Blogs from Huascaran National Park, Huaraz, Ancash, Peru, South America

Hallo Freunde! Das Team Mittelfranken ist inzwischen in Huaraz eingeschlagen und bereitet sich professionell auf Grosses vor. Die diesjaehrige Strategie lautet: Den Alkohol durch Wasser ersetzen, 12 Stunden am Tag schlafen und Finger weg von der Duenpfiffsuppe! Klappt bisher ganz hervorragend. Haben gestern erfolgreich die Innereien- und Fischabteilung des lokalen Marktes besichtigt, dabei fast gekotzt und anschliessend mehrere warme Mahlzeiten zu uns genommen, um schoen Substanz aufzubauen. Ansonsten haben wir heute eine kleine Wanderung auf 4500 Meter ueber Null unternommen. Leider war der DAV Summit Club und ungefaehr 4000 andere Wandervoegel auch schon da. Nachdem wir uns wie immer auf die Pole Position begeben haben, wars dann noch richtig schoen und uns gings spitze bis auf die fehlende Luft im System. So weit so gut! Spektakulaere News in Kuerze! Roemi und Floeri.... read more

Hola again Amigos and Amigas, Our travels from Ica to the nation’s capital of Lima only took about 4 or so hours in a pretty ordinary bus. 4 hours on a bus is easy these days. Lima is the biggest city in Peru with a population of close to 8 million. It’s a city with many faces. When I visited in 2006 most of my time was spent in the tourist zone of Miraflores, this time though would be very different. We were fortunate to have met a local girl from Lima during our time in Cusco named Ana. She took on the role of tour guide extraordinaire for a day, a long day. We were chauffeured through the suburbs of Barranco, Chorrillos, Miraflores, San Isidro and downtown Lima stopping at will, being presented with a ... read more

What can I tell you about our happenings, since my previous entry, that was made even before we have taken the flight to start our journey - so many things have happened. Well, Since Nitzan wrote you a little about our flights to Lima, and about our stay in Lima, I will jump directly to our last week, spent in Huaraz, situated 8 hours north of Lima. Well, first, I am happy that I can write you, that means I came back from the “Santa Cruz" trek. Though I am back, I cannot say I am in one piece, because I have just learned about the existence of muscles I was not aware I have in my body - and now that they are aching and contracted, I have come to know them. Nitzan is writing ... read more

I am begining to really like Peru. After a little too much partying we decided to head off into the mountains for some adventure activities. So another sleepless overnight bus was the way to get there. The city is called Huaraz and it’s about 3500m above sea level so this took a little getting use to. Everything you do is a struggle. When we arrived there was a huge flight of stairs to climb to the hostel and because the air is so thin, there was three fit guys puffing and panting over a flight of stairs. The first full day there was spent mountain biking. This was a great day; we hired the bikes and paid for a little van to take us to the mountain. It is like travelling back in time here, the ... read more