1997 Travel Diary (Part 2)

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Peru Picture by gjcmcclurg
Travel story: 1997 Travel Diary (Part 2)

From Vilcabamba in southern Ecuador we traveled directly to Piura in northern Peru and then spent a couple of weeks visiting some of the famous coastal pre-Colombian ruins. We visited the ruins of the largest adobe (mud) city in the world - Chan Chan - quite incredible.


Next we traveled up to the Cordillera Blanca (White Mountains) and did some spectacular hiking among the snow-caps. On one hike I climbed up to almost 5,000m, it was pretty tough up there as the air was so... More