Riding through the Heart of the Inca Empire (S3:E71)

After surviving a week without their Africa Twin, Chad & Rose depart Peru's cultural center of Cusco, and descend upon the heart of the Inca Empire - The Sacred Valley. After a whirlwind tour of the amazing Pisaq, Ollantaytambo, Moray and Chinchero, they start making their way north to Lima.
But before they can make it, an ambitious detour back into the mountains finds them out of road, and out of luck...
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[@Cosmoo6208]

Chad and Rose, just saying thanks for the wonderful videos you two produce. I still enjoy Rose's wicked sense of humor regarding her possible mortal status and Chad's "plans". The scenery we experience with you is just spectacular, the Andes Mts. are just magnificent. Well, stay well and hopefully, you are planning a 4th season.

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Wow, thank you! With as much as I've put Rose through on this ride, it's understandable she may think I'm trying to off her... 😄 The Peruvian Andes are my favorite, and the best is yet to come in Season #4!!

[@zilmariacarvalho4215]

@@TwoWheelsThreeSheetsporra ainda tem mais? Que massa! Top de mais

[@cmoreoverland6739]

If you don't try, you'll never discover....Love your stuff.

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Thank you! My thoughts exactly!

[@-W8WHAT]

OMG you guys get around! Love Rose's narration and pronunciation

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Thank you! We try our best!!!

[@gerhardkok6613]

Always a great pleasure to watch your videos and to listen to the narrator !!! Awesome stuff.

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Thanks so much! We're glad you enjoy them... 🍻

[@JanetStMary]

Just Amazing. You two stay safe.

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Thank you! We'll do our best!!

[@user-jn7jf3kv6k]

Hi, your editing has improved a lot in the past years.

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Thank you! We try... 😀

[@WeckforsDiscovery]

These Inca sites you are visiting are just fantastic. Thanks for another great video from Peru! 😀Greetings from Sweden

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Thanks for joining us! 🍻

[@andrewthacker114]

Good clip. Enjoyed. Beautiful country.

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Thanks so much!! 🍻

[@georgemoore7196]

This trip of yours is fantastic!

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Thank you! It certainly has been!!

[@andrewewan624]

Good to see you again. Great scenery and adventure Stay safe

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

It's good to be seen! Thanks for the kind words!!

[@stevekeddington4382]

Seriuosly great episode! Thanks, guys Much love

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Thanks, as always, for coming along for the ride!!

[@SL3315]

Colourful & unforeseen routes. Great track! Buen viaje.

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Peru is a moto-hobo's dream. The shame is that many overlanders stick to the Pan American Highway, which traverses Peru's coast, and is quite frankly, awful! Peru's mountain roads and villages are my favorite in all of South America!

[@robertmauter6493]

Another great episode, you know it really strange, seems this day and time you have to dig deep and hard to find these remote places, reminds me of that old song, five man electrical think was the name of the group, the song, sign signs everywhere signs, it’s like damn, seems no matter what u do where u go there are hords of people, world we live today I suppose, when and if my buddy should find a place free of all we savor the moment, hopefully next week when we push ourselves and our bikes up to the Yukon and maybe beyond will leave the crowds behind. Anyway love the awesome ride in this video, totally sucks not being able to get up to that lake, show more of your campsites when u do camp, thanks you two for taking us along, incredible scenery for sure. Rob U.S. hang in there

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Thanks Rob! The Yukon is great - some of the best campsites and riding in the Canadian Rockies! But be forewarned, it does get crowded this time of year for summer holidays!! As far as escaping the hoards... Cusco, Machu Picchu & The Sacred Valley are definitely NOT best spots for a bit of peace and quite. But sometimes you gotta take the good with the bad. Luckily, there are still plenty of places to get away from the crowds, you just gotta work to find them! Enjoy your ride up North - I know you will!!! Cheers!

[@stevekeddington4382]

Boogie time! I am constantly dancing, while I'm riding Probally funny to see, but I dont care It makes me happy

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Yup! Good tunes help the mile melt away!

