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...
by alpaca | Sep 10, 2025 | Allgemein
Reaching the Top We woke a little before sunrise at 6 AM. After a quick breakfast and packing our belongings, we were ready to cycle by 7:38 AM. Record time for us. We said our goodbyes to the alpaca farmers and, as a token of thanks, gave them our last Dutch...
by alpaca | Sep 9, 2025 | Allgemein
One night at the Alpaca-Farm We got up at 7 AM, reluctant to leave the warmth of our sleeping bags. Both men had been a little cold that night (I was very happy with my choice to buy a new sleeping bag for the trip at this point) and as we left the tent it was clear...
by alpaca | Sep 8, 2025 | Allgemein
Further up we go We all lay comfortably and happily in our sleeping bags when we were startled awake by a loud and angry ‘HEY!’ coming from outside the tent. We looked at each other to check if we hadn’t imagined that noise when our question was...
by alpaca | Sep 7, 2025 | Allgemein
Not déjà-vu but déjà-fait We used the morning at the hostel to prep for the days ahead in the mountains. While I was filtering water, Göran and Jacques were repairing our burner which had almost given up the evening before. We reorganized our bags and got ready for...
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...
