view from the top in Cajas
In order to warm up for Machu Picchu and stretch our legs after a 6 hour bus ride, we set our sights for Parque Nacional Cajas. Unfortunately our bus adventures were not over and we broke down on the supposedly 45 minute ride to the park. After an hour of playing Spanish word games in attempt to enhance our vocabularies, a second bus arrived to take us to our destination.
Grazing llamas greeted us at the park, which seemed like a good Omen to start our journey. We took the ¨4 hour¨ path through the mountains to the next bus stop passing many beautiful lakes and more llamas. After reaching the end in only 1 hour, we decided to take another trail, this one a bit steeper. The second trail was comparable to climbing a mountain made of squishy moss. Our feet sunk in with every step and it was delightful. The terrain appeared to have once been underwater many years ago; all the plants looked a bit like coral.
We spent the night listening to live music and watching old ladies salsa like pros.
Grazing llamas greeted us at the park, which seemed like a good Omen to start our journey. We took the ¨4 hour¨ path through the mountains to the next bus stop passing many beautiful lakes and more llamas. After reaching the end in only 1 hour, we decided to take another trail, this one a bit steeper. The second trail was comparable to climbing a mountain made of squishy moss. Our feet sunk in with every step and it was delightful. The terrain appeared to have once been underwater many years ago; all the plants looked a bit like coral.
We spent the night listening to live music and watching old ladies salsa like pros.
Perhaps the "old ladies" salsa pros reminded you of your crazy dancing aunt. Love following what sounds like a wonderful trip so far. Enjoy
ReplyDeletelove Pam
the tension builds...will they make it to machu picchu??
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