[@tigercoward]

Thanks for another fantastic eposiode! Your combination of narration and on-bike scenery is superb. The different terraces you visited were amazing, and amazingly, you didn’t visit a cemetery in this episode! Congratulations to Rose on surviving her first bee sting! Route 109 looked epic! What a bummer that you couldn't ride the whole way! At least Rose loves hiking, eh! I loves me the Jin Longs. I am heading to BC on four wheels for 3 weeks and then back and across the Trans Tiaga on the Tiger. I will try and stay up to date with you when I can. Stay well!

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Thank you, sir!! Yeah... I was really hoping to check out those "missing" sections of road. But of the laws I'm willing to break, trespassing on indigenous lands is not one of them... 🙂 And don't worry about keeping up on our videos, just worry about having a great ride!! Beautiful scenery up there in BC!!! ❤

[@stevekeddington4382]

You two have really done your research on this one. I feel my IQ has gone up a point or two Thanks for sharing

[@virgilio1355]

Great video.

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Thanks!

[@john-wq8kf]

You made my day

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Thank you - you just made ours! 🍻

[@HondaGuy-cj1db]

One word "amazing".

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Cheers!! 🍻

[@zilmariacarvalho4215]

Orgulho de vocês ainda estão com a bandeira do Brasil grudada na frente da moto vcs são fuda! Show

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Ha ha! But of course!! 🇧🇷

[@MikeJonesadventuretravel]

Thanks!

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Whoa!! Damn, thank you, sir!! We've gotten a few of these "super thanks" recently, but nothing like this! I'll be sure to invest this into Rose's new moto!! Thanks & Cheers! 🍻

[@-W8WHAT]

How did you do that???

[@MladenBlagojevic-gx5on]

Predivno i vas dvoje ste ludi ko papir🙃✌

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Ha ha... thank you. I take it as a compliment! 😀

[@MladenBlagojevic-gx5on]

@@TwoWheelsThreeSheets Da kompliment na srpskom jeziku ha ha ha sretno i bilo bi glupo da vam kazem cuvaj te se jer vi zivite zivot punim plucima🛠

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Thank you! We're trying our best! 🖤

[@arghajitnandi7942]

One lucky life you are enjoying, filling jealous

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

What is it they say? Luck is when preparation and opportunity collide? Thanks for joining us on the ride - we appreciate the support!!

[@arghajitnandi7942]

When you ride I feel I ride. Love to join you guys.

[@MarkoMarcello]

What a great video.

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Thank you!! 🍻

[@stevekeddington4382]

I don't think I've seen an episode where Rose has walked/hiked so much! Steady on girl, pace yourself

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Not willingly, mind you!

[@Sean85Laney]

I'm super jelly

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Well, then you better not watch our upcoming videos because it just keeps getting better and better!! 😊

[@stevekeddington4382]

Amazes at how much better the Africa twin handles the cobblestone than my Harley They are brutal on me

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Oh man... the cobblestone is brutal no matter what you ride!! 😬

[@zilmariacarvalho4215]

Amazônia deserto, serra praia neve floresta em todos os lugares mais inóspitos

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

There's nowhere the Africa Twin won't go. Except Chile. It can't go to Chile... 😅

[@fuscavw1]

Always good. I hope you don't mind me saying it, but it's impressive that you still have what appears to be the stock kick stand considering how much you ride and weight, etc. You probably know about the Camel short stand. I simply don't worry about it ever breaking on my identical AT.

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Yup, good eye! The side stand is a bit "deformed" but still holding strong after over 100km of abuse! And hopefully, from here on out, Rose will be on her own bike, so it should be good to go for another 100k!

[@fuscavw1]

@@TwoWheelsThreeSheets Impressive. Sounds like we have a lot more to look forward to with your channel!

[@Wheels2Dirt]

OK, I have a few questions. 1 - Was this the last video of season 3? 2 - What is with the shoes? I feel like there is a back story there. 3 - Why is Chad trying to kill Rose? Great video and very entertaining. Thank you both!

