Taray – Urambaba Day 6
After class today, we piled into a minivan to visit some salt mines about 30 minutes away. As soon as we turned onto tarmac we were pulled over at a police checkpoint. THe driver apparently did not have a proper license for a minibus. The fact that the spedometer did not work or that there were 18 gringos piled into this thing did not bother them in the least. We eventually continued on and made it to urubamba. We climbed a steep (read huffing again) hill to an ancient place where the Incas had carved out huge basins in a salt mineral rock. They are filled with water, or the rain and when that evaporates, they pickax the salt and collect it in sacks. They use donkeys to transport the salt to sell at the market. The little girl guiding the donkey cuold not have been more that 4 or 5. Hard work. Beautiful drive through the valley…while it may seem i have lost my ability to spell – not all the keyboards have any letters left and things are in the wrong place so i am sorta going by memory! ciao!
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dunlewey
Hi Erin – Good to hear from you on Day 6 of 210! Carrying 31 lbs – I predict you will return super strong and 40 lbs lighter. Wonder how this comment thingy works.
Linda