viernes, 18 de junio a domingo, 20 de junio
destino - Huaraz, Perú
My trip to Huaraz was my first weekend trip in Perú with mis compañeros, as well as my first stay in a hostel. (Many thanks to Rebecca Cohen, who planned the trip!) The hostel definitely wasn't as bad as the those depicted in movies... such as Hostel... It was actually quite functional. As for how we got to Huaraz, we took an overnight bus ride Friday night that left Lima at 10pm and arrived in Huaraz at 6am. Immediately upon arrival, we headed off into las mountains grandes y cubiertas de nieve - THE ANDES! The mountains and the landscape were unbelievably awing.
In Laguna Querococha, I was able to get my stereotypically Peruvian photo with a llama!
Located a couple more hours through the mountains was Chavin de Huantar, where we were able to see the cabezas clavas and the ruins.
La proxima día, we headed to El Parque Nacional Huascaran. Like an oasis in the desert, the las lagunas llanganuco in a valley between the mountains. The crystal turquoise water, white rocks, and grazing cattle definitely make this park the jewel of Huaraz.
As for the ride back to Lima... it wasn't nearly as bad as the initial ride, due to the facts that most of the road was pretty smooth (unlike the pot holed roads of the mountains) and the driver didn't swerve off of the road every other minute.... At least we were able to get back to Lima without delay to make class at 9:30am on lunes.
i like hostels.
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