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Wonderful pic in the warm waterfalls
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Waterfalls ...common as rice in China :rofl
Our plan started as heading to Chachapoyas however meeting Oliver and his girlfriend by chance at the hostel he suggested some alternate ideas, being a local we took it on.
We hit the road at 6.00am to avoid upwards of 8 hours delay on the road due to massive roadworks, again great advice from the hostel dude saying get past the roadworks prior 7.00am when they start or it will take all day to cover about 60 km.
Riding through the roadworks and being wet the base binder they use it stuck to Maya like concrete, we wanted some good rain to help wash this stuff off but that did not eventuate despite ominous looking clouds, we did have treats further on tho where the road has some cool overhangs through the gorges.
We took a wrong turn ... ooops
This boat was gonna take us across the river but we decided against it wanting to keep Maya a little longer
We hoped this went somehwere .. in Peru we have found many surprises on the road
Old bridge new bridge
Cool rock into under cut rock
So, between paper maps and Mrs.Garmin we made it however Mrs.Garmin has us in a different place to where we are ... as do the paper maps......must be the Japanese earthquake eh.:huh
There is one Hostal here in the main plaza (only plaza) so we based ourselves there, you won’t know it is there unless someone tells you ... so here it is, the GPS coords and what you are looking for.
GPS coords
Cool wee tranquil town up at 2000 meters so easy to sleep and quiet, secure and enjoyable, no wifi tho.
As far as a quiet hangout it ticks the boxes well and we thank Oliver for the local information :clap
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Wonderful pic in the warm water
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26 Jan 2014
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Heya Kayjay
... they were NOT that warm
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26 Jan 2014
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Tarma - The Cave, Gruta Huagapo
A relaxing start as sleeping beauty stayed under covers till 9.00am :evil.
No rush, today was a local day to the caves and surrounding area.
Flinging the cases off Maya we set too only to find a massive market outside our front door, so people, please make way, there were stalls and stands everywhere, the only free bit of concrete was the footpath ... foothpath it is. :rofl
The caves are only 26 km from town and the dirt road takes you through small villages and up a valley, the caves sit at 3600 meters and the 5 minute walk to the caves seemed like a 5 hour trek.
A torch or headlight is essential, if not you can hire a guide who had a 1 candle power LED torch.
A guide and customer came in just as we got in too, so we all went in together, I had my LED lenser (made in USA and BLOODY awesome).
So here is a few photos to enjoy, not much to write about.
This waterfall greets you on arrival :clap
Caver extraordinaire
Ellen got a dirty bum sliding down one of the slopes
It is like the temple of doom with little bridges :rofl
The entrance from the inside out
Couple of llamas on the way back, you can sit on this fellas and get your photos taken, I still prefer KTM.:evil
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27 Jan 2014
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Tarma - Camino Inca (Inca Walking Trail)
Not as famous as Machu Picchu but a nice walk, to be honest you can ride probably 90% of it ... just a problem getting down the last 10% intact.
Just to give it some authenticity ....the old guy on the right gave us directions and we gave him two toffee lollies ....he liked them
In true form from the Peruvians who didn’t have a clue they guided us completely astray, Peruvians will never say they don’t know and they will always give you directions to somewhere.
The soil at this point was very red and very orange ....mineral rich of something.
There are a couple of crazy trees with S bends
There was few ruins along the way but to be honest without sounding like a bastid sometimes it is hard to tell the difference between ruins and someone house.
These are inhabited residence, no power, no running water, they are as genuinely old school as you can get.
The crest of the valley f i n a l l y ...with ominous clouds to go
Highlight of the day, an old man took a shine to Ellen and picked her some flowers which was duly thanked with a kiss ... he was not expecting that
Total surprise from him with Ellens reaction and thanking him, he was delighted despite the look on his face (which changed after this photo) and I know she made his day
This was our collectivo taxi that picked us up, there were 8 adults and 3 children in the car , just a small Toyota station wagon .. could easy squeeze another dozen in
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