Thankfully Will woke up today looking like a new person. We met up with James and Nia (our friends from the tour who are also spending a few more days in Cusco) and decided to head to two more touristy places. Just before we were about to leave though 4 became 3 as James suddenly took a turn for the worse (it was about his turn..) and had to head back to bed.
Anyway the 3 of us got on a bus which definitely was much more similar to those we had to take in Ecuador - far too many people packed onto a very small bus with minimal functioning dashboard (i.e. only the indicators worked properly...) Bus dropped us off on the way to it´s final destination and from there we were left ot negotiate a good price with the taxi drivers to take us to Maras and Moray.
First stop was Moray which was a huge Inca terrace which Will decided was a good idea to climb all the way to the bottom - turned out that didn´t make him feel too great. Pretty impressive although Inca terraces are starting to lose their appeal ever so slightly...
Next was the Salt fields of Maras. Basically they have managed to cultivate a stream that was naturally high in salt and harvest (or grow as Katharine likes to say) the salt - really impressive! Also salty. Katharine licked some and Will managed a spectacular slip which left his left foot in the stream. Prior to this we had discussed whether or not they would get radged if you fell in... well no-one told Will off.
The bus journey back involved us having to stand for the first half since there were no seats... sad times. But we made it back eventually. Just got back from having a meal by the main square and said our goodbyes to nia and James. A reasonably early night to prepare us for a mega day of bartering tomorrow at the market.. whoop whoop!
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