Machu Picchu Blog Nov 4 2015
November 05, 2015 at 5:43 AM
Wednesday November 4th, 2015 - Sacred Valley
Today we photographed and explored several locations within Sacred Valley. First thing this morning we hiked the region around the salt pans. This is an region in the mountains that natural spring water heavy with salt content is used to form salt pans and then the salt is harvested as the water evaporates. We then visited the Moray circular farm rings and the ancient Inka ruins. This evening we held our welcome dinner and enjoyed getting to know each other and a great meal.
Tomorrow we board the train and head up to Machu Picchu. So more great images to follow. In the mean time enjoy todays selection of images.
View of the Andies mountain range and some of the high altitude farm land
Big sky shot as we stopped on our way to the salt pans
Andrew stopped to capture a few shots of the sheep
Dave taking the first few shots of the and flats
The view looking down into the salt pans
This little baby was at her mothers stall at the salt pans
A wide view looking down into the valley
This is the small spring the feeds the salt pans
John capturing a few shots of the salt pans
The pathways can get narrow, watch your footing real close
Who is that masked photographer???
Village life high in the mountains
Village lady out gathering up her packages for the day
We took some time and walked up some of the side streets
Bonnie trying to find a cell signal should we tell her to look up!
Moray ring farms
Gweneth enjoying the scenery
Bonnie pinching the mountain tops ... uh Bonnie, no forget it
Interesting view of a controlled burn
A small church within the hotel walls where we had lunch today
Streets inside the hotel walls where we had lunch today
A local lady making a throw rug
This wall art was inside the hotel grounds ... just for you CV
Bonnie feeding a lama
Our final stop today the ancient Inka ruins within the village
This gives you and idea of how high the Inka's lived
Even though he is on holiday, and being a Fireman in London, Dave supervised the hose rolling
John giving some gifts to the local children
This gentleman was taking a few minutes to rest and watch the world go by
This is a new attraction or I should say hotel in Sacred Valley, you climb up by ladder and get down by zip line. Can you see the three pods up .... way up
And our last image for this evening is a close up of the pods
That's it for this evening. Keep in touch as tomorrow we leave for Machu and Pichu, more image tomorrow night. Good night from Sacred Valley in Peru.