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Nomadic travel’s Slideshow

by moro Posted on 26 April 2007

A year ago began the adventure of this blog… a mosaic of emotions in the deepest heart of the American continent. We have interiorized a magical world, sometimes so complex to be hardly understood. From United States, thinking head of … Continue reading →

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Lima and Manual del Pendejo

by moro Posted on 9 April 2007

The last American week, once more and so short to seem already ended: the travel through Peru, fantastic but perhaps lived less intensely regarding the adventures in the other Latin American countries. Coming from the uncovered coast of the Pacific … Continue reading →

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Trekking in the Cordillera Blanca

by moro Posted on 2 April 2007

The Semana Santa (Easter) is coming up and Huaraz begins to animate for the beginning of the season of trekking and mountaineering in the Cordillera Blanca. This splendid mountainous chain, that extends along 180 kilometers in the National Park Huascarán, … Continue reading →

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A dawn in Huaraz

by moro Posted on 30 March 2007

A dawn in Huaraz is worth the show of 30 snowcapped peaks coloring themselves of the flush transported by the icy wind. A dawn in Huaraz is worth the smile of a trembling old woman, crying aloud “¡Tamales!”. A dawn … Continue reading →

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Cañon del Pato, towards Huaraz

by moro Posted on 28 March 2007

It’s dawn when the desert of the Peruvian coast, starkly desolated, is awakened by the first sun beams, that wearily play with the fog. In our mind Trujillo and the Moche ruins of Chan Chan, one interminable night at the … Continue reading →

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Travel from Chachapoyas to Cajamarca

by moro Posted on 24 March 2007

We wake up early in the morning, our first unforgettable week in Peru ends with an incredible travel: towards the past, the sky, a hard but authentic present. The road that connects Chachapoyas