Don't get me wrong, I love travelling South America but we've had a bit of bad luck the last couple of weeks...
* We walked through a crowd of people in a village and our back pack was opened and our camera stolen just before Machu Picchu
* We were lucky enough to travel to Machu Picchu with our mate Kalle who took some awesome photos as it was a perfect weather day. We got back to Cusco to download his photos onto a disk when the photo shop guy ly erased all 600 of his photos of his 3 month trip. Luckily our jugle trek guide had downloaded a few of our shots from the Amazon so they'll be emailed out soon.
* I lost my credit card despite it living in my money belt.
* Glen had his thermals stolen. Luckily we're heading to the coast. He also lost 2 pairs of sunnies
* We've just come back from a trek where our tents filled with rain and saturated our dry clothes and sleeping bags.
So... its not always easy to travel but I'm glad I'm here and if thats the worst that happens then we have good luck.
So we've just completed a 3 day trek (supposed to be 4 day but we gunned it back after all our clothes and equipment were soaked) in the Cordillera Blanca/ Santa Cruz trek. It's situated in the north of Peru and is made up of 50+ peaks >5000m in an 180km long area. Its the mountain range next to the one that Joe Simpson climbed. If you've ever seen Touching the Void then you'll know what I'm talking about.
We were joined by a French/English couple, a Spanish guy, a guide/cook, 3 donkeys and their driver. Our main aim was to reach a snow covered pass between 2 peaks that was 4800m above sea level. The day that we climbed that was the hardest thing I've ever done physically due to the altitude, snow/ice terrain, rain and cold. The donkey driver sped up the mountains with sandals and his pants rolled up. Apparently this is the way he prefers it as he's been doing it his whole life. Reaching the pass was magnificent and the views were terrific (photos to come soon) but given the choice, I couldn't put my body through that again.
Glen booked the BEST hostel I've stayed in this whole trip once we returned from the trek. Big brownie points for the hot shower and flowers in the room. We've now got 2 days in Huaraz to do washing, watch DVD's, drink herbal teas at Cafe Andino and rest our blistered feet and Glens dodgy foot. We think that the trek may be the last altitude trek for our trip as Glen's ankle is quite tender and I nearly came close to crying like a baby.
We hope everyone is well and a big shout out to all my work mates who need to catch me up on all the gossip.
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2 comments:
Hi guys, so thankfully i am now leaving grans house and am off to Sark Thursday.. i quit smoking 3 months ago now but have been slowly dying from the passive overdose gran gives off!! Love the pics, showed gran all of them on the net which she appreciated.. The last ones you sent looked like you were going to fall in when you were jumping the river!! Anyway guys happy easter, take care and cya soon Alan
Cool guys. I just noticed your post card on the ward today (not sure how long it's been there)- prbably not long. Hope you both had a great Easter. Sounds like you are discovering the "hidden joys" of travelling as you go but hey- that's the best bit- not knowing what or when somthing is going to happen next. Everyone on the "old 5C" of course misses you Faye- but it's fantastic to hear you guys are having such a great time. Kerry Leembruggen (now Hazel) is comming back to 5C later this month, hubby & her have shifted back from Kal, so it will be good to get her back again. Nicole has been doing my job when I go on holidays (much to her distaste) but I have really appreciated it & Pete & I had a great time at this years fishing trip. I caught 2 massive blue groppers -17lB & 30 lB off the rocks on hand lines- it was bloody great.
Will try & catch up what's happening to you's now I know your blogspot & keep you up to date on some of the usual hospital gos (although i'm not too good at gos).
Hope travels go a bit smoother for you both before you loose everything :) & have to trip around the place in your undies. You get more & more travel wise as you go.
Catch ya soon.
Cheers, Dave.
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