Around Sucre are many little pueblos where the indigenous women weave intricate pieces by traditional methods, dating back thousands of years.

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Tarabuco, 65 kilometres to the southeast where women weave multi coloured cloth, has a sprawling Sunday market.  People from the nearby pueblos arrive in traditional dress.

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A 4 day trek in the Cordiellera de los Frailes took us through small Quechua speaking communities.  Here the women weave black and red cloth panels with no set pattern.  The technique has been passed down the generations, each one taking 3 months to complete.

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We walked along old Inca footpaths, saw dinosaur footprints and pre Inca pictographs.  In one of the pueblos we shared a field workers lunch.  Potatoes, corn cobs and beans are placed in coals and covered with earth in the middle of the field.  The food slowly cooks while the people work.

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