Blogs from Ancash, Peru, South America - page 24

Yay! I get some kick ass antibiotics and I feel better now! I´m so happy I´ve been feeling like shit for so long I almost forgot how nice it was to feel well. Well after staying in Huaraz Friday night and being generally antisocial as I still felt bad, we went up for the BBQ on Saturday. In the morning me and Audrey went out and did some shopping. She is a lovely person and we had some great convos. Due to my delapitating illness i couldnt eat any fruit veggies cheese milk or yoghurt as they would make me feel bad. So I had some bacon for brekkie which was great. Basically every saturday now there is a BBQ at the Lodge and the first one was really fun. We had burgers and chorizo ... read more

Na een dag of 9 in Arequipa en omgeving heb ik mijn reis voortgezet in noordelijke richting. De laatste bestemming voor ik vanaf Lima naar huis vlieg is Huaraz, aan de voet van de Cordillera Blanca. Vanuit Arequipa betekent dit een lange busreis (+24 uur in de bus zitten) met een overstap in Lima. Dat lijkt een verschrikking, maar ik vind het meevallen. De busreizen zijn, zeker in Bolivia en Peru, een belevenis op zich. Ik reis dan ook graag met de goedkopere bussen, waar ook de locals gebruik van maken. Er zijn wel luxere en duurdere toeristenbussen, maar dat is een stuk saaier. Toen ik op het busstation in Arequipa aankwam was het een echte mierenhoop; heel wat anders dan je op een busstation in Nederland aantreft. Er is dan ook niet echt sprake ... read more

The gringo weight loss diet. 1) Go to altitude, so you feel naseuous and lose all apetite for about a week. 2) Get food poisoning so any food you do eat just gets puked right back up again. Lose appetite again. 3) Get Giardia, so little parasite eat all your food for you. And voila, the gringo weight loss diet! Yes thats right, I have giardia which is a waterbourne parasite. I´m relieved I finally have an explanation of why I´ve been feeling so crap the past few weeks. It basically stops you digesting food whihc is why I´ve felt so weak. I had to take another two days off work on Thursday and Friday. Basically I feel like shit, no energy, upset stomach, stomach cramps the works. I´m really glad now that I know ... read more

Nooo, not really I haven´t eating guinea... yet. Although I forgot to twll you about the meal I had with my spanish family, even though I put up photos. The food cooked underground is pachamanca and it was ver exciting. it was like opening up presents, but instead of presents it was food. Tasty food. Which in itself is a very good present. Panchitas daughter had fried cuy which is guinea pig. It was pretty shocking really, the whole thing is just deep fried. Its toes are crispy and it still has its teeth. It made me sad, but I still got a photo of it, which you can see here. Anyway we left our families on Sunday, the flowers and wine went down well and she told us that if we ever need a ... read more

Santa Cruz South America » Peru » Cordillera Blanca By BoskoApril 21st 2007Bosko Hola! Pozdravljeni. Ravno sem se vrnil iz 4 dnevnega trekinga po gorah peruja, natancneje po Colrillera Blanka, po dolini Santa Cruz. Kaj naj recem, cudovito. Res da me je precej zeblo dve noci v sotoru (zunaj je blo kar blizu nicle, se mi zdi), ace pa smo imeli kar lepo vreme, razen prvi dan ko je malce dezevalo. Pa tudi cas je kar pravi, ker se ni visoka sezona, tak da se vsega skupaj videl kvecjemu 20 ljudi (to vkljucuje tudi nas7 iz nase skupine). Malce me je dajala tudi visinska bolezen, predvsem ker sem imel premalo casa za aklimatizacijo, pa me je malo glava... read more