Arrival in Peru!


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May 11th 2011
Published: May 12th 2011
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What an amazing first two weeks in Peru! I arrived in Peru early on Easter Sunday morning and spent the first week slowly making my way down the northern coastline visiting some nice little towns and the many archeaological sites along the way. First up was the city of Chiclayo where the main attraction was "El SeƱor de Sipan" an extremely well preserved skeleton dating from around the 6th cent... Read Full Entry



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Our camp...no-one in sight but for the wild horses
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Setting up camp
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Nice view to wake to!
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Horses for company
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Lunch! And this time its cows for company!
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Looking back down the valley
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Our camp. Apparently this mountain is the one used by Paramount Pictures intheir logo!
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Sun sets over Alpamayo
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Darragh and James keeping warm!
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Another nice wake up call!
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Closing in on Punta Union
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Made it at last!
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Picahuirca...all 6046 metres of it!
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The mountain pass



13th May 2011

on your hike!
What an experience, Gordon, tremendous photographs. Fair touched that you got to St Martin's tomb as well.
23rd May 2011

Aye very good faither though I thought you'd have opted for, "Take a hike!"...

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