Yungay, Peru

... stopped at the city of Yungay. Yungay was built at the foot of the highest mountain in Peru, Huascaran which stands at 6768 metres above sea level. Yungay was completely destroyed by an avalanche which was triggered by a massive earthquake in 1970. The ...

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... heard the best place to eat was Cafe de Rat, thats right the Rat Cafe. The next morning we took a taxi to Yungay, a town famous for featuring the worst natural disaster in the entire Andes! An earthquake in 1970 loosened 15 million cubic meters ...

Um diesen Tag zu beschreiben nehme ich meinen Tagebucheintrag, den ich gleich nach der Rueckkehr vom Mt. Pisco geschrieben habe: ... ´´13-7-09 Pisco Base Camp (4600m) - Eigentlich faengt der Tag ja am Vortag um 23:30 an. Marco (unser Bergfuehrer) weckt uns ...

I stuffed a huge meal down me Wed night ready for my 3 day trip up Pisco. In the back of my mind a little voice reminded me that I'd been sick for 3 or 4 days, been knocked out by the antibiotics, lost weight and probably some muscle mass and hence not ...