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

No problem!! 1) No, we still have another episode or two before we get to Lima. From there, we fly back to California for a month, which marks the end of Season 3... 2) Ha ha... Yes, those are my $10 Bolivian street market shoes I purchased after loosing a trail runner somewhere in the Amazon. Still holding strong after all this time! 3) It's all in her head. And if anyone asks, I was with you last night!!

[@-W8WHAT]

@@TwoWheelsThreeSheets # 3 🤣🤣🤣

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

😁

[@Wheels2Dirt]

@@TwoWheelsThreeSheets 🤣

[@incognito6469]

Thank you for the breathtaking images. You guys are the best. How do you find the places where you stay along the way?

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Thanks so much!! Finding somewhere usually depends on where we are. Word of mouth from other moto-travelers is always a good way to go. iOverlander can be good, but a lot of regions don't have entries post-covid... For regular motels... Hotels.com is pretty good. The best though, is stumbling upon the perfect campsite out in the middle of nowhere!

[@stevekeddington4382]

Stopping to take a picture of whatever catches Chad's eye Why does that sound so familiar to me? SQUIRREL!!!!

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Some days it's damn near impossible to get anywhere! 😅

[@zilmariacarvalho4215]

Essa África twin é guerreira

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Absolutely love that bike!! 💪

[@egpthree2634]

Are you really married if you don’t have the occasional death threat? No. You guys are awesome, as always!

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Ha ha ha... spoken like a married man!! 😄

[@egpthree2634]

@@TwoWheelsThreeSheets only a year and a half, but together for 10. We BEEN married haha

[@stevekeddington4382]

Squirrel chasing must run in the family! Well, at least for Chad and me

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Rose is the chief squirrel-chaser in this relationship!

[@stevekeddington4382]

@@TwoWheelsThreeSheets squirrels, dogs, cats, hedgehogs et cetera…

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Ha ha... OK, well, I suppose I am the official Hedgehog catcher!! "THEY HAVE FLEAS!!" 😅

[@stevekeddington4382]

@@TwoWheelsThreeSheets they do after you get a hold of them

[@JazzZamb]

Hola, yo vivo en Urubamba, aun estan por el Valle Sagrado, les gustaria quedar para tomar un Cafe?

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Hi there! Thank you for the offer, but we are long gone by now. Cheers 🍻

[@gedlyman1]

Yeah, I know the feeling of tourism overkill there, I travelled on my moto throughout the region last year and despite it being beautiful in places the sheer amount of tourists everywhere just ruined it, so fake with all the venders, roped off areas so it wasn’t even possible to glance at the archeological areas without paying a fee. After a couple of sites I didn’t bother going to any others as they all looked the same, tour buses and vans racing everywhere along the roads packed with tourists. In the end I took all the remote roads and stayed as far away from tourist hotspots as possible. Once I did that I had a wonderful time. The other downside to Peru is the garbage everywhere, all over the mountains and all along the highways. I travelled over the mountain ranges of Peru from north to south from one end to the other and returned along the coast, Ill never get over the amount of garbage everywhere mixed with the pollution, especially along the coastline road from Tacna in the south all the way to Tumbes in the north. I constantly saw cars and trucks just throwing their garbage out of their windows. I have many Peruvian friends and they all are ashamed it’s like that, I believe their aren’t municipalities with garbage collection systems so the locals have no choice but to throw their garbage at the entrance or exit of their pueblos, also the garbage collection contractors who do collect the trash just dump it in the mountains to avoid having to drive to the garbage dump site. That being said I loved the pueblo of Caraz and the region of the Huascaran national park, truly spectacular.

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Huascaran & the Cordillera Blanca is my favorite region of the Andes. Peru has certainly turned into a bit of a tourist trap. 20 years ago, it was pretty limited to Cusco & the Sacred Valley, but the word eventually got out that Peru has much more to offer. Regarding the trash, I've always found the majority to be concentrated along the coastal route. Not so much in the mountains, which is where I spent the vast majority of my time.

