{"id":829,"date":"2010-12-12T00:00:35","date_gmt":"2010-12-12T05:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/?p=829"},"modified":"2025-02-06T12:15:19","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T11:15:19","slug":"vilcabamba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/2010\/12\/12\/vilcabamba\/","title":{"rendered":"Vilcabamba \u2013 Charging batteries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After all the traveling it was time for some relaxed time. Especially as my stomach was still not fine. So Babsi and I went to Vilcabamba, a town where people grow very old. Stayed in the nice Hosteria <a href=\"http:\/\/www.izhcayluma.de\/\">Izhcayluma <\/a>a few kilometers outside of the town. Very nice place for a longer stay. Nice dorms, big garden (with pool!), good food and a bar for a drink in the evening. <strong>And Dieter and Peter are very friendly and helpful owners. Thanks guys!<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_851\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-851\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/vilcabamba-3.jpg\" data-lbwps-width=\"1024\" data-lbwps-height=\"768\" data-lbwps-srcsmall=\"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/vilcabamba-3.jpg\" data-lbwps-caption=\"The garden.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-851\" title=\"The garden.\" src=\"http:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/vilcabamba-3-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"The garden.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/vilcabamba-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/vilcabamba-3.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-851\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The garden.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The first day I went on a beautiful hike with Babsi around the surrounding mountains. A nice way all along a ridge line called the Mandango loop. It felt good to do some hiking again. The nice surroundings and the fun with Babsi did the rest in making this a great day!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_858\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-858\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/vilcabamba-12.jpg\" data-lbwps-width=\"1024\" data-lbwps-height=\"225\" data-lbwps-srcsmall=\"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/vilcabamba-12.jpg\" data-lbwps-caption=\"Panoramic view of the hike.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-858\" title=\"Panoramic view of the hike.\" src=\"http:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/vilcabamba-12-300x65.jpg\" alt=\"Panoramic view of the hike.\" width=\"300\" height=\"65\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/vilcabamba-12-300x65.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/vilcabamba-12.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-858\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Panoramic view of the hike.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The remaining days here I did not do too much as I did not feel too good. Worked a bit, answered a few emails and relaxed a lot. Had a few beers and cocktails in the bar. Well, nothing special at all but exactly what I wanted to do at this place: Charging my batteries.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_850\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-850\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/vilcabamba-2.jpg\" data-lbwps-width=\"1024\" data-lbwps-height=\"768\" data-lbwps-srcsmall=\"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/vilcabamba-2.jpg\" data-lbwps-caption=\"Hard work ;-)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-850\" title=\"Hard work ;-)\" src=\"http:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/vilcabamba-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Hard work ;-)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/vilcabamba-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/vilcabamba-2.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-850\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hard work ;-)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Went to a lab again on my last day in Vilcabamba and wohhooo\u2026 they found that I had some parasites. However, treatment was very easy: Six pills over three days and they lost the battle :-) And I felt fine again! Yeah!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_864\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-864\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/vilcabamba-17.jpg\" data-lbwps-width=\"1024\" data-lbwps-height=\"768\" data-lbwps-srcsmall=\"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/vilcabamba-17.jpg\" data-lbwps-caption=\"Posing :-)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-864\" title=\"Posing :-)\" src=\"http:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/vilcabamba-17-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Posing :-)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/vilcabamba-17-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/vilcabamba-17.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-864\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Posing :-)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Big thanks to Babsi, my travel companion for the last seven days! Good talks! Nice hikes! A few drinks! Funny insults ;-) All in all an awesome time! And thanks for your generous update of my travel medicines. Pfiat\u2019 di!<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Next update from Peru<br \/>\nMichael<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-829 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/vilcabamba.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/vilcabamba-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"The restaurant area of Izhcayluma.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-848\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-848'>\n\t\t\t\tThe restaurant area of Izhcayluma.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/vilcabamba-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/vilcabamba-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"The pool.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-849\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-849'>\n\t\t\t\tThe pool.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/vilcabamba-4.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/vilcabamba-4-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"The hike went along the ridge all the time.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-852\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-852'>\n\t\t\t\tThe hike went along the ridge all the time.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/vilcabamba-5.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/vilcabamba-5-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Beautiful landscape.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-853\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-853'>\n\t\t\t\tBeautiful landscape.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/vilcabamba-7.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/vilcabamba-7-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"The path along the ridge line.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-854\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-854'>\n\t\t\t\tThe path along the ridge line.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/vilcabamba-8.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/vilcabamba-8-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Babsi in front.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-855\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-855'>\n\t\t\t\tBabsi in front.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/vilcabamba-9.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/vilcabamba-9-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Best weather, again!\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-856\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-856'>\n\t\t\t\tBest weather, again!\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/vilcabamba-10.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/vilcabamba-10-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Babsi and I at the first top.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-863\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-863'>\n\t\t\t\tBabsi and I at the first top.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/vilcabamba-11.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/vilcabamba-11-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Panoramic view of Vilcabamba.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-857\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-857'>\n\t\t\t\tPanoramic view of Vilcabamba.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/vilcabamba-13.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/vilcabamba-13-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Me at the second top.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-859\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-859'>\n\t\t\t\tMe at the second top.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/vilcabamba-14.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/vilcabamba-14-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Hiking...\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-860\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-860'>\n\t\t\t\tHiking&#8230;\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/vilcabamba-15.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/vilcabamba-15-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Great day!\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-861\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-861'>\n\t\t\t\tGreat day!\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After all the traveling it was time for some relaxed time. So Babsi and I went to Vilcabamba, a town where people grew very old. Stayed in the nice Hosteria Izhcayluma a few kilometers outside of the town. Very nice place for a longer stay.<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/2010\/12\/12\/vilcabamba\/\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Vilcabamba \u2013 Charging batteries<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":864,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[285,168,41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-trip-i","category-south-america","category-ecuador","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=829"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":933,"href":"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/829\/revisions\/933"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}