Buenos Dias! Hello to All & Greetings from Peru!
Sooo ... We arrived safely in Peru. I have no longer reported because there is so much to see & do & because we are quite fixed on the road ...
went to Santiago to the plane to three stopovers after Aerequipa (Peru). The village is situated on 2350m and from 2 volcanoes (Misti 5822m, 6035m Chachani) surrounded. A smart town with 750.000EW and a very interesting old town (see gallery). Generally the first impression of Peru is very different than in Chile and Argentina. It is somewhat simpler, more traditional, people are still small, dark and friendly. And to follow the traditions, we sample the local delicacy "Cuy" (guinea pig). Is a little like chicken, only less tuned ;-)
is Close to the "2" deepest canyon, the ColcaCanyon (3100m deep). Here we learn a lot about the pre-Inca cultures, see condors, llamas, alpacas and vicunas and were bathing in hot springs. To get into the canyon, we ueberquerren a pass with 4900m. Because you realize that the air is thin ... to alleviate the Symthome chewing coca leaves simple. During the day is "Kurzehosewettter" but the night is "freezing cold" & we friehren in the hostel (at 3600m) without heating, despite 4 ceiling. After all that
Canyon Tour is more "up" to Lake Titicaca (3830m). Here are the Incas arose here and they have around 1200 AD spread. Explore on your own is difficult, so we book the Standardtouriprogramm. By boat we travel to the islands and swim to the island Taquille (see gallery). As the lake also has a Bolivian side and should be the highlight of an Inca Sun Island, we take the stamp and the Bolivian even with. The days are slightly fresh, despite the blazing sun. The nights are around 0 ยบ C freezing cold again! Mark learns here what a bad Sunglasses at altitude sun can and verblitzt eyes.
goes after the lake back into the mountains, to Cusco (3326m). Qusco in Quechua means "Navel of the World" since the city was the center of the Inca Empire. Here we learn a lot about the Inca stories and want to climb even the famous Machu Picchu ... dfazu but there the next time more.
I hope so slow summer in Germany to come and you let you go as well as I do myself.
Many greetings from Peru ... January
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