Chivay

We're up really early today to see the condors, if possible - let's keep our fingers crossed. Then our first homestay will come up, so see you later😉
... and we are lucky: plenty of them soaring into the sky and majestically gliding past - and all of this against the background of Colca Canyon, the second deepest in the world. We must have hit the right weather and thermic conditions👍🍀
In the afternoon it is off to Aguas Calientes for a pleasant soak before we start our first homestay. A nice elderly couple greets us in Manakota, a village nearby. The place is nowhere as rustic as I expected, but still pretty basic - I am grateful for the decent loo because it is my turn to get the runs during the night🙃😞 Days are pleasantly warm, but nights get freezing cold in this winter season-three layers of clothing plus woollen blankets do the trick, however.
Our hosts take us to do some field work digging potatoes, back-breaking work, which they still do at their age for 13 hours for 6+ days a weekWeiterlesen