South American footsteps

South America is really big and I have never been there. I am leaving the safety of my teaching job to explore 5 spanish-speaking countries and to walk in the footsteps of Charles Darwin on the Galapagos Islands. I am hoping that neither the perilous altitudes of Ecuador, the ravenous midges in the Peruvian rainforest or the crazy Bolivian bus drivers will kill me... I will doubtless meet other people on the edge of sanity who feel the need to wander away from safety. I hope we can be friends.

Monday, 4 April 2016

Coffee at Mecina Bombaron

Well what a ridiculous walk here! It said 5 km to get here on the sign but my watch says 4.8 miles. Hmmm. So it was UP UP UP into the top of Berchules and then DOWN DOWN DOWN into valley followed immediately by UP UP UP Onto a dry and beautiful mountain. I felt I could have reached out and touched the hotel I started from and I had been walking forever an hour!

There were eagles again but too far away to identify.

Then of course DOWN DOWN etc into old Mediaeval and hard to pronounce Mecina B.

Here are some photos of the highlights so far today.