http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Ancash/Huaraz/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from South America , Peru , Ancash , Huaraz en-us Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:18:17 +0000 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:18:17 +0000 Aprs cette petite pause sur la cote pacifique nous avons repris le bus direction Huaraz. Malheuresement il a fallu faire le trajet en deux fois avec un transfer Chimbote. On est arriv vers 5 heures du matin et on a du attendre 4 heures dans la gare de bus pour notre bus pour Huaraz. Ensuite le trajet jusqu' Huaraz a dur 8 heures bref une vraie expditionUne fois arriv Huaraz on a co http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/blog-460699.html De Cuenca a Huaraz en passant par Loja Vilcabamba Equ. Mancora et Trujillo Perou nous passons par tous les types de paysages et de climatsBeaucoup de photos de Cuenca une des villes coloniales les plus riches et les mieux conservees d Amerique latine dont l architecte contraste fortement avec celle du reste du pays.Les maisons equatoriennes et peruviennes sont de petits batiments cubiq http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/blog-456558.html The night bus from Cuenca Ecuador left a little late and we changed bus at Machala to CIFA bus company. The bus was full and from what I gathered it actually came from Guayaquil. There was someone sat on my seat assignment so i sat where its empty I am so tired to argue most Ecuadorians I noticed dont really follow the seat assignment they go wherever they want to. A lady with a crying child w http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Ancash/Huaraz/blog-451054.html Hola again Amigos and AmigasOur travels from Ica to the nationrsquos capital of Lima only took about 4 or so hours in a pretty ordinary bus. 4 hours on a bus is easy these days. Lima is the biggest city in Peru with a population of close to 8 million. Itrsquos a city with many faces. When I visited in 2006 most of my time was spent in the tourist zone of Miraflores this time though would http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Ancash/Huaraz/Huascaran-National-Park/blog-444755.html We have had such a good time these last few days that it you really do feel somehow that the experience has elevated your spirit lifted you beyond yourself. It has provided as a lot of this trip has provided a huge sense of freedom liberty and discovery. It is something I really wish I could share at a personal level with everyone back home more than just with the words and pictures of this b http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Ancash/Huaraz/blog-443324.html We've been in Huaraz 5 days now and the last three have been jam packed with various treks. I can honestly say I have never been so exhausted in my life as I was last night but it was totally worth it On day one we did an acclimatization walk as the altitude here can make you terribly sick if you're not used to it. We did this at Lake Llacca. Suprisingly the altitude didn't mess with me at all. http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Ancash/Huaraz/Huascaran-National-Park/blog-442356.html Leaving Trujillo behind us we took the 9 hour night bus on to Huaraz. Irsquove read a lot about avoiding taking night buses in South America for fear of them being held up by bandits. In Peru however there is no real need to be concerned about that possibility and they are also so comfortable that you can actually get to sleep on them too. To cover distances like this 600 kilometres in this http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Ancash/Huaraz/blog-441376.html What can I tell you about our happenings since my previous entry that was made even before we have taken the flight to start our journey so many things have happened.Well Since Nitzan wrote you a little about our flights to Lima and about our stay in Lima I will jump directly to our last week spent in Huaraz situated 8 hours north of Lima.Well first I am happy that I can write you that http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Ancash/Huaraz/Huascaran-National-Park/blog-438916.html On Saturday morning we arrived to a town called Huaraz after an 8 hours night bus ride. It was a 2 floor bus with TV and Internet Service.Huaraz is a very high and cold town. It has high mountains with snow. We dressed up in the morning after arrival and went to a mountain that's cold Pastoruri. Its a mountain of 5200 meters On the way to the mountain we bought special leaves that are called http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Ancash/Huaraz/blog-438029.html Konchukos.comPortal del Callejon de Conchucos informacin de Chavin San Marcos Huari Llamelln Aczo ChingasChaccho Mirgas San Luis Chacas Piscobamba Pomabamba Yanamahttpwww.konchukos.comhttpwww.konchukos.combloghttpwww.konchukos.comfotoshttpwww.konchukos.compaquetesturisticos.phpVer fotos del Callejon de Conchucos http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Ancash/Huaraz/Chavin-de-Huantar/blog-428975.html So nun ist die Zeit fuer uns gekommen um Abschied von Huaraz zu nehmen und weiter zu ziehen. Wir wollen ja schliesslich noch mehr sehn und erleben. Trotzdem faellt es uns alles andere als leicht Huaraz zu verlassen.Wir sind mit Erwartungen und natuerlich auch gewissen Aengsten nach Suedamerika aufgebrochen....Huaraz hat uns herzlicher willkommen geheissen als wir jemals erwartet haetten. In kue http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Ancash/Huaraz/blog-408885.html Unser erster Monat steht komplett im Zeichen des Bergsports. Wenn wir also nicht gerade in der Cordillera Blanca unterwegs sind verbringen wir viel Zeit mit Bouldern. Fuer diejenigen denen dieser Sport nicht vertraut ist Bouldern ist das loesen schwieriger Kletterprobleme in Bodennaehe. Also ohne Seil etc. dafuer harte Zuege kleine Griffe kurze Routen vll 6 Zuege oder so. Perfekt um ein bisc http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Ancash/Huaraz/blog-401986.html Matze und Christoph melden sich aus Peru zurueck.Haben uns mittlerweile schon gut eingelebt. Ueberhaupt kommt es uns so vor als waeren wir schon mindestens nen Monat hier. Das liegt zu einem Grossteil sicherlich an unseren neuen peruanischen Freunden Marco und Ruben sowie den restlichen Bergfuehrern von Galaxia Expeditions. Dass wir so herzlich aufgenommen werden damit haben wir nicht gerechnet. http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Ancash/Huaraz/blog-398971.html Alright Alright I havenrsquot updated in two weeks I havenrsquot written about all my prescholastic travels Irsquom a horrible person blah blah blah. I did upload a ton of pictures to my facebook page so thatrsquos something. Havenrsquot gotten around to captioning them all yet but I will eventuallyhellippromise promise. Irsquom also hoping to get some more pictures up tonigh http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Ancash/Huaraz/blog-386636.html Huaraz Yungay Vaqueria Cordillera Blanca Cashapampa and Caraz 13th to 19th of Feb. After our trip to the seaside we headed back towards the mountains to Huaraz to be precise. Huaraz is quite high up 3052 metres 10013 feet above sea level and it's meant to have some of the best trekking in the South America if not the world. Obviously this was right up Richard's alley. It's in a r http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Ancash/Huaraz/blog-377422.html after reviewing my last entry i realized that i spent way too much time building tension before our arrival to the forest and then when i finally got to the good stuff my back was sore and my eyes burned from looking at the computer screen that i summerized the best of the trip with a quick list of my jungle creature spottings. anyways the jungle was awesome. but ive already moved on so i le http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Ancash/Huaraz/blog-377083.html Dutch and EnglishBusritten en HuarazEr is een wonder gebeurd Ik heb een warme douche gehad.. in mijn eigen appartement nota bene Na twee maanden kou lijden is het dan eindelijk gelukt Een heerlijke hete doucheAfgelopen weekend ben ik in Huaraz geweest een plaatsje zon 810 uur boven Lima. Het verhaalWaarom HuarazEen dag voordat ik naar Huaraz vertrok kreeg ik te horen dat de school mijn p http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Ancash/Huaraz/blog-366885.html Chavin De Huantar THIS CEREMONIAL CENTER WHICH IS MORE THAN THREE THOUSAND YEARS OLD IS THE MOST IMPORTANT LEFT BY THE CHAVIN CULTURE. IN ITS TIME IT WAS A PLACE OF PILGRAMAGE FOR INHABITANTS OF THE NORTH COAST AND THE CENTRAL ANDES. UNFORTUNATELY IT HAS UNDERGONE THE DEPREDATION OF PILLAGERS DURING MANY YEARS. CONSTANT RAINS AND HUMIDITY ARE OTHER PERMANENT THREATS. Data Location Callejon http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Ancash/Huaraz/Chavin-de-Huantar/blog-361542.html Well if the last blog finished off with some trepidation it was a case of first impressions not being right at all Yes our first couple of days in Peru were not so impressive. We basically came down from the mountains into the scrub and desert. It was like someone had flicked a switch at the border between wealth relatively speaking and poverty. The houses were really like little run dow http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Ancash/Huaraz/Huascaran-National-Park/blog-354168.html I am begining to really like Peru. After a little too much partying we decided to head off into the mountains for some adventure activities. So another sleepless overnight bus was the way to get there. The city is called Huaraz and itrsquos about 3500m above sea level so this took a little getting use to. Everything you do is a struggle. When we arrived there was a huge flight of stairs to climb http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Ancash/Huaraz/Huascaran-National-Park/blog-347632.html