Tayrona national park Columbia

Stop........... Hammock time

After many months on the road a chill out time on the beach was well inorder. Columbia has some of the best beaches in the world and is unspoilt by tourism. Tayrona national park is protected. To get to the beaches here was a bit of a trek. A jeep ride into the jungle and then 2 hour hike through the jungle. (there are still indigenous tribes who live in the jungle in Tayrona. I only saw one, you cant take pictures of them.) Eventualy you come to a beautiful beach. There were 4 beaches in this area. Is so hot there you just hire a hammock for your sleeping quarters! Was amazing sleeping in the out doors to the sound of the waves. One night there was an amazing electrical storm. Was wonderful!






Our sleeping quarters

Big up the Cusco massif!

ANOTHER fiesta!!!

After another night out in Cusco, I wondered into the streets the following morning with a monster hangover to be presented with this!

I have no idea what this was all about. Make of it what you will. Just dont mess with the monkey!

Huaraz

After 3 weeks in cusco, some extra time out with mother nature was definately much needed. Huaraz is set in the Cordillia Blanca in middle Peru. It is the second highest mountain range after the Himalayas with 22 peaks over 6000m. To get back to nature we took a 4 day trek with a guide and a couple of mules, camping out in the middle of winter, very cold! The route is known as the Santa Cruz trek. We started at 3200m and climbed to a highest point of just under 5000m which is about the same altitude as Everest base camp!