Blogs from Ancash, Peru, South America - page 7

Today was one of the best day hikes ever. Changed to do Laguna 69 as there were some hikers headed there. You have to travel 3 hours by transport first and then are dropped off at about 10,000 feet. You have to hike it from there about 6-7 miles one way but the reward is incredible. This is a clear blue green lake nestled at about 15,000 feet +. There are a few (very few) level places on the trail and the rest is zigzagging up some steep terrain. It takes about 4 hours up, two back and then the return ride which of course does not leave when you get there. Finally back in Huaraz and beat. Will post more tomorrow as I am doing a short trek just to keep working towards climatization. Today ... read more

Finally received my luggage after waiting two days and headed off to the bus. An eight hour bus trip did not sound exciting but Cruz del Sur bus lines did an excellent job. Comfortable, service and no problems. Arrived in Huaraz around 5 pm and drove by the local market that looks interesting. Tomorrow will be an aclimatization day walking around Huaraz so I hope to have great shots of the area and also the local market. Just a few pics today. A couple of last pictures before leaving Lima, a few on the bus of the mountains when reaching the area and a sunset shot from the top of Olaza's guesthouse. Nice place and away from the square so it is quiet.... read more

We had extended out time in Lima due to my bout of the flu and though I still wasn’t feeling great we decided it was time to move on. A spur of the moment decision had us booking a day bus for the eight hour trip north to the region of Peru which is home to 22 mountains over 6000 meters making it the highest mountain range in the world outside of the Himalayas. The region is known as the Cordilleras and includes Mt Huascaran at 6768 meters which is Peru’s highest point. It was a very scenic trip - first it followed the coastal highway - not particularly scenic as it was a sand desert, but interesting all the same. We passed many sad villages - hundreds of tiny shacks, without running water or electricity, ... read more

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

Na weer vier weken vrijwilligerswerk gedaan te hebben besloten om maar weer eens wat meer van het land te gaan zien. Deb is druk met haar stage bezig en Thieu had zin om wat meer van de natuur hier te gaan bekijken. Gekozen is er voor een trekking in Huaraz. Huaraz is het trekking- en bergbeklimcentrum van Zuid-Amerika en de foto´s waren erg aantrekkelijk. In Cuzco gezocht naar welke trekking aantrekkelijk was en Thieu heeft vervolgens gekozen om de Santa Cruz trek te gaan lopen. Deze duurt 4 dagen en gaat tot een hoogte van 4750 meter. Tevens een lekker trainingkje voor de Inca trail. Vervolgens vanuit Cuzco geprobeerd te boeken bij een kantoortje in Huaraz maar natuurlijk verliep dat niet helemaal perfect. Op z´n Peruaans krijg je eerst info en dan vervlgens wordt het stil. ... read more