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