Going on, from the "salt works" through the trail towards the Northwest and following the small valley one gets to Pichingoto that is located already in the Sacred Inkas' Valley. It is also possible to reach Pichingoto walking from the "Rumichaka" bus stop, about 7 kms. (4.35 miles) away from Urubamba on the road toward Ollantaytambo. Pichingoto is a Quechua community dwelling in the base of the basalt "Qoriq'aqya" Mountain; the houses have facades that are made with sun-dried mud-bricks, but, which entrails are carved in the mountain. They are small caverns or caves inhabited even today by the beginning of the XXI century; although, their occupants are already educated or have some instruction level, they have a small Catholic Chapel and even electricity inside their houses. Some authors suggest that the name comes from "pichinco" (bird), and "q'oto" (goiter). It is argued that goiter (an enlargement of the thyroid gland visible as a swelling of the front of the neck; supposed to be a consequence of lack or scarcity of iodine) was very common among its inhabitants who consumed non treated salt from the "salt works"; but, all that is not probable because today the local population that consumes the same salt do not show any goiter. Possibly its name comes from "Pichinco"= bird, and "T'oqo"= hollow. Its inhabitants believe themselves to be descendants of birds and apparently until the first decades of the present century they lived in caves on the other side of the mountain and on an upper level where they climbed with the help of ropes and ladders. The origins of this community are lost in the past's darkness and it is believed that some time ago they lived in Maras.