Hotel Colomba Huaraz

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... has thirty three major peaks over 5,500 metres (18,040 ft) high in an area only 21 kilometres wide. To put that into perspective, Mount Cook in New Zealand is the highest point at 3,754 metres (12,320 ft), with only 16 other points in that range exceeding 3,000 metres in height. Translation: there are a hellava lot of huge mountains here!<br><br>And we planned on getting as close as we could to some of the more spectacular peaks. A trek that seemed good ...

... I realized that I´d somehow lost the key to unlock the heavy-duty, expensive, wire mesh lock that I got to keep my stuff super safe. I had it in one of those little fifth pockets that most pants have, seemingly secure, but apparently not. Planning ahead, I had of course kept one of my spare keys elsewhere, just in case such a scenario arose. Elsewhere being with Julieann. Who is now a solid 24 hours away and headed in ...

... on the nearest bus and discovered that I had joined up with a group going to Pasto Ruri - a glacier that sits at about 5,250m. My plan to acclimatise gently and gradually had gone straight out the window.<br><br>I was still fairly grumpy (can you imagine?) but began to enjoy myself after a warm breakfast, including the ubiquitous coca tea. This is a tradition of the Andes and is used as some kind of super-healing plant, treating everything from altitude ...

... next fifty or so miles and when we got near the top of the mountain the back tire was completely flat again. We have some compressed air cartridges and we took those out and filled the tire back up, this time it giving us only about half of the required pressure in the tire. About a mile later up the road was a set of construction ...

We had some time to kill before hitting Lima and then flying to Cusco so we stopped half way between Trujillo and Lima in Huaraz. Most people come here to to some serious trekking and/or climb some of the many 6000m mountains in the area. We decided to take it a bit easier and only did a half day walk to some old ...

... br>I could get really detailed into all the insanity of what´s possible in this country in 1 week but I think i´ll try to be quick and to the point. <br><br>In our taxi on the way to the bus we were told our paper money was fake and the driver wouldn't take it. Then he tried to tell me my coins were fake. I told him he was a fake and we were able to take our ^^fake^^ money around the corner and get ...

... wrong with it, but would have to take it apart to have a closer look. He asked if I could leave my camera with him for a couple of hours and come back later that evening after he had dissected my camera. If he could fix it, he would then quote a price. I told Antonietta that I was grateful for wanting to help me and offering to translate for me. She said it was no problem and that she just wanted to help. She loved to look after her guests at ...

... driving. <br><br>Along the way we passed through the Cahuish tunnel, which cuts through the Cahuish pass. As we exited the tunnel, we saw this massive and beautiful, white Christ statue holding up his right hand as we descended toward Chavin. Looking back at the statue being dwarfed by these towering, awe-provoking, beautiful Andean mountains, I was thinking that the beauty of the statue itself could still prevent any potential earthquake ...