[@gedlyman1]

@@TwoWheelsThreeSheets right, the mountains are not so bad as far as trash goes.

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

@gedlyman1 in my experience, overlanders either love or hate Peru. Those who love it generally stuck to the mountains. Those who hated it stuck to the coast.

[@mikemoran3348]

Are you using GoPro ?it seems very clear videoing Been with you guys for quite awhile editing is really awesome now

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Thanks so much!!! The helmet-mount footage is on a shot using a GoPro 9. Most from the handheld footage in shot using a Samsung A54.

[@mikemoran3348]

@@TwoWheelsThreeSheets I thought so I’ve got a gopro 10 and been really pleased with no overheating or anything Lots of overuse of 360 imo especially from behind where the rider looks like a puppet bouncing around. I also enjoy that you don’t use rider facing shots which are completely pointless imo again. Keep up the great story telling

[@mattgordon9179]

My theory as a carpenter is that perhaps they over cut/split/scribed the stone and with a combination of people and animals, used stone on stone with water and fine aggregate to hone the scribe whilst chewing plenty of coca. Did you find any evidence of alien life and plasma cutters while you were up there?

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

The only evidence I saw were the walls themselves. I'm as interested in understanding their motivation as well as their techniques. How long would it take to cut, move, scribe, hone, and set hundreds of stones weighing up to 200 tons??? 😵‍💫

[@mattgordon9179]

@@TwoWheelsThreeSheets Get your point. Concept of time would have been way different for them. I was more focused on the smaller blocks. If you had a dual cam system with ropes connected to the block/stone there for moving the block back and forth by way of a heard of Lamas going around and water and or slurry? I guess the tight fit is more about water control more than anything and dealing with the gods that shake the earth.

[@zilmariacarvalho4215]

Top de mais vcs 2 são foda! ❤ show hihuuu

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Thanks so much!! 🍻

[@HondaGuy-cj1db]

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[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Assuming you have either Facebook or Instagram, look us up (Two Wheels Three Sheets) and shoot us a private message with your address! 💪

[@vivianpadilla8893]

🐝🛀I'd sleep with one eye opened 😂😅

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

You better!! 😁

[@theone2be33]

What's the tank size in gallons and how many miles you get out of it?

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Oh man... I've got to switch my brain back to Imperial measurements!! 😅 Fuel capacity is 5 gallons, and I've talked to people who regularly get over 250 miles to the tank, but loaded up the way we are, we're lucky if we get 200 miles!

[@theone2be33]

@@TwoWheelsThreeSheets this is the first video I've seen of yours. Will be watching more. Was just curious cause I was wondering, "WHERE are you getting gas!?" I would hate to get stranded middle of nowhere out there. But Wow! What an amazing place. Be a nice place to live cause everyone's so happy

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

@theone2be33 the only areas we've run into issues with gas (other than Bolivia where many stations will not sell to foreigners), is a few stretches in Argentine Patagonia and a few very remote sections of the Andes Mountains. But we've always known well in advance that fuel will be hard to come by, so always pack extra. We carry auxiliary cans that give us another 150 miles worth of range if needed! 💪

[@kwik2008]

😊👍🙏

[@theone2be33]

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[@Wheels2Dirt]

@@TwoWheelsThreeSheets I thought channels got canceled for buying subscribers.

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

@@Wheels2Dirt KZbin occasionally goes after low-hanging fruit; channels that buy "static" or "bot farm" subs. But they turn a blind eye to the more sophisticated operations. The more traffic they produce, authentic or otherwise, the more they can charge advertisers, and ultimately, it's those advertises that pay the content creators, not KZbin. So, it's a "win-win" as far as KZbin (Google) is concerned.

[@capthook8066]

WAY too much talking/reading. Turned it off after 4 minutes. 👎

[@TwoWheelsThreeSheets]

Just watch it on mute. That's what mom does! 😃