Huayhash, my longest trek ever

After two weeks spent in Ecuador relaxing a bit after my 7 weeks in Colombia I set sight on Peru and its mountains this time after visiting the coast last February.

My first stop has been Huaraz, the mecca of trekking in Peru and a place I really enjoyed because I did a trek of 8 days around the cordillera Huayhash, classified as the second best trek in the world according to National Geographic.

During these 8 days we went through 9 pathes, all over 4,000 meters and our maximum was 5,050m for a mirador that gave us great views.

My at the path at 5,000m and the group

It was cold at night but the view of the snowy mountains and the stars were worth the cold (in the minus probably).

All in all I loved these 8 days and I really recommend you having a look at the photo album that for once I have uploaded at best resolution so you can enjoy similar views as I did.

I have no idea if this is really the second best trek in the world but for sure it gave me the feeling to trek more and I am now going in the direction of Cuzco to see the heritage of the Incas.

The update of Colombia

More than 15 months and 13 countries into my dream trip and I find it hard to keep the pace of the blog so I finally have made an update including Colombia.

I have first made a best of my pictures of Colombia if you don´t wanna see my 600 pictures (I would still recommend the album of la Ciudad perdida) and then I have four posts hoping to explain why I loved this country.

So, what´s next. A couple of things. I have decided to visit Argentina (the North and Buenos Aires), do a few treks in Peru and see some friends in Santiago. I have more or less given up my idea to see the world cup in Chile or Argentina but I would have to rush too many places and football is not worth skipping them. This should get me busy in the next months (I´d say 2/3 months but it could always change).

Colombia, video presentation

Before getting to my pictures this is a video of Colombia showing the main touristic attractions of the country and that I saw at the school I visited. It should get you an idea of what Colombia can offer to tourists (I had this without the sun)