Day 12 – Return to Huaraz
We were both happy to be returning to Huaraz, though I was a little disappointed about having carried so much food over the six days and still having four days of food left over.
It snowed on us just as we were breaking camp, getting our things damp. We would have to dry them out when we got back to the hostel. It didn’t take too long getting back down to the main trail to Laguna 69. Within 10 minutes, we someone on the trail – Theo, one of the people who works at our hostel. He said that five people from the hostel were doing a hike to Laguna 69 and we could get a ride back with them in the van. We were back at the road by 11am and Theo said that we would probably have to wait until 3pm until the others had finished going up and down to the lake. We decided instead to try to hitch a ride back to Yungay and get the collectivo back to Huaraz.
Within a few minutes there was a truck driver who we flagged down. It turned out he was going to Huaraz and we agreed to pay S15 each ($5). It was an incredibely bumpy ride along the road back to Yungay for 2 hours, and then another hour to Huaraz.
I immediately took a shower, and it was amazing, not having showered in a week and done plenty of exercise. We then went out for a 4pm dinner – I had 1/2 chicken and Alex had 1/4 chicken at our usual spot, gallo rojo. We then got beers, headed back to the hostel, used the internet for a bit, and went to bed.
| Published on June 12th, 2011 | | Posted by admin |