Published 21 days ago by Arroz Marisco
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I sighed a relief as I climbed up to this same rock again as I did in 2009 to take another pano...(more)
Published 21 days ago by Arroz Marisco
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Shrouded in clouds the magnificent Taulliraju (5,830m) refused to show its face again on my second visit to this place. The tr...(more)
Published 23 days ago by John Sanchez
The history of the mansion dates back to the beginning of the Spanish occupation of Peru when the founder of the city of Arequipa, Don M...(more)
Published 23 days ago by John Sanchez
Santa Catalina was built in Arequipa, the city that was founded in 1540 in a place specially chosen for its natural beauty and ...(more)
Published 23 days ago by Arroz Marisco
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The once green valley now lies lifeless filled only with silt. Loosing precious green pasture to roam on, no wonder the cattle have all migrated to lower land.
Published 23 days ago by Arroz Marisco
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As I climbed up the trail edging closer to the crossroad to Alpamayo (5,947m) it became evident that the cause of the...(more)
Published 23 days ago by John Sanchez
Santa Catalina was built in Arequipa, the city that was founded in 1540 in a place specially chosen for its natural beauty and good climate, ...(more)
Published 24 days ago by Arroz Marisco
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Once past Laguna Jatuncocha I was greeted by what seemed to me a carnage site.Only now at the time of writing that I realized an...(more)
Published 24 days ago by Arroz Marisco
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I camped alongside the much shrinken lake of Ichiccocha amidst fear of an impending storm.The following morning the sun took the centre stage without a single cloud in sight but that soon changed as I neared Jatuncocha.
Published 25 days ago by Arroz Marisco
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Running between the dark walls of the gorge is the noisy Rio Santa Cruz which tumbles and cascades between and over the numerous big boulders along the way.I am not far from the popular campsite of Llamacorral ahead.
Published 25 days ago by Arroz Marisco
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Roaming cattle greeted me the moment I reached greener land. I could not remember seeing many of them when I did this trail in 2009 coming down in the opposite direction.
Published 26 days ago by Arroz Marisco
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On my very first day on the famed Alpamayo circuit I inevitably had to retread part of the Santa Cru...(more)
Published 26 days ago by Arroz Marisco
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As I was hiking back I came across this small tarn and decided to do this little side trip but the perfection reflections I had seen earlier were all gone as the breeze broke the previously placid surface.
Published 26 days ago by Arroz Marisco
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On the way back the father and daughter decided to join me as they had much troubles with headache from the altitude the previous night. H...(more)
Published 27 days ago by Arroz Marisco
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I spent my last night in the quebrada here joined by a family of three from Germany. You would notice that this particular spot is on the other side of the valley.
Published 27 days ago by Arroz Marisco
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After much clambering up another lake fed by the glacier of Pucaranra appears by the foot of Nevado Huapi. At this ponit I knew that I h...(more)
