Category: Peru

Leaving Huacachina I met with Claudia again on the bus to Arequipa. After finding a hostel we booked a four day tour to the Colca Canyon starting directly on the next day. Thanks Claudia for coming all the way down to Arequipa and for getting me on this tour. Did so good not be alone for a few days and I deeply enjoyed the hike!

As I have shared a lot of awesome and enriching experiences and feelings with you in the last few months I decided to do something I’ve never done before in this blog. Sharing some sad feelings, too. Long story short: Elli and I are not a couple anymore.

Well, even the best times don’t last forever and we had to return to Lima, where Elli would catch her flight back home.

On the way back to Lima we had time for a night in Arequipa. Walking hand in hand at sunshine is a really nice way to spend a day. Romantic greetings from a lovely city.

Next stop was the Lake Titicaca. We took a tourist bus for the way from Cusco to Puno, that stopped at different sights along the way. Unfortunately we had to get up very early to get the bus, so we arrived quite tired in Puno, which resulted that we slept quite long the next day, as neither of us wanted to get up.

After Ellis backpack had arrived, we were finally ready to explore Peru. Yeah! Cusco and Machu Picchu were the first stops.

Due to heavy snow falls back in Germany Elli got stuck in Madrid. First it looked like I had to spent Christmas alone because the next free seat form Madrid to Lima was on the 26th of December. But luckily Elli managed to get a flight on the 23rd. And I got my perfect Christmas present! Yeah! Man was I happy!

Time was running fast and I decided to head towards Lima, so that I would be there in time before Elli would arrive on the 21th of December. Thus, Trujillo was only a day stop for me as I decided to take the next night bus to Huaraz directly to have some time for hiking there.

The second excursion Simone and I did from Chachapoyas was a hiking trip to the Gocta waterfall. As always I enjoyed the hike a lot. We went on a nice trek through beautiful cloud forest. I was lucky and got a glimpse of the Cock-of-the-Rock, Peru’s national bird.

First excursion form Chachapoyas went to Kuélap, a big pre inka fortress on the top of a hill in the surrounding cloud fores.