Lots of amazing energy from Moray and lots of Salt from Maras! - Day 15

Today I headed off to visit an Inca site called Moray - it was about an hour or so outside of Cusco by bus.  The bus was mostly full of spanish speaking tourists so the guide spoke in spanish first then english which is the worst for me as by the time he starts speaking in english I have zoned out so not sure I learned an awful lot but I felt soooo much.  What a place!  Even before I had walked all the way down (yes I know I have constantly complained about having to walk up hill to see the sights but walking down first means you have to walk back up at the end!!!) I could feel this most intense energy and I was being drawn straight into it.  WOW its really the first time since landing in Cusco 3 days ago that I have felt this - I was beginning to think all this Inca stuff was a load of bollocks!

I was drawn straight down into the centre of it and just sat with my eyes closed for about 10 minutes until my guide was shouting at me to come back up as it was time for him to give us the explanation in English... yup yup it was used for Inca farming, each level has its own micro climate, the land is not clay even though all around is, there is no drainage etc etc etc I just wanted to get back down into the centre.  It was like the biggest gravity pull ever, I felt like I was being sucked into an energy vortex - really fantastic - the best place visited in Cusco by far.

Even looking at the picture now I feel totally drawn down to the centre - its like it leads to the centre of the Earth.  Really a very special feeling and place.

Here I am looking like a japanese tourist with my big camera round my neck!

 Did you know that there are 3000 different kinds of totties (thats potatoes to you english folk) grown in Peru?  One of those 3000 types is called a Moray as it was discovered in this region and dates back to the Inca times apparently - there was me thinking the Irish invented to tottie!  The Moray region was full of potato fields - its one of their biggest crops at that height which is above 3800m.

The weather was great today, no rain at all which was strange as yesterday on the other side of the mountain range it rained all day.  Our guide today was so confident it wouldn't rain he told us to leave our jackets behind - this side of the mountains has its own micro climate and it is a very dry area - weird isn't it as you could see the rain on the mountains which was only about 10 miles away.

On the way to Moray we stopped in a traditional wool place at Chincheru - the traditional Inca ladies had some Lama wool and showed us tourists how they clean it, dye it and then spin it and then by hand make all of the blankets.  It was very interesting but I was a little sidetracked by a cute wee pup who decided she wanted some healing, I gave her about 5 minutes and got up to go to the loo and she followed me, waited for me, then followed me back to my seat and pushed her head into my hands demanding more healing - how cute is that - here is a picture of my follow pup - she then followed me out to the bus - I was a bit worried she was going to try to come with me!  she was well looked after by the Inca ladies and belonged to the family where we were so I know she has a nice life, she just wanted some of that Jungle Energy that I am still carrying around at the moment!!!

Here are the Inca ladies and their wool making instruction.

We went from Moray onto Maras which is where there are these huge salt mines - the picture is stunning isn't it.  Its funny how you never really think about where things come from - I really hadn't thought about where salt came from but here in Maras the salt comes from inside the mountains and is brought out to the open by hot springs and filtered through these different pools where the base is clay and the workers gather the salt from the top of the clay and dry it out.  Very interesting - I have bought various types of the salt that has come from this mine so looking forward to giving it a try - one of the bags is for medicinal use so look forward to a long hot soak in the bath whenever I get a hotel room with a bath!

Tomorrow I am off to Macchu Piccu, I get the train at 8am which takes about 4 hours I think.  I meet my Shaman at 630pm and he will talk me through the Ceremony for the next morning - if I am lucky I might have a cool good looking columbian like Carlos again!!!  Also just had my ticket confirm to climb Huayna Picchu at 7am on 23rd December - this is one of the mountains overlooking Macchu Piccu - hate all the up hill walking but its a once in a lifetime chance to do it - apparently it gets a bit hairy with tiny paths and sheer drops - nothing like facing your fear of heights at one of the spiritual centres of the world!!

suzxxx