Hore do hor/ Up to the mountains

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Autobus nam dneska z Casmy do Huarazu - nasej dalsej zastavky - isiel o 4.30, nas hostel bol nastastie blizko a celkom nam to ulahcilo ranne vstavanie. Den predtym sme si sikovne vybrali miesto hned za vodicom, kde byva vzdy vela miesta na nohy a tesili sme sa ako sa nebudeme tlacit. Autobus ktory prisiel bol vsak nieco ine ako sme ocakavali, bol to taky polovicny minibus a nase miesto bolo samozrejme to uplne najmensie. Dalsia mile prekvapenie bolo, ze tento autobus nemal kufor a tak nase veci putovali na strechu, hned vedla klietok so sliepkami. Dalsia "vyhoda" nasich miest bola, ze sme mohli sledovat nasich dvoch soferov priamo v akci a obcas bolo lepsie predstierat spanok. Nasi sofery brali celu jazdu ako velku srandu, cim blizsie ku kraju rokliny tym lepsie a oproti iduce auto bol vrchol zabavy. Cesta bola vo vystavbe, takze cela bola lemovana roznymi kopamy strku, obrymi kamenmi a vselijakymi strojmy, najlepsie priamo za zakrutou. Nastastie sme to nejak zvladli a pred obedom dorazili do Huarazu, maleho mesta znameho hlavne kvoli skvelym podmienkam pre trekovanie a lezenie v blizkych horach- Bile Kordillery. Nevahali sme a hned sme sa rozhodli ist na Santa Cruz trek, ponukaju ho tu vsetky agentury, ale mi sme sa rozhodli ist samy a dufame, ze sme urobili dobre. Vecer nas caka balenie a skora vecierka, lebo mame kupene listky na autobus na 6.30.


We had our bus from Casma do Huaraz - our next stop - arrived at 4.30, our hostel was fortunately close and it helped a lot. The day before we chose our tickets just behind the driver thinking how clever we r and how much leg room we get, but when the actual bus turned up we knew how wrong we r. It was the half size bus with no proper trunk, so our backpacks ended up on the roof alongside cages with chickens... nother "advantage" of our seats was that u could see the drivers in action and we have to say its better to sleep than watch. For them it was a lot of fun driving above and close to the edge of so called road - rather dirty road if anything. The road was still in making and u could see heaps of soil, heavy machinery, huge boulders everywhere. We managed somehow get through and before lunch we made it to Huaraz, smallish town famous for its great climbing and trekking spots - mainly in Cordilleras Blancas. We did not hesitate and decided to do Santa Cruz trek - 3-4 days trek, that is offered by all main trekking agencies here, but do it solo, independently. We hope we made a wise decision. In the eve we have a lot of packing to do and early night cos bus leaves at 6.30.

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