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28 October 2011

as you'd like to guess

as you'd like to guess
but oh comely, it isn't as pretty as you'd like to guess
i travelled north from lima to a place called huaraz which is famous for it's scenery and trekking. after a couple days of acclimatising to the 3km increase in altitude i set off on the 4 day santa cruz trek. it was the third big trek that i have done in peru, after colca canyon and machu picchu - unfortunately it was also the worst. not that it was a terrible experience, but i think i was hoping for more out of it. unlike the previous two there wasn't really a big destination on this hike, no lush canyon basin or ancient inca city. we were also cursed with bad weather, rain, snow and mist. i think the highlight of the trek is supposed to be on the third day when you hike up to get a view of the cordillera blanca and in particular alpamayo which has been described as the most beautiful mountain in the world. annoyingly this was the foggiest day so we didn't even make it up to the view point as there would have been nothing to see. still i was walking with a good group of people, and it felt good to get some oxygen deprived air in my lungs after the time i spent in the city.

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Gosh, I hope you're still traveling north and are hundreds of miles away from the epicenter of today's earthquake.
posted by Sydney on 28 Oct 2011 20:44
didn't even hear about that, let alone feel it, so i must be too far north from it. shame, would have liked to experience it... from a good safe distance
posted by tim on 30 Oct 2011 04:26
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