Across the Cordillera Blanca. The story picks up as we leave Tarica, the grubby highway town we'd reached after coming off our high traverse along the Acuán Range. Arriving at…
The High Road to the Cordillera Blanca. We never tire of poring over maps, be it the paper version, or the digital ones in our phones. Tracing the most slender…
Over the Ranges. We're in Pallasca, a sleepy village in the barren mountains of the Ancash Department. It's a sunny, calm Sunday and a rest day for us. France just…
Canyon Country. For the past three days we've been resting, sightseeing and catching up with chores in the city of Cajamarca, reputedly one of Perú's colonial finest. It hasn't taken…
Into Perú. Our first seven days in Perú have been an amazing contrast to the landscapes and culture that we left behind in Ecuador. As we neared the border we…
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