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So after our climb up Huayna Potosi we deserved a 2 day rest in La Paz doing very little except watching cable TV, eating and buying new jeans for Anne.
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James and Anne Walkington2006-09-11 11:53:54
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So after our climb up Huayna Potosi we deserved a 2 day rest in La Paz doing very little except watching cable TV, eating and buying new jeans for Anne.
July 26 saw us set of in a taxi to 4800m and the start of the Choro trek. This time our guide was Sixto who also was our cook and carried all the food. Normally Anne carries the food and fuel so her rucksack was light whereas James still carried the tent so there was no change for him.
The great thing about the Choro trek is that it is essentially a 3 day walk downhill 3800m down into the Yungas rainforest part of the Amazon basin. Starting at high alpine mountains we passed through the La Cumbre pass before starting our descent on the 500 year old paved Inca road. The views were fantastic of the high mountains and plunging valleys. We were soon passing llama herds taking their produce up over the pass. The scenery once we descended into the valley looked like Scotland and the small houses which families lived in even looked like Scottish croft houses. Continuing down, the track became increasingly well paved and much better than many of the Bolivian roads.
Lunch prepared by Sixto consisted of ham, cheese and tomato sandwiches followed by fruit. Also we realized the ridiculos amount of bread which he had brought with him! Continuing on down we soon were passing through small shrubs and the temperature was increasing despite the clouds rolling in. 2000m of decent brought us to a small village in the Cloud Forest called Cha'llampampa with sore knees from the relentless pounding of downhill descent.
Annoyingly after putting up our tent some little midge like flies came out and starting biting James. Thankfully as dusk fell the flies went to bed and left us to enjoy dinner of sopa and carne de res. Some intellectual conversation followed which is unusual for James!
The following morning dawned bright and sunny and we set of on further descent. The forest
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