We then headed to the village of Sorata, where the Cordillera Real portion of the Andes tower overhead. We hired a guide and set off on a three day trek. We slept at a green lagoon, and then wheezed our way up to 16,650 ft up to a glacier lake. It was amazing. There was snow, and much awe in mother nature found there.
Damien and our guide Pablo have a snack on day 2 of our trek
Relaxing at our final destination- Laguna Glacial
After some well deserved showers and sleep back in town, we headed to the capital of Bolivia- La Paz which is where I write from now. It is a vibrant city, one of the most colorful, exciting, and fascinating cities I can remember. We stay in the ¨witchcraft¨market area, where herbs and all sorts of strange concoctions are ready to be offered to pachamama, including dried llama fetuses that you are supposed to bury under the corner of your house for good luck. The markets are incredible, the architecture is beautiful and the people are so very interesting. THe city literally has its own heartbeat.
In the morning we head to the northern tip of Chile, as it proves to be the easiest border crossing back into Peru, as there are protests directly from here that have the roads blocked. We figure we´ll take advantage of our detour and explore a National Park there that is supposed to be one of the finest in all of Chile. Much love coming at you from South America!
5 comments:
Looks slightly cold there. JEALOUS! It's freakin' hot here. Our only exciting travel has been weekend getaways to Smith Mountain Lake - the Blue Ridge Parkway is just under an hour away so, we've been riding the bikes there.
The tomatoes are coming in quite regularly, along with the peppers - Ashley has made a couple of batches of gazpacho - we'll make more when you get home. I planted grass seed in our backyard bald spots, now they look better than the rest of the yard. Go figure.
Enjoyed reading the posts, but we're kind of wondering why Damien bought that super cool camera and there aren't any photos of you.
All is quite on the Richmond front. We look forward to wine and beers and great stories in the backyard.
Hasta pronto.
Dang, I wonder how amazing all these little places are and how rich with myth and story and wonder little minds are growing up around decorating cars with flowers and having rainbows as part of your direct daily visual culture would be. Just look at their garb! I want rainbow striped trousers and jackets to sport around on my daily bump and grind around town. You two little travel monsters are my favorite people in the world. I can't wait to see you at Mud Island soon! Love you!!!
Hi Tim & Chris! It was so wonderful to get a message from you two!
We keep imagining Virginia is going to be hot as hell when we get back! Glad the tomatoes are yummy- D & I are excited to hang out with you 2 in the backyard!!! Oh and Damien hasn´t uploaded any of the photos from his camera yet...so I´m sure you´ll be sick of me in pictures of S. America soon enough when we torture you with our slideshow!! We can´t wait to see you tambien!!
Chris my red monkey you´d be so handsome in rainbow striped pants. I´ll keep my eyes peeled, but we´ll decorate you like a Boivian car no matter what. Mud is gonna be the best!! We miss you and love you! See you in August mwaa.
dang those are some beautiful places, and i would know too. but dang dang they are even more beautiful with you in them.
d
Hey Sally,
How are you? I miss you a lot, and so happy to see the amazing pictures. Did you get my blog? So happy to share your traveling experience and kow you are well. Do you see my blog?
I really love to talk to you in person instead of blog.
Love
Yang
Post a Comment