Las Salineras
January 22nd 2012 Today we hiked through the Salineras, or the salt mines of Mara. The mines were other worldly. They seemed to grow out of the mountains, like a multi-colored rectangular honey comb. We had summited a small mountain looking for them before they appeared before our feet. When we looked down, 1,500 salt pans met our gaze.
Las Salineras produces the majority of the salt consumed in the Cusco region
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