We had a couple of days in Huaraz and there was a lot to do. One group left early to go ice climbing and those of us less ambitious either spent time in the city or went for a walk. Keryn and I were in the walking group and we decided to head for the […]
Day 76 : Huanchaco to Huaraz
The days drive from Huanchaco to Huaraz took us from sea level to a pass at 4100 meters above sea level and then down to the city at around 3100 meters. The road took us along the coast and then headed inland and we started to climb, following the course of a valley which was […]
Day 75 : Huanchaco
For once I managed to actually get up for a sunrise. Unfortunately due to the location there wasn’t actually a sunrise to see. Huanchaco sits very near the point where the Humboldt Current rises from the Antarctic and the California current coming from the north meet. The confluence of currents causes an almost every day […]
Day 74 : Punta Sal to Huanchaco
The drive to Huanchaco took over twelve hours but we did have a stop around lunch time to visit a museum. In the town of Lambayeque we spent an hour being guided around the Museo Tumbas Reales de Sipãn (The Royal Tombs of Sipãn Museum). In 1987 a series of burial chambers where uncovered in […]
Day 73 : Punta Sal
Keryn was up very early to go Horse riding, not long after sunrise. With Michelle and Angie and their guide Victor they rode along the beach for an hour or so and apparently it was very nice. Danny and I did the same ride in the late afternoon with others going for a longer ride […]
Day 72 : Punta Sal and Mancora
There were a few sore heads this morning. It was impossible to sleep in, the sun hitting the tents quickly turning them into small ovens so we had no real choice in getting up around 7am. Mid morning the crew were heading into the nearby surfing town of Mancora and many of us took the […]
Day 71 : Cuenca to Punta Sal (Peru)
Today we left Ecuador and entered Peru. The border crossing was different to any we had done before mainly because of the distance between border posts. Normally we would find ourselves at one passport control leaving a country then walking or driving through no mans land a short way to the passport control of the […]
Day 70 : Cuenca
In the morning we were guided by Vanessa to a Panama hat factory. Panama hats are made in Ecuador, the name apparently comes from when the workers on the Panama Canal were all given the hats to wear as they worked and it has stuck ever since. We were shown the process of making the […]
Day 69 : Banós to Cuenca
The drive from Banós to Cuenca took all day. Normally I don’t take many photos on driving day, being too snobby to shoot from a moving truck. Today that changed and I took lots of photos, probably helped by the beautiful weather and stunning scenery. Rather than write about driving from A to B here […]
Day 68 : Near Banós
We had nothing planned today and pretty much did a lot of relaxing. The sun came out for long periods and I was able to take down our tent and dry the groundsheet. We got some washing done and I figured out how to edit movies using the laptop. The horse riding continued in Keryn’s […]
Day 67 : Near Banós
Another day in paradise and today we went white water rafting. There were two rafts going down the Rio Pastaza and in our raft we had me, Keryn, Rhys, Vanessa and Danny. Danny and I were in the front. The other raft had Kerrie, Albert, Melissa and Sean. Much like our first rafting experience in […]
Day 66 : Near Banós
As this is pretty much the only place on our trip through South America where it’s possible to do canyoning I had signed up for this as todays activity. Shortly after 9am I was getting kitted up along with Sean, Daniel, Janet and Angie. We all got wetsuits, spray jackets, life jackets, abseiling harnesses and […]