Blogs from Huaraz, Ancash, Peru, South America - page 5

Hola todos, depuis mon dernier post a Trujillo, pas mal de choses se sont deroulées. Tout d abord, du a un mauvais planning, j ai du resté une journée de plus a Trujillo, sans rien faire. Ce qui m a simplement permis de me faire refiler des faux billets par 2 petits enc.... de peruviens, genre sympas etc. On a bu des verres, on est sorti en "salsateca" et puis une petite manip de billets en rendant la monnaie et hop ! je me retrouve avec 150 sols que je vais devoir refiler a un gringo, ou en faire des pliages/collages/decoupages pour Noel. Bref, j ai pris un bus de nuit le dimanche soir direction Huaraz. J ai rencontré 2 francais qui allaient aussi a Huaraz, et qui s etaient aussi fait entuber, mais eux 400 ... read more

Chavin de Huantar je jedna z najvyznamnejsich a najstarsich pamiatok v Peru, svojho casu to bolo najvyznamnejsie nabozenske stredisko a jeho architektura ovplyvnila kultury v sirokom okoli, toto boli dovody pre ktore sme si navstevu tohto miesta nemohli nechat ujst. Chavin sa nachadza v malej dedinke a dostat sa tam moze byt problem, preto sme sa rozhodli zaplatit si vylet. Minibus pre 15 ludi nas vyzdvihol priamo pred nasim hotelom a vyrazili sme na 4 hodinovu cestu po dalsej zanedbanej ceste plnej dier, skal a zosuvov. Najzaujimavejsou castou celeho komplexu pre nas boli podzemne katakomby do ktorych sme mohli ist a ktore v minulosti sluzili na prevadzania nabozenskych obradov. Chavin je tiez znamy svojimi kamennymi hlavami a slavnym granitovym totemom - bohom. Vecer, po navrate, sme mali dost casu len na dobalenie poslednych veci a o ... read more

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 ... read more

Tahlei Altitude is a bitch. Climbing stairs makes you feel like an overweight smoker. Shampoo, sunscreen, moisturiser - everything erupts in a messy reminder that the air pressure has changed. And that change in air pressure is probably to blame for the stomach problems we all suffered after taking an overnight bus from sea level to 3,000 metres. But with such heights comes the potential for exciting descents! Whether on a mountain bike or a sandboard, we have had some of these exciting descents lately. We arrived in Huaraz, the capital of the Cordillera Blanca, home to something like 23 snow-capped peaks higher than 5,000 metres, and the hulking Huascarán, Peru's highest peak at 6,768 metres. No matter how comfortable the bus, so overnight journey is going to be enjoyable. We emerged bleary-eyed and exhausted into ... read more

Awesome Fun for a Sore Arse It had been a restless night’s sleep. Some kind of fiesta was happening because the BANG of bottle rockets had carried on well past midnight, as had the howling of the city’s many dogs. Then, just as it seemed the city had finally gone to sleep, the roosters started up. Whoever said that roosters crow at dawn is full of shit because these cocks started up long before the grey light of pre-dawn. We were picked up by the tour company’s shuttle bus at 6AM. The Boss and I had moved our bags into Kyle and Tahlei’s room and left the keys and a note explaining that we had checked out but would be back to pay that evening. The guy who booked our tour told us that, for $50 ... read more