Salkantay Trek II (Day 12)

On the second day of the Salkantay Trek we woke up very early at the bottom of the Salkantay mountain. A very hard day passing at an altitude of 4600m. The pics...



Pic 1: Early in the morning, the horses are ready for another hard day...


Pic 2: Cute dog on the way...


Pic 3: Me & Cynthia, la Française "poco loco" during the climb.


Pic 4: Me, near to the top of the Salkantay mountain...


Pic 5: Over the top, descending towards our second campsite...


Pic 6: Soup with French Fries! We deserved it! ;-)

Salkantay Trek I (Day 11)

Woooow! I am just back from a 5 day trekking in the Andean mountains! What a unique experience! Don’t have really much time to tell the whole story, so just some pictures with comment this time!

Here the pictures of the first day! Enjoy!

Pic 1: Luggage and food for 5 days...

Pic 2: Me, two Israeli guys, two Spanish guys, two Brazilians, a Norwegian, a girl from Argentina, et une Francaise... super quoi?!

Pic 3: The night is falling but the base camp nearby...

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Pic 4: Base camp at the foot of the Salkantay mountain...

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Pic 5: Dinner at 4.000m... Extreme temperatures, thin air but a great spirit!

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Chill Out @ Cuzco (Day 9-10, Cuzco)

After a very hectic first week, I "took two days off". Just relaxing in the garden, preparing my trekking trip, writing some emails, watching the Peru-Bolivia soccer game,...



Pic1: City centre of Cuzco




Pic 2: Dinner with some Australian guys in the backpackers hostel