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After 36 hours on 4 different buses we arrived in Huaraz, Peru. A town surrounded by massive glacier covered mountains. In our $4 a night room we can see the towering mountains from the shower, kind of cool! Huaraz has a high indigenous population and it is hard not to stare at the colourful outfits the women of all ages wear. Bright pink skirts with many layers, massive top hats made from sheep's wool with feathers, knitted tights with little high heel shoes and their hair plaited down their backs.
We have been on a 5 day trek through the Cordillera Blanca mountains on the Santa Cruz trek, in which we carried all our gear and reached the height of 4,800 metres at Punto Union pass, a great effort with about 12kg´s in our packs. Waking up to massive mountains, a stream flowing by the tent and hot porridge cooked on a little burner was tough ... so we are heading out on a 11 day hike tomorrow.
On the way to the trail head on the local bus, de nearly got married off to a local villager that lived in a tiny, tiny village in the mountains. The whole bus seemed keen on the marriage, however de was a little sceptical. So the relationship ended with a hand shake and a kiss blown as the bus pulled away.
Check out the photos of the Cordillera Blanca.
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