Top of the world

This is the highest I have been so far, 5,059 metres above sea level, and probably the highest I am going (it is the highest pass that I could find on my map of Peru it wasn´t directly on my route and I had to make a diversion of a couple of kilometres just to bag it).

Nazca (Peru) to Trujillo (Peru)

September 25th 2006
Aye in the catelogue ye go for men Going up a long yellow-green curve of Altiplano I see him, Chase instinct triggered A well-used toilet brush torpedoes towards me. Bandits at three o´clock! Chest steady, legs thump through dust, Chaotic fronds of mangy brown hair Focussed on pursuit. Still a hundred yards away yet closing in earnest. Flanked by two others, he is the emperor of this humble pa ... read more

South America » Peru » La Libertad » Trujillo

Ancient Peru was the seat of several prominent Andean civilizations, most notably that of the Incas whose empire was captured by the Spanish conquistadors in 1533. Peruvian independence was declared in 1821, and remaining Spanish forces defeated in 1... ... read more

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