My first attempt at a blog entry has unfortunately become a novel ... way too long ... Therefore: You will find this detailed version BELOW the photos! The multi-day hike was definitely a thing that I absolutely wanted to do and thus the last big highlight of this trip! Whoopee! Here are just the facts: DAY 1 (13km): Arrival, then Challacancha to Soraypampa and ...
Before I came to Peru, I did not worry too much about the Incas. Perhaps I also thought that the last great indigenous civilization would be a bit too hype before the Spanish conquest ... After all, that was "only" 500, 600 years ago, and there were other similarly sized, older cultures here. That may also ...
Like a carnival procession ... Only without carnival and with better music ... That's the 16th of July here in the area ... He is consecrated to Our Lady "Our Lady on Mount Carmel" (everybody knows?) , And in a country where Catholicism (which mixes with the traditional belief in nature) is called party, then people in the most colorful costumes go through ...