by alpaca | Sep 16, 2025 | Allgemein
From countryside to city chaos Although our campsite lay situated quite pretty, it lacked one pretty important thing: access to clean water. Therefore, after we all got up at 6:30 AM and had finished breakfast, I cycled 2 km uphill back to the village to ask for some...
by alpaca | Sep 15, 2025 | Allgemein
Here We go again What I haven’t mentioned the previous days, is that I struggled a bit with homesickness. Cycling up into the mountains for more than a week was very draining. And when you manage to reach a pass, rolling down the other side of the mountain...
by alpaca | Sep 14, 2025 | Allgemein
Rest Day in Huancaya Thanks to our lucky encounter with Alexia, Audrey and their dad, Diosdado, we ended up staying at the hospedaje of one of their acquaintances. The hostel was simple, especially the bathrooms, but clearly designed with love to make guests feel cozy...
by alpaca | Sep 12, 2025 | Allgemein
A Very Special (and Long) Day Our special day began with me still being sick, unfortunately. But getting out of Tanta (and our Hospedaje) and having the worst two passes behind us for now did a good job of lifting our spirits. Today’s route would take us further...
by alpaca | Sep 11, 2025 | Allgemein
Climbing Once Again In our usual fashion we got up at 6 AM and got ready for the day ahead. Said day started out rather shitty for me as I realized we would have to cycle up once more with steep inclines for several kilometers to reach yet another pass (4074m) before...
