Blogs from Cordillera Blanca, Ancash, Peru, South America - page 4

Haraz and Lima We arrived tired in Haraz on our over night luxury bus from Trujoillo at 6am. We had met a couple of nice guys from Canada who recommended the hostel Carloline, so we all jumped in a taxi and headed there as just like many other places we arrived not having a clue where we were heading. Greated by a dutch man who had married a local girl called Carloine, the place seemed nice and we got invited to the neighbours party that evening which they had already been celebrating for two nights. We arrived and went straight to bed, as the over night buses are never a good nights sleep and this combined with altitude sickness (as we were now at 3000 meters above sea level just in the town its self). Later ... read more

Con Paolo nella Cordillera Blanca, Perù. Montagne innevate e lagune incantate tra i 4000 e i 6800 m. Laguna 69, Laguna Churup, trekking Olleros-Chavin...... read more

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 Peru´s second annual ¨Friends Day¨which, 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 symbolized a whole lot for me and my two best friends. Some would call it irony - either way, it happened on the culmination of quite an adventure... Fresh off the bus in Idyllic Huaraz, which is tucked in the middle of the Peruvian Andes - a true gem, we checked into a recommended hostel, which Paul had read about in some outdoor/trekking guide. Naturally, before putting our gear down and ... read more

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 untouritic route, as everyone leaves to the coast from Cusco. Indeed i didnt see even one tourist. The bus went via somewhere until Ayacucho, a cute Inka city. This was 18 hours. No pictures. Stayed there 2 or 3 days doing less than nothing and went on 10 hours to Huancayo. Both routs, to Ayacucho and Huancayo, ... read more

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 days/3 nights and provides some of the world´s best examples of dramatic mountain landscape, glaciers, emerald lakes, waterfalls, alpine meadows and local villages. We have just returned from enjoying this experience, which we initially thought would be ideal training prior to the Inka Trail trek to Machu Picchu. In fact this trek actually reaches a higher altitude than the Inka Trail with the highest pass recorded at 4760 metres above sea level (the highest point ... read more