Trip to Salinas Salt Flats, Moray and Machu Picchu

Our mission trip ended on Saturday, June 28. However, we took several days of R&R in Cuzco and visited Machu Picchu and Moray. W also visited a textile factory and Salinas Salt Flats.

Inca Woman showing us how to Wash the Alpaca wool with Yucca

Using natural plants and bugs, she dyes the wool.

 

Moray

Ellen at Moray

Deb at Moray

Machu Picchu

Deb Selfie

Group at Machu Picchu

At the Salinas Salt Flats, we walked several miles from the top of the mountain, past all of the salt flats on a very narrow path and finally made it to the river, where our van was waiting to pick us up. If you're afraid of heights, this is not the walk for you!

Barefooted workers bagging salt

At the top, looking forward to our long walk.

At the top of the salt flats

This is a very narrow path for us to walk.

We've got a long way to walk to get to the bottom.

We've finally made it past the flats onto a dirt road