Chachapoyas Travel Blogs, Travelogues and Travel Journals

I awoke early to the roosters crowing.  Now, let me tell you that the widely held city dweller belief that the rooster crows at dawn is way off the mark.  First of all, it’s well before dawn, and second, one or two times isn’t enough.  They make a din and keep it up for awhile.  So they are a country alarm clock and unless you have earplugs, you’re not going to be able to sleep.  Fortunately I did have some and popped them in so I could catch up on sleep.  …

Met them on the bus. Very nice Woman who invited me for lunch in her house. She has got a little kiosk at her home. We, Tony from Australia and a guy from England, went to Kuelap. Kuelap is the second biggest Ruin besides the Cuzco Imperium. Archeloges are still discovering more of the beautiful Chachapoyas culture. Neare Chachapoyas (2 days tour) is the 3rd biggest Waterfall of the earth (just discoverd in 2006 from a german guy). Unfortonately i hadn't got the time to go there. If you hav…

So, hier nun also ein bisschen etwas von dem, was wir in 5 Wochen in Ecuador, Peru und nochmal Ecuador mit der Kamera eingefangen haben! Eindruecke einer nicht immer leichten aber dafuer abenteuerreichen und vorallem schoenen Reise :)

South America

after two days of long and exhausting bus rides, crossing the border of Peru (literally just walked across like it was nothing), and being scared out of my mind on roads that were barely wide enough for a car, let alone a bus, I made it to Chachapoyas, Peru. A nice town, with a big square. Stayed in a $4/night hostal with the coldest ¨hot water¨ I´ve felt thus far. (Although after scalding my chest quite badly in the hot water of a previous hostal, it wasn´t so bad). The next mornin…

Late start after getting into Chachapoyas at 5am.  However breakfast was still laid on for us and Ezac (lad who talked us into staying at hostel) was still on duty.  Really nice lad who after chatting for a while, insisted on showing us the sights of Chachapoyas once he had finished his shift.  He sorted Dave out with a shop to buy his much needed waterproof jacket (best bet was a plastic poncho which Dave is currently refusing to model for a photo !!) before taking us for a wa…