It was a pain in the ass getting a bus to Huaraz once we arrived in Lima. We did finally manage to book an overnighter which would arrive early the next day. Unfortunately that meant hanging around Lima for a day. Jane and I decided to take it easy in Miraflores and hang out in a mall looking over the beach. It was similar to the huge western style malls in Chile, but without the large department stores. I almost walked into a KFC, but managed to hold myself back. After a movie and Tony Romas (It´s the place for ribs y´know), it was off to Huaraz.
We wasted no time and booked ourselves the trek with a reccommended tour company. It was our intention to blow out the buget the final days in Peru, but all of the nice hotels were booked due to Peru´s independence day. Pooh!
The trek itself was very nice. Jane and I were in great shape due to all the hiking we´ve been doing over the past month. This is a really popular trek and there were many other groups going the same direction. In our group were two Germans and two Israelis. We all got along just fine. The Germans were hardcore trekkers and planned a one month vacation doing just that. The excursion would last for four days and three nights. The hardest day was the second where we crested a 4700 meter pass. Unfortunately, we had a lot of cloud cover that day so the pictures were not as spectacular as we wanted. It gets REALLY cold at night and Jane had some issues sleeping. The sun came out for the last two days and the views were much better. We had magestic peaks looking over us as we walked down the valley. Extra water was collected from small streams created by melting glaciers. We even had fresh trout for dinner on the last day which were caught by the donkey driver. Overall, the trek was good, but I hear the Huayhuash trek (10 days) is even better. Again, another reason to return to South America.
Jane and I are in mid countdown for the end of our adventure. We go back to Lima tonight, then we part ways on the 31st.
We wasted no time and booked ourselves the trek with a reccommended tour company. It was our intention to blow out the buget the final days in Peru, but all of the nice hotels were booked due to Peru´s independence day. Pooh!
The trek itself was very nice. Jane and I were in great shape due to all the hiking we´ve been doing over the past month. This is a really popular trek and there were many other groups going the same direction. In our group were two Germans and two Israelis. We all got along just fine. The Germans were hardcore trekkers and planned a one month vacation doing just that. The excursion would last for four days and three nights. The hardest day was the second where we crested a 4700 meter pass. Unfortunately, we had a lot of cloud cover that day so the pictures were not as spectacular as we wanted. It gets REALLY cold at night and Jane had some issues sleeping. The sun came out for the last two days and the views were much better. We had magestic peaks looking over us as we walked down the valley. Extra water was collected from small streams created by melting glaciers. We even had fresh trout for dinner on the last day which were caught by the donkey driver. Overall, the trek was good, but I hear the Huayhuash trek (10 days) is even better. Again, another reason to return to South America.
Jane and I are in mid countdown for the end of our adventure. We go back to Lima tonight, then we part ways on the 31st.
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