huaraz, peru

pictured above - a bunch of great stacks of rocks, a beautiful, beautiful flower, views from the santa cruz trek through the white mountains, oisheen in the airport looking like he´s seen god, some organs being sold at the market, an underground maze at some ruins we went to where all of the earth´s energy is rumored to surface. we met a shaman there who does peyote and other crazy cactus drugs on the regular, more views from the trek, a scary doll sticking out on the bus, sex burger, and an example of how freaking weird the manicans are here. and below, im drinking tea in my alpaca hat in the tent after a walking 18 miles.and theres more where these came from. i had a horrible, horrible cold during the trek that was probably made worse by the altitude. basically my throat and chest would burn every time i breathed, and i was breathing heavily all the time at 15,000 feet. there were a lot of firsts for that altitude. other than that it was beautiful, very peaceful. we´d wake up each day around six, eat breakfast, start walking at seven, and then get to the next place to camp between four and six for four days. we temporarily adopted a dog named oliver shortpants. i was snoozing on the bus ride back when the horn on our bus got stuck in a pretty hilarious little miss sunshine-esque situation. i´m taking another bus ride all night tonight to lima, and then flying to the amazon.

lovelovelove,

bianca