Palacala

Last weekend, Annie and I left our homes at about 6 am to go on a hike to a waterfall in the provincial Lima. It took us a while to get there. We weren't sure where to find the Combis and Cústers heading to the Museum of Art where we could find more headed for Chosica, so we decided to walk a ways to a place where we knew they went by. Once we were finally on our way towards Chosica, our Cúster broke down and we had to get on another one. The cobrador (money collecter) wanted to charge us more, but we were not ignorant enough to pay again.

After taking 4 cústers and a moto-taxi to get to Surco, we began our hike. We spent 7 hours absorbing the glorious sun, gorgeous Peruvian countryside and foothills of the Andes, as well as breathing fresh air! Along the way we met two other hikers who waited at the top for us and went all the way back down with us. One of them had formerly been a student at La Católica, where we are going. The way back down was definitely rough on the knees considering our ascent of approximately 700m. It was an excellent day and wonderful to get out of the city!