First tour for a decent while.The weather here in Huaraz is worth mentioning too.
It feels like you could throw a rock to the snow on the peaks yet it gets sunny here from about 10 till 4 and gets quite hot.I never thought it would be this hot so close to the snow.In saying that it then rains and thunders in the arvo,clears up and then gets really cold in the night.Similar to melbourne weater in a way or two or three or four seasons in one day.
Anyway i did a day tour up to a glacial lake at the base of Mt Hauscarin,it stands at 6000 and somethen metres.A fair dinkum big bastard of a mountain.So this lake was pretty close to the base and the colors and surroundings were magical.The lake was a bright turqouise and changed dramatically with the light of the sun.With high peaks covered in snow all around it was definately breathtaking veiws 360 degrees.
I ate some pig intestine's that a local lady was cooking up on a bbq ind it was quite nice.After a couple hours of photo's and taking it in it was time to move.
I stopped at a small town to see a little street fiesta happening.Over here there is a parade or band marching down the streets everyday in every town.Usually they are churched based but this one was a little different and much more my cuppa tea.
There were about five old couples doing this strange traditional dance rocking side to side like they had stiff legs and hips.But the best part was that the ol codgers were dancing around two crates of longneck beers.I thought now why dont we do that in oz.
After that there was one more stop at a town called Yungai that was buried in the early eighties from a landslide caused by a huge earthquake.A huge part of Mount Huascarin collapsed and caused a massive mud and snow avalanche.It came about 15 kms toward town within three minutes.People watched the mass of mud then jump over the top of a 150 metre high hill like a gigantic wave and then bury the town along with 17,000 people.Seeing exactly how it happened was mind boggling and made me realise the real power of nature and natural disaster's.Some people escaped by climbing to higher ground but the rest still lie underneath the new town.It was an eerie walk as it got dark over the site to a massive cemetry atop of a hill.
