Benkawasi Hostal Huaraz

... the mountain ranges on bikes...lots of fun, pictures tell the story,,, on the way back....a downpour fit for noahs arc stopped us in our tracks...being the brave soldiers we were, be it are, we battled on only to see our map become 15 soggy pieces on the ground. With spirits high, i recall singing pippi longstockings at one point on the decent home...cycling in circles was done....hotel was found...hot showers and mangoes were had...

the 2nd day was another flood fit for ...

... m after 3 hours of walking. This time we didn't had any problem with the altitude. The effort was worth while as the surrounding mountains and waterfalls during the hike were truly amazing. Once we made it to the top, the view on the lagoon was breathtaking. The way back was less hard as it was most of the time down hill. Once we were back in Huaraz we enjoyed a well deserved huge hamburger with fries in La Brasa Roja. This is a good recommended ...

... back, we just told him we were disappointed that we didn’t get into the jail. He said that the jail stopped the tours a while back because he had taken a guy from CNN in who unbeknownst to him had a hidden camera and took a lot of incriminating footage of tourists doing coke with the in-mates. So it looks as though no one is getting in for a while.

We flew to back to Cusco and then onto Lima. One thing I wont miss about South America is the very relaxed ...

... a ^^real^^ bill.

The buses out here are plush. We were actually able to sleep pretty well and recline almost horizontal. If only our driver wasn´t speeding around hairpin turns at 80mph in the middle of the night and hitting potholes I probably wouldn´t have woken up at all. Caroline had her pillow stolen on the bus and was asked to pay for it upon leaving! And we have a photo above as ...

... understand them and so it was like being in Thailand again...pointing to pictures on the menu.

After dinner we went back to Doña Doris´s house and slept for twelve hours. The next day we we woke up and had a light breakfast. We decided to head out to central Lima. Our first stop was the museum of San Francisco it was very cool. We had a guide take us down through the underground tunnels or catacombs where we saw tons of bones and skulls ...

... Municipalidad or City Hall, and assorted businesses. La Iglesia de San Francisco is a colonical church with underground catacombs featuring over 25,000 real human skeletons (buried between the late 16th and early 19th centuries) arranged in artistic patterns, and also a beautiful library with mysterious, oversized books and spiral staircases in Harry Potteresque form (we cant take photos...so sad). but something a little ...

... bin, denn schliesslich brauchte ich **st einmal eine gescheite und dau**hafte bleibe. nach 2 tagen aklimatisi**ung und auskuri**ung mein** **kältung ging ich auf die suche nach wohnungen und es gestaltete sich deutlich schwi**ig** als geplant. meine nicht vorhandenen spanischkenntnisse sowie die tatsache dass ich von den einwohn**n als "gringo" (typische bedeutung für ausländ** mit weiss** hautfarbe: üb**setzt soviel wie blondie) angesehen wurde, wurden mir ...

Aujourd´hui, nous sommes a Arequipa, nous prenons le bus de nuit pour Cusco.... Nos premiers jours se sont tres bien passes.... Jeudi et vendredi nous sommes restes chez une amie a Lima et samedi nous avons pris le bus pour Paracas, une reserve naturelle. Dimanche, nous sommes alles a Ica et Huacachina, un oasis dans le desert ...