Hotel San Sebastian Huaraz

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... didn`t involve anyone being "harnessed in" to anything) was the Santa Cruz trek, a 4 day, 3 night 45 kilometer hike through the highest part of the range noted for it`s massive peaks, giant glaciers and green glacial lagoons. We signed up and after a day of relaxing - predominately involving natural hot pools and Thai food (not at the same time, although there`s a business idea in there somewhere) - we were on our way. <br><br>Neither Renee nor I (in ...

... opposite direction. Excellent. On the bright side, after ditching my now-worthless net (which I thankfully managed to squeeze off my bag without having to resort to bolt cutters), my pack will be a good 6 pounds lighter. <br> The rest of my woes involve my battered body, which is deciding to fall apart. First off, my first day in Mancora, both my eyes started hurting and one of them turned blood-red, so I took out my ...

... to stomach complaints. For me, it's just a warm sugary tea made with coca leaves... I don't think it has much effect besides placebo but never mind...<br><br>On the long drive up towards this glacier we stopped off several times to see some different things. One was quite a nice lake high up the hills and backed my mountains... can't remember what it was called, though. Another stop was to see a plant that is typical of this kind of Andean ecosystem called ...

... and I figured that one of these trucks probably had the tools and equipment to repair the construction vehicles on site and I was right. One of the trucks had an air compressor and we got the tire pumped back up to the required pressure and started back up towards Huaraz. We finally made it to the 4,200 meter (~13000 feet ...

... Inca ruins. We had a local boy showing us around and explaining things to us (in Spanish, but I think we got the most important things), he was only 13 but really good at what he was doing and we really enjoyed the little tour.<br><br>Now we are trying to kill some more time until our bus to Lima tonight at 11.<br>

... a ^^real^^ bill. <br><br>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 ...

... hostel and hoped for my sake that my camera could be fixed. <br><br>Soon it was time to get back to the camera repair shop to hear the diagnosis. The repair man said that it would be no problem and that he would be able to fix it. Apparently a lever inside that controlled the opening and closing of the shutters was broken and he would be able to replace it with another lever from another camera. I breathed such a sigh of relief and was so ...

... that is often unfortunately a common occurrence in Peru. <br><br>Not long after we arrived at Chavin de Huantar which is a pre-Incan site &#8211; a fortress temple &#8211; that was built about 800 BC. It is older and much smaller in scale than Machu Picchu. (Machu Picchu was built around 1500 AD.) It is the only large structure remaining of the Chavin culture &#8211; one of the oldest civilizations on the continent. The whole guided tour ...