After flying into Lima I jumped straight onto a 9hr long night bus which kindly dropped me off in Huaraz at 6.30am. Huaraz is a small town situated near to the Cordillera Blanca mountain range in the Andes, Peru and sits at just over 3000m above sea level. I checked into my hostel (Churup Auberge) which I would highly recommend to anyone who wants to stay in Huaraz. It has great friendly staff, lovely rooms, a fire place in the lounge on the top floor which has views of the mountain range and a great set up for taking treks into the mountains. I had planned to meet Isabel, Siobhan and Liz here (who I had met in Ecuador) but unfortunately they were delayed by 2 days due to illness and buses, so until they arrived
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