Okay people, from here on out, I am going to split my blog posts into smaller chunks (for faster processing) focusing on specific towns, locations or activities. So this one is pretty short and sweet with my entrance into Lima (the capital of Peru). Now I didn’t really go straight to Peru... actually I visited a number of other towns in Ecuador on the way, including Latacunga, Ambato and Rio Bamba which are really quite pretty, with colonial architecture and churches etc etc . In fact I spent 4-5 days heading south, with a plan to climb Cotopaxi (5997m which is near Rio Bamba). However upon arriving in Rio Bamba, there were very few climbers and doing it solo was really expensive, so after some deep thought (and some research) I figured the climbing in Peru
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