Since the last post, Natalie and I made our way 9 hours north by bus to the small village of Cabanaconde, our jumping off point for a trek into Canyon del Colca--claiming to be the deepest in the world. Not much time to write now, as it is late and the internet cafe is closing, so I´ll be brief.
In short, it was a fantastic four day trek. The day we left Cabanaconde, both were feeling under the weather, so we didn´t press the guy giving us trek information for a challenging route. By the end of the first day, we realized that he sent us on the basic, touristy, three day, 3 hours a day (if we hiked slow) loop. The second day, feeling a bit better and with topo map in hand, we broke free of the guides and tourists and headed for the town of Fure, high up in the canyon, and near the Huarro waterfall. It was two, long, hard, hot days hiking in the sun two and from Fure, but well worth the effort to get off the beaten path. Our last night in the canyon was at the plus resort-y area OASIS, directly below our starting point at the bottom of the canyon. There were 5 different hospidajes in the expansive, lush, greenery, each with there own pool, and place to camp. We hauled ass the 3500ft out of the canyon the fourth morning and made it back to arequipa last night.
Oh yeah, today I got to make a doctors appointment over the phone soley in spanish. Turns out I´ve had infected tonsils for over a week. Yay for antibiotics. Should be ship shape in no time.
Times up!
With love,
Sam and Natalie
PS. Happy Thanksgiving! We thoroughly enjoyed our tuna-rice. Even had leftovers for lunch the next day!
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2 comments:
bet you also meant..."happy birthday sister"!
Sammy,
How do you get antibiotics in Peru? How did you know to ask for some?
Natalie,
That shower looks like heaven up there on the mountain. I wondered what Sam meant when he wrote about it.
Mom/Mary
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