http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Ancash/Cordillera-Blanca/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from South America , Peru , Ancash , Cordillera Blanca en-us Sun, 06 Dec 09 10:32:40 +0000 Sun, 06 Dec 09 10:32:40 +0000 Absolutely amazing is the only way to describe the Cordillera Blanca. It is the second highest mountain range outside of the Himalayas and has 22 peaks over 6000m. The scenery has been stunning glaciated peaks pristine lakes and valleys. We stayed in the capital of the Ancash area Huaraz. It was quite a busy town with around 100000 inhabitants it really had a lively feel to the place. The ind http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Ancash/Cordillera-Blanca/blog-445846.html Laguna Llanganuco Cordillera Blanca 8am. This is a place that I had dearly wanted to visit during my first abandoned trip to South America a few years ago. It is also a place that I didn't expect to be able to get to see because of logistical reasons. Yet here I was all the same a picture in a book now filling my field of view. A very unexpected pleasure.The lakes here in the mountains are of http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Ancash/Cordillera-Blanca/blog-442773.html Despite being on a trip jampacked full of things that Irsquove wanted to do for a very long time I always expected that there would be a handful of days that would stand out above the rest. Today is such a day. Just like experiencing Quito for the first time the cloud forests of Mindo the whales off the coast of Ecuador and the horse riding in Vilcabamba today will stand tall in the memory http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Ancash/Cordillera-Blanca/blog-441869.html Con Paolo nella Cordillera Blanca Per. Montagne innevate e lagune incantate tra i 4000 e i 6800 m.Laguna 69 Laguna Churup trekking OllerosChavin... http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Ancash/Cordillera-Blanca/blog-439412.html I got up earlier than usual around six thirty so that I could get to the camal or local slaughterhouse and back before breakfast. Got directions from Patti and took a wrong turn as soon as I got to the bottom of the hill so I ended up at least a kilometer off in the wrong direction. It was fun though I got all sorts of help form the local little old ladies. They loved telling La Gringa that http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Ancash/Cordillera-Blanca/blog-424728.html While most friends back in the States were grilling out watching fireworks and celebrating independence day Jordan Paul and I made history on our own...well sort of. Quite fittingly July 4th was Perus second annual Friends Daywhich as part of a new social campaign falls on the first Saturday in July. Mostly a marketing strategy put on by a local beer company this day actually symboliz http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Ancash/Cordillera-Blanca/blog-415820.html Hola Been a while I know I am in Carhuaz in Peru right under the Cordillera Blanco in a valley between the Cordillera Blanco and the Cordillera Negro. It is absalutely beautiful here and weve already been very busy. Im pretty impressed by how much spanish im understanding since i have only one semester of it but necessity is great. We had a wonderful class yesterday about local herbal http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Ancash/Cordillera-Blanca/blog-415503.html Hi Guys Long time no speak write read. So already in the Galapagos waiting for the boat so i think its time to summarize a month and a half of Peru b4 i forget where and what i did.... Due to different reasons this is really going to be mostly facts and no stories especially because otherwise i will have to spend a month here at the pc.So I left Cusco to go across the Andes a very untourit http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Ancash/Cordillera-Blanca/blog-412366.html Als letzte Unternehmung in Huaraz stand die Besteigung von einem der hohen Berge auf dem Plan. Wir wollten nicht ohne einen 6.000er im Gepaeck abreisen. In Bolivien wird sich zwar noch die Moeglichkeit bieten einen Grossen zu besteigen jedoch sind wir uns nicht sicher ob sichs zeitlich ausgeht und wie die Organisation vor Ort so ist. Es gibt einerseits die hohen Bolivianer bei denen man am best http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Ancash/Cordillera-Blanca/blog-408188.html Yay Back to the mountains I had a nice time on the coast but I was constantly questioning what was missing and I found it as soon as we entered Huaraz in the early hours of the morning on the night bus from Trujillo. The cool air hit me as we left the bus and the white snow capped peaks all around the city made me feel at home again. After having around 6 weeks in the mountains of Ecuador I w http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Ancash/Cordillera-Blanca/blog-359742.html The Santa Cruz trek is one of the most popular backpacking circuits in South America. Located in the Cordillera Blanca mountain range which begins approximately in the middle of Peru and runs south down towards Bolivia and Chile the majority of this National Park region sits above 4000 metres above sea level.The most common trek through this area is 4 days3 nights and provides some of the world http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Ancash/Cordillera-Blanca/blog-347932.html You kick your crampon into the ice and take another swing with the climbing axe. Your arms begin to weaken as you fearfully look below while checking your harness and safety rope. You stop for a moment to catch you breath while getting instructions from the guide. Suddenly you slip become disoriented and are left dangling by your life line. It takes a moment to register that you are hanging f http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Ancash/Cordillera-Blanca/blog-338718.html So wed decided on the Santa Cruz trek the most popular and supposedly most beautiful. It takes four days and reaches an altitude of 4800m which is considerably higher than Id ever been. In Huaraz at 3000m walking upstairs rapidly felt like quite the physical challange so I was curious to find out what if anything this kind of altitude would do to me.On day one we got off to a bad start by s http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Ancash/Cordillera-Blanca/blog-310157.html Ik kreeg van het thuisfront wat geluiden binnen dat ik te weinig update. Ik lig ondertussen al bijna een week op het strand te bakken dus tja ik had misschien inderdaad wel even een keertje online kunnen gaan.. Maar daarover later meer.Voor zover jullie weten was ik net in Huaraz aangekomen. Huaraz is een niet al te grote maar flink toeristische plaats aan de Cordillera Blanco. Een bergketen m http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Ancash/Cordillera-Blanca/blog-303283.html Day 61Had a well deserved lie in and pottered out for breakfast. Wandered around Cusco abit and then decided we would treat ourselves to a massage 4 pound each for an hour luxury. Watched some of the football and then went for a late lunch in preparation for our night bus to Ica.Day 62Arrived in Ica nice and early and got a taxi to Huacachina a little oasis town out in the desert. Explored the http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Ancash/Cordillera-Blanca/blog-289633.html Hola a todosOns avontuur in Peruaanse Andes zit erop We hebben onze laatste week gevuld met het beklimmen van 2 prachtige toppen in de Cordillera Blanca witte bergketen de Pisco 5752m en de Vallunaraju 5686m.Pisco 5752m 3 dagen. Vanuit het basecamp 4650m vertrekken we snachts om 02u en worstelen we ons door de chaotische morene nooit zon hoop ellendige rotsen en puin bij elkaa http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Ancash/Cordillera-Blanca/blog-285888.html Here I can tell you about the turquoise colour of its lakes that contrast with the snowcapped peaks of the highest tropical mountain range in the world. The Huascaran National Park is a paradise and a challenge to nature and adventure sports lovers alike. It has over 600 glaciers close to 300 lakes and 27 snowcapped peaks that reach heights of over 6000 metres such as the Huascaran which ris http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Ancash/Cordillera-Blanca/blog-276009.html Peru Peru Peru .... South America is unquestionably the land of superlatives. It appears that around evey metaphorical corner is the worlds highest lake volcano deepest canyon wonder of the world etc. Mick met me at the airport in Lima at the start of September and from the momement I landed I was delighted to be here. Even fogridden Lima entranced me. The colours the sounds and the fe http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Ancash/Cordillera-Blanca/blog-206169.html Up at 5am on Sunday for breakfast and then got an a bus with our tour guide for the Santa Cruz Trek. First local bus was packed people just jumping on and off here and there. At one point there was 19 people Bus more like a mini transit was tiny. Couldnt see any animals onboard though but then heard a bleeting noise very close by turned round and a lady opened the top of her bag and out http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Ancash/Cordillera-Blanca/blog-203770.html Charlie who I met in Lima through Andy Fyfe an old school friend of mine has done something that so many bored and frustrated office workers think about but very rarely do. He jacked his job in at a top accounting firm sold everything and is building a fine hotel hostel on one of the most beautiful pieces of land I have ever seen circa 3600 above sea level in the Cordillera Blanca. The h http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Ancash/Cordillera-Blanca/blog-179430.html