Fantastic day today we woke at 6:30 and just layed in bed staring at the view… .. We had a great breakfasthere at apu lodge… Then wandered down to the town square to meet Lenin

 

Lenin took us on an amazing backroad to Moray.. The views were absolutely stunning

 

It was mostly one lane all the way… Meeting things like this were an interesting challenge

 

We came around a bend and there was the amazing view of Moray.. Its a serioes of three terraced pits . The story is they were used by inca scintists to explore plant growth.. But it looked so much more significant than that.. Moray was over 11,700 feet high.. We were hunting for oxygen molecules with tweezers 🙂

 

The workmanship was really cool.. Very precise

 

And all eith this stunning andean backdrop

 

The terraces all had these clever stair stones.. A long step.. But very handy

 

We left a samstone just outside the park

 

Then we headed to the amazing salt pits at Salinas

 

These terraced pools have been used for centuries to dry the salt from a spring that comes out of the top.

Lenin told me that It takes 3 months for the water to completely evaporate from a full pan.

 

From there we made a quick visit to Chincheros .. A nice town with another ruin and a very cool church. The church was closed.. So we couldnt see the art thats in there.. But the settign and ruins were very nice

 

 

Check out this workmanship !

 

Then we were back to urubamba… Where we stopped for lunch at a nice buffet place.. Great ceviche

 

We got back to ollanta at around 3.. Lenin told us the wind would start up at 3:30.. It started at 3:26

 

After a quick change of footware We decided to hike up to see the granery.. Runis right behind the hotel. It was an steep climb… The ruins and views were worth it though.

 

The sun was setting .. And we saw it through this ancient gate.. We laughed that the inca sceintists had built this gate just so the sun would set in it on august 24th every year 🙂

 

The granery was used to dry corn and potatoes.. It was crazy to think they had to carry all that food. Up this steep scramble