La Paccha

Sunday January 17, Samaipata. Flooding water destroyed a camping area as well as other lower parts of the village. A Swiss backpacker was in the middle of the action.

A camping employee knocked at my door at 7 in the morning and told me that the lawn with all campers was already evacuated but I don’t have to rush the water level is more than one meter lower than my room.

At 8 she knocked again and at the same time the water came inside my room. I quickly reacted and through my backpacks on my bed. After 40 seconds the water level reached the mattress. I made it just in time out of my room with both backpacks on my shoulder and only wearing underwear. A few steps towards the staircase and up to the safe place.

It has been my first evacuation caused by nature’s force. Heavy rain and floodwater caper.

Two days before I went on a guided trip to the Amboró National Park where we were looking out for condors. The day trip ended at a beautiful waterfall spot.

One day before the rain I visited a Zoologico shelter. Monkeys, birds and wild mountain cats.

Due to the rain cataclysm, I spend another night in Samaipata until the route to Sucre was fit for traffic.Read more