Huaraz & the Cordillera Blanca

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Peru Picture by Thomasin Turner
Travel story: Huaraz & the Cordillera Blanca

Left Lima after a couple of days and headed north to the mountains. Huaraz is a fantastic town sat between the Cordillera Negra and the Cordillera Blanca (which have the highest peaks in Peru).

Huaraz is far less frantic than Lima, although still a lot of hooting, an incredible number of fireworks and continous brass band music (which sounds good at first until you realise that they all play the same tune over and over...).

After acclimitising to the altitude (a... More