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A great trip! Short in this case means 10 days, 9 nights, excluding the nights at either end in the hotel in Huaraz. A short but succinct description of the place is given in the Moon handbook. This was a trip I was checking out for Peru Discover as well as for my own pleasure. The main problem setting it up was that there was no regular trip I could join in, and no friend could be tempted along, so I ended up doing it on my own, with own guide, ‘arriero’ and flock of ‘burros’ (donkeys). But it was still fun, and there were fellow trekkers (not many) to talk to from time to time. Read the rest of this entry »

I am a boy of 11 years and this is my description on my trip to Peru. This has been probably the longest trip I have gone on but definitely one of the most exciting ones. Read the rest of this entry »

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I must admit I’d never even heard of the place, let alone had any clue where it was. Nor had anybody else, including ticos. So when the opportunity came to climb Kamuk volcano, apparently the second highest mountain in Costa Rica, I jumped at it, if only through dangerous cat’s curiosity. Read the rest of this entry »