Waterfall of light

The guidebooks all say to go to Salinas de Maras midday to avoid the shadow of the valley over the salt mines. My schedule only allowed for an early morning tre...
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The guidebooks all say to go to Salinas de Maras midday to avoid the shadow of the valley over the salt mines. My schedule only allowed for an early morning trek down to the Sacred Valley, and while I indeed had no direct light, I was greeted with reflections from the peaks above. Peru's mountainous topography can make for difficult photography in the morning and evening, but sometimes you get rewarded in other ways.
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