Blogs from Huánuco, Huánuco, Peru, South America

Grauenhafte Nacht, siehe gestern. Ausfahrt aus Chiclaya: man kann sich schwer vorstellen, dass es was Scheuslicheres gibt, als diese Vorstädte. Breite Strasse (PanAm), daneben einn breiter, verdreckter Streifen, Sand, Staub, viel Müll, sterbende Pflanzen (wenige, sind schon alle tot. , ähnliche. Strassen gehen im rechten Winkel davon ab, genauso staubig und trostlos. Entlang der Strasse sind noch weiter ausserhalb lange Mauern, meist mit der Aufschrift ¨se vende¨ - ich möchte da auch nicht sein! (Und dann kam ganz verblüffend eine Mauer, auf der stand:¨no se vende¨) Ein toter Hund am Strassenrand, um ihn herum so acht bis zehn Geier. Aber die erste Mahlzeit gehört dem Obergeier, er frißt schon, heute beginnt er am Auge. Wüste: schnurgerade Straße - wrum trotzdem so viele Gedenkstätten an Todesfälle? Eingeschlafen beim Fahren? Ich glaube eher, dass die hiesi... read more

(Here are photos! ) Or not, Tingo Maria! That seemed to be the general sentiment in Tingo Maria, which made for an interesting holiday adventure for this non-drinker. I travelled to Tingo Maria with my host-sister Gina. Her brother Linder had the opportunity to work in construction for friends in Tingo Maria, and he left about a week after I started living with the family. Now that it was the holiday season, and he was off by himself in distant lands, the family nominated a delegation to visit Linder and bring him home. This would be Gina, the 16-year-old, and I. I had just returned to Yarina from Lima, and the next day Gina and I sought transportation to the ceja (also known as cloud forest, alta-selva, or the beautful margin between jungle and mountain). We ... read more

So we are Travelling the world starting off in the South American Country of Peru, first town is Lima the capital of this developing friendly country,we spent 3 nights here in Lima discovering the colonial old town sipping Peruvian coffee and watching life go past, there is many walks of life over here but not many foreigners, we are in the minority but this helps us with learning how to speak Spanish which is one of the main objectives of traveling this continent. There are not many shops in Lima really but lots of restaurants selling mostly European food for not much less than at home. So after 3 nights we take the bus to Trujillo which is 350 miles north of the capital, once arriving we transferred straight to Huanchaco which is a small fishing ... read more

Gday Gday, Here we are in Huancayo - the capital of the Junín Region, in the central highlands of Peru, located in Huancayo Province, of which it is also capital. Situated near the Mantaro Valley at an altitude of 3,271 meters, it has a population of 323,054. Huancayo is the cultural and commercial center of the whole central Peruvian Andes area. After a few days in Miraflores, Lima, we are beginning to head in the general direction of Cusco. There are two main routes we could take, down the coast to Pisco and then across, or head straight inland through the mountains, which is what we´ve chosen. It wasn´t apparent to us just how mountainous the area was in Miraflores, after all the smog limited how far we could see... We booked a coach and headed ... read more

Here is the Peruvian installment........ read more