The Scout Bee – The Wild Bee's Traveling Blog

Our friends from South Africa

We met the nicest cousins from South Africa while we were on our tour in Ollantaytambo.  They went on to tackle the Inca Trail and Machu Picchu!

Last Day at Cuzco

Pooh in Cuzco!

Visit to the Sacred Valley

Jesse watching the water flow through the ruins at Ollantaytambo

 

An Incan!

Making Fabric

 

 

Fabrics for Sale

More Sights around Cuzco

The Andes Mountains

A native band at the Inca World restaurant with a charanga, queno, and pan flute

Jesse with a local woman, her daughter, and a lamb

We Arrive in Cuzco

Breakfast in Cuzco.

 The Cathedral at Plaza des Armes.

Feeding alfalfa to the Llama

Andean animals

A very hairy Alpaca

Homes in the Andes

Visit to Ollantaytambo

The girls love an adventurer!

Jesse and Mom at the TOP!

Jesse in the Ollantaytambo Temple

Jesse at the top of Ollantaytambo

At the Bottom of Ollantaytambo

A Day at the Beach

A Day of Rest at Mancora Beach

We Go to the Honey Packing Plant in Piura

Pablo shows Jesse how to cut honeycomb from the frame.

The framed honeycomb is cut into smaller blocks.

Cutting the cappings off the frame to expose the honey

Putting the frames into the extractor

Out comes the liquid gold!

Honeycomb in the Jar

The Finished Product - Zapote and Honeycomb

Last Day in the Desert

Donkeys in the desert

We all had to wear headlamps at night – it was really dark in the desert!

We had a great time with the bees in the desert!

Harvesting the Honey

Fresh Honeycomb for Dinner!

Oh, yum! This is as fresh as it gets! Fresh honey in the honeycomb is truly nature's candy!