by alpaca | Sep 6, 2025 | Allgemein
Recovery from altitude sickness and acclimatization Our first day back in San Mateo really was mainly a rest day. Elke still had fever the night before and was regenerating from feeling ill so many days. Therefore, our first day was spent sleeping, chilling, or doing...
by alpaca | Sep 4, 2025 | Allgemein
Altitute Sickness The next morning came with an unpleasant surprise: Elke’s symptoms headaches, vomiting, diarrhea, and fever had worsened but now Göran was down with severe headaches and a fever as well. We had to stop for two full days. As if that wasn’t enough, our...
by alpaca | Sep 2, 2025 | Allgemein
Leaving San Mateo After a rest day in San Mateo, we finally pushed higher into the mountains. At the last gas station for the next 140 km, we topped up the fuel bottles for our stove and continued up the main road’s steep climb. With every meter of elevation the air...
by alpaca | Sep 1, 2025 | Allgemein
Rest day With two out of three people suffering from the altitude, we were happy we could stay here for a day and rest. Even walking up a flight of stairs had us out of breath. So today was mainly a day we used to do some laundry, groceries, and route planning to see...
by alpaca | Aug 31, 2025 | Allgemein
Decisions, decisions… We left quite early in the morning again. Because of the conditions of the highway (a more pleasant slope and good tarmac but dangerous traffic with trucks and buses) we decided to follow a smaller parallel route to the village of Matucana....
