Sunday, we decided to take a bike tour that would take us to another Inca agricultural site (Moray), and a local salt facility (Maras). The ride was REALLY pretty!!
If you look at the pictures you will notice that we where dressed up for a downhill racing competition. Although it was a bit overkill, Jen made good use of it - she bailed on the very last turn of our downhill ride :).
Our first stop was Moray - the Inca agricultural centre. Here, Incas were even able to grow several types of plants that are not normally capable of growing at this altitude (for example, coca).
If you want to see a 360-degree view of the area, click here:
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Our second stop was Maras, a local salt facility for the region. The most impressive part about this facility is that SALT-WATER streams out from the mountain, even though we are thousands of miles from the coast/sea.
And, the best part of the day was our lunch: We ate local food that was served out of a wheel barrel... yep that's right... a wheel barrel ;)
