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After Ollantaytambo, we headed to the Moras salt pools. These are about 15 minutes outside of the town of Moras.    I recommend stopping on the way in to really take in the full view.   We paid a nominal fee to get into the pools. All the visible pools are head by a single stream.   As you walk down into the area, you can see the stream on the left hand side.   I recommend reaching down to feel the water and put a little bit to your mouth.   The water was warm – like a lukewarm bath and definitely salty!   The pools are shared by the community.   As people in the community get married, they get a pool.   When we were there, we were at the start of the wet season, so the pools are starting to look a little more brown.   When you are there in the peak of the dry season, the pools really look white as the water evaporates leaving the salt.   There is a little path that wanders through the top of th...