Our Day Out

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Myself and Anna decided it would be a nice idea to take Hullio (a lad from Cuzco who lives with Lola) and Mellisa (one of the kids from the School, who sometimes works for Lola), to some of the sights in the local area.

We decided to head for the Inca Terraces at 'Moray' and then to the Salinas close to Urubama. Originally, the plan was to walk across country from the first to the second... but it was quite late before we got going, and since none of us had a clue where to go (maps seem to be a scarce commodity out here), we decided to bus and taxi it with a small amount of walking.

The Terrace's at Moray are pretty impressive... Many concentric circles in a similar arrangement to an amphitheatre. Each level is supposed to have its own micro-climate, it was thought the Incas used these to determine the optimum growing conditions for different crops. Good stuff eh.

The Salinas were really quite special. Your wouldn´t think they were there at all, passing Urubama by road... they hide up in mountains. A hot, salt-rich water source in the mountains is channelled into many pools. Here the water drys leaving just the salt. The result of this process makes a fairly magical spectacle... as you can see from the photos!

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Comments

[Adventure Girl]

So Sacred
I love the pixs of the terracing. I will be heading down Ayacucho in just over a week and will be treking thru Cusco. I am collecting school supplies from coworkers to bring down. Sounds as if you are a teacher can you guild be to a school that might be in need of some supplies. Thanks and hope to talk to you agein. ~Machelle

[Dad]

Hi Tom, Good bloggng!... some very impressive sight seeing going on there. Thanks for sharing ;-) Dosn't look as cold as I expected it might ..shirt sleeves and shorts!! Keep up the log see you Dad .

[Gord]

The Weather
Yeh, the air temperature is cold out here, but the sun is pretty strong, so it´s warm in the sunlight. It gets pretty cold at night and the mornings are allways chillsome. Makes the cold showers extra fun! I´ll try and get some more sunrise photos up soon... Take care. Tom

[Chris Bennett]

Bloody students
Whatcha Tom, me Claire and the kids have just got back from France and Spain but this looks like much more fun. Nice pictures. Watch out for the lamas. Whenever you come across cold water you have to jump in, it's a matter of Bennett price. Chris