A little remembrance!

Hi classmates!

I know a lot of places in Chile and the others countries beacause I love to travel for Latin America but in this post I will talk about one of the most spectacular place that I visited, this is the Salt Mines of Maras in Perú. Maras is a district of the province of Urubamba, is located west of the city of Cuzco and this place is within the circuit called the "Sacred Valley". I visited Maras three years ago, specifically in February of 2009 with excellent travel group: my best friends although during the trip the group was growing.This place was very interesting because their existence is very ancient, goes back to the period of the Inca Empire, and surprise the extent of the mines and also that you can walk through them but personally for me the most interesting of the place were the people who lived there with those who shared. 
They received me very kindly in his house and explain how they worked with the salt from these mines, as lived and some of its traditional local festivals. Fortunately when I was there I got to one, the “Carnival of Inti (sun)”, which lasted about a week and which assists people of all the nearby villages. In this event I experienced things foreign to my but very interesting as the sacrifice of animals, especially “llamas”, "challar" their house so they miss nothing during the year, among others.
Visiting this place was one of the most fascinating experiences and although I met other ancient sites such as Machu Picchu, my satisfaction is for sharing with people of Maras and I hope  to return there some day.




see you soon 
bye!