From Lima to Huaraz by bus After a short but very nice stay in a modern hotel in Lima I am continuing to Huaraz in a very comfortable bus. Lima is not my favorite city though! Too big with its 8mio inhabitants and most of the city looks like slums! I would even prefer to walk in the streets of Kathmandu. But it was interesting to see allthe poor districts in safe distance from the bus! So I can recommend the company "Cruz del Sur" for transport by bus! Here you have it much better than in most planes and very soon I expect a nice meal, which I ordered in advance via Internet!

The water in Lima is not drinkable. In the hotel they offered me water from bottles! For my hike I also will desinfect all water with iodine-chlor tablets!

I really hope that I find an attractive, fotogenic mule for hire! Not only for photography reasons but also to help me getting my equipment over the higher passes! On the first days I will be struggling anyway in altitudes higher than 4000m! So it would be ideal sharing my 45kg backpack with a mule! I will see soon what is possible..

Officially they dont allow solo-hikers on that route, but if it comes hard to hard then I will not care about this and go anyway. Or hiking with several mules and porters as a group only for the first days. And if the mules have my pace then hiring them for longer. :-)

Sometimes people do not speak English at all, but the following words are understood by all: "Allemagne, Word Champion in Football" :-)))

-- This email was sent by Yellowbrick Tracking Ltd.

For assistance, please email support@yellowbrick-tracking.com or call +44 2380 003888