In darkest Peru

So we made it to Peru! It took us more than 36 hours and 5 buses to get from Montanita in Ecuador to Huaraz in Peru. We left at 5am on 15/04 and arrived at around 6pm on 16/04. That was a lot of travelling. We did however have 1 awesome bus through the night from Tumbes at the border to Trujillo where the seats were HUGE and reclined almost all the way down like beds. Amazing! Plus they were showing Labyrinth on the TVs! Perfect.

Anyway it was too much travelling and just goes to show how little time we have left now that we have to cross such large distances in 1 go. And being on a bus that long just ain't that much fun. From 1 of the buses however, we did get to see the sunrise behind the Andes! First just vague shapes, maybe clouds, then slowly the contrast increased and there were 2 or 3 layers of vague gray outlines as the sky slowly filled with colour: gray to white and hues of red and gold. By the time the sun itself was appearing, only just hidden from us, mist rolled up from the gound as if the mountains were floating. Soon everything was obscured again, but for those 20 minutes or so it was perfect.

So anyway we spent 3 nights in the lovely mountain town of Huaraz. We visited ruins, glaciers and ice caves and it was great! We have a bunch of photos too, so use the link on the right hand side to see.

Next stop Lima, and from there we fly to Cusco for the inca trail! We also worked out it will be Chris's birthday on the morning we arrive in Machu Picchu! So excited.