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Moray

It is not easy to get to Moray from Ollantaytambo. First you have to find the collectivos. Unlike what your Lonely Planet guidebook claims, they are hidden off of the plaza de armas. The collectivo that you take here will take you to Urubamba for un Sol.

From there, you take a bus bound for Chinchero (dos Soles). But, you don't go to Chinchero. Halfway there, you get off on the side of the highway at the turn-off for Maras.

Don't panic. There will be others getting off at the same spot.

Every five minutes or so an unofficial taxi will show up, a regular four seater, to drive six passengers to Maras for only un Sol. You will become very intimate with someone you've seen for the first time only five minutes ago. You will not exchange names or awkward glances.

Once at Maras, the taxi driver will let everyone out and inform you that there is a dearth of taxis today due to a festival in a neighbouring town, but that he can drive you to Moray and back for cincuenta Soles.

Now you can panic. Now you can stumble over your español as you tell the driver you need to check your book before deciding.

And there it is. In the book. You can either take a taxi, or walk seven kilometers to the site.

OOOOOOOOO

Photographic evidence is on facebook in the folder entitled Moray.

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