I Can´t Believe it is Halloween Already…
Hola! Wow, our blogging capabilities seem to be failing, sorry about the delay in news. Since our last post, we have seen many different towns, including a new country! We made it to Peru after a long night bus. Luckily we landed in a quiet beach town, Mancora, and caught up on our sleep. We had been itching to go to a town called Huaraz which was about 18 hours from Mancora. We split the trip up by stopping in Huanchaco, another beach town, but very small and much colder. Our hostel had two turtles and we learned a card game in Dutch! You really never know what can happen in a day.
After Huanchaco, we took an eight hour ride to Huaraz, the much talked about mountain town of Peru. And it has a right to be! The surrounding mountain ranges are amazing; 22 peaks, second highest range to the Himalayas. They were stunning. (Pictures coming soon). We were welcomed warmly at six in the morning by Teo, who works at Caroline Lodging, our shelter for a week. We hiked to a lagoon called Churup with Maya and Sheva, our Israeli buddies. There are pictures of it on our Photo Bucket account, please peak. We also had the hilarious opportunity to go rock climbing! Our guide, Freddy, spoke about twenty words the whole time. The shoes were painful, but the climbing was really fun. Something out of the ordinary for us. It felt good to use our hands instead of our weary feet. There is a popular hike called the Santa Cruz Trek near Huaraz which takes three nights and four days to complete. We had it all set up to leave but Garrison turned up with a fever the night before! For that reason, we spent the next three days wathcing movies and drinking plenty of tea. We were able to make connections with Heikel, a very sweet German man among many many others who were quick to offer any medicine they had for Gar. A nice surprise to end his sickness was Hans, our friend from Belgium, showing up to meet us! He, Sheva, Maya, and us went to the Way Inn (thewayinn.com). We spent three nights in a beautifully built lodge with warm comforters and stunning views, the best sunset we have seen yet.
After departing from the sweet surroundings of the lodge, we took another night but to Lima! And the best news yet: our friend Lauren is flying in tonight to meet us! She is coming from CO to spend the last 17 days with us. And to make it that much more exciting, we have decided to show up to the airport in our Halloween costumes! Elvis and Miss Colorado will welcome her warmly!! We can´t wait to show you the pictures. Again, sorry for the delay in posts. We will try to add more before it is all over! We miss you and cannot wait to hug you all soon!!
Elena (and Garrison)
