo Domingo church built on the former Korincha temple
You will revive the glorious past of this edifice covered with gold by the Incas.
You will then be able to leave the Qhapaq Nan,
The Andean Empire's unifying trail,
With dreams full of Ying and Yang's head,
Reading a poem by Pablo Neruda
"Oda a la Papa"
"Papa, te llamas papa
Y no patata.
No nacist castellana.
Eres oscura como nustra piel
No somos americanos,
Papa, somos indios ".
L’ARIÉ….JOIE