Salt Pans in Maras

A salt water spring feeds these salt pans which the Incas used to product salt. Even today it remains the way Peruvians get their salt. 

Machu Picchu

We toured the great Inca stie of Machu Picchu.  The people of Machu Picchu fled the site fearing they would be killed a Spanish attach but the Spanish did not find Machu Picchu so the city was left intact and only discovered hundreds of years latter. 

Hang on. It is a long way down.

At the top

Now for a selfie

Just a little further.

Ollantaytambo - starting the climb

It is a long way up in very thin air. 

A few shots from the week