Sacred Valley Salt

What do potatoes of the Cusco alturas and Sacred Valley Salt have in common? Among other things, they're both entirely hand-harvested. Given the tremendous importance of potatoes and tubers in the mountains around the Sacred Valley, we've already dedicated a couple of photo blog entries to the topic at sacred-valley-salt.com/photo-blog. #potatoes #handharvested #highaltitude #andes #alturas

Can you see them? Dangling from the cliff, 400' above the ground are...luxury hotel rooms. Get the story at sacred-valley-salt.com/photo-blog. #sacredvalley #ollantaytambo #pods #roomwithaview #uniquehotels

Most rural Peruvians can't afford to get too attached to their livestock. But that doesn't mean they never do. More on the Sacred Valley at sacred-valley-salt.com/photo-blog #urubamba #pets #livestock #sacredvalley #ruralperu #peru

Coming down off the Abra Malaga, you start to encounter isolated homesteads. More info at sacred-valley-salt.com/photoblog. #alpaca #abramalaga #highaltitude #homestead #ollantaytambo #sacredvalley

While Spanish is the official language of the Sacred Valley, Quechua is the mother tongue of most, thus signs like these. For a interesting run-down on the language of the Incas, see sacred-valley-salt.com/quechua101 #quechua #sacredvalley #notmymothertongue #secondlanguage #micetoneetyou