The Cañon de Colca
November 11th 2004 The Trial of Colca began at 6am with a gruelling 6-hour bus journey with our guide to the town of Cabanaconde at the edge of the canyon. The journey went across the Altiplano (high plains) and peaked at about 4800m - the landscape is amazing, with hills and mountains and almost no vegetation higher than your knees.
We had lunch and then began the descent of 1300m into the canyon itself. I was f
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