Written by Neon Riobamba is situated in a valley surrounded by volcanoes. The cloud cover prevented us from seeing the tops of the peaks most of the time but we…
Written by Neon In my ten plus years of long distance walking, I had never had a foot injury other than blisters. Okay, I wore boots at the beginning of…
Haz clic aquí para leer en español Written by Neon [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0rjl-5qCLo&w=560&h=315] Our journey down to the Maranon River began with a long car ride- from Huaraz; we went east…
Vilcabamba is well known for its healing properties. We learned that there are apparently two rivers running under the town, through beds of quartz crystal. This makes the town a huge draw for holistic folk from all over the world as well as people wanting to live longer.
Walking along the lower elevation of the Huallanca valley warmed us up for a couple of days and then we ascended once again up a side valley. It definitely wasn’t as frigid as the towering Huayhuash Circuit, though it was chilly enough for comfortable walking.
After our shortcut, we were able to meet back up with the trail, which was terribly rutted out from pack stock traveling through the mud so regularly as well as from the lack of trail maintenance. We slip-slid our way up to the pass and descended (once again) as the clouds rolled in and spritzed us enough to dampen our clothes.
Written by Neon Huancayo is a large city, containing many different sections. We chose to slack (walk with only day packs) out of the city to avoid having to stress…
