Hola,
Well here I am in Huaraz Peru, having returned to the heartland of this wonderful country.We arrived on Friday evening into Lima and spent a noisy night in a hotel in Miraflores...and the day wandering around our old Lima haunts including with it's free wifi the Starbucks. the Indios markets and in the eighteen months that we were here last things have changed, Lima seems to be enjoying an economic upturn with a building boom and we discovered the Govinda's restaurant - which we were going to give out third chance to was now an office for construction of a new building, the talented gourd carver and jeweller from Huancayo who has a booth/stall at the Indios market was also gone...We visited with our amiga Rosanna in the BuenaVista cafe overlooking the Pacific ocean and la garua ( that low lying and long staying mist/fog that hangs over Lima for much of the year
That night Matthew and I headed on a night bus (8 hours+)up here to the mountain town of Huaraz (elevation 10,013ft)at the foot of the Cordillero Blanco Mountains. We had been here before and loved our time here hiking to glacial lakes in the mountains in a landscape naturelle - landscape strewn with magnificent rocks/boulders, rivers running freely and unrestrained hiking trails...
We returned to the Lazy Dog Inn a wonderful lodge above Huaraz with some happy contented dogs lying on pillows besides the fire at night.... run by two Canadians Diana and Wayne who are also involved passionately with the surrounding communities. The Inn has several lovely room and some cabins, 7 horses, wood-fired sauna at night, communal meals and packed lunches available for us hikers. Diana and Wayne have built this adobe Casa with much thought and love - with it's compostable toilets and their new project is a cafe project for the community and the opening of a luxury campsite on their property staying in a teepee. We were here in November of 2012 and did some great hikes and this time was no different and a chance to acclimatize for our upcoming three day Santa Cruz hike which starts tomorrow...
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Returning to the heart of Peru
Hola,
Well here I am in Huaraz Peru, having returned to the heartland of this wonderful country.We arrived on Friday evening into Lima and spent a noisy night in a hotel in Miraflores...and the day wandering around our old Lima haunts including with it's free wifi the Starbucks. the Indios markets and in the eighteen months that we were here last things have changed, Lima seems to be enjoying an economic upturn with a building boom and we discovered the Govinda's restaurant - which we were going to give out third chance to was now an office for construction of a new building, the talented gourd carver and jeweller from Huancayo who has a booth/stall at the Indios market was also gone...We visited with our amiga Rosanna in the BuenaVista cafe overlooking the Pacific ocean and la garua ( that low lying and long staying mist/fog that hangs over Lima for much of the year
That night Matthew and I headed on a night bus (8 hours+)up here to the mountain town of Huaraz (elevation 10,013ft)at the foot of the Cordillero Blanco Mountains. We had been here before and loved our time here hiking to glacial lakes in the mountains in a landscape naturelle - landscape strewn with magnificent rocks/boulders, rivers running freely and unrestrained hiking trails...
We returned to the Lazy Dog Inn a wonderful lodge above Huaraz with some happy contented dogs lying on pillows besides the fire at night.... run by two Canadians Diana and Wayne who are also involved passionately with the surrounding communities. The Inn has several lovely room and some cabins, 7 horses, wood-fired sauna at night, communal meals and packed lunches available for us hikers. Diana and Wayne have built this adobe Casa with much thought and love - with it's compostable toilets and their new project is a cafe project for the community and the opening of a luxury campsite on their property staying in a teepee. We were here in November of 2012 and did some great hikes and this time was no different and a chance to acclimatize for our upcoming three day Santa Cruz hike which starts tomorrow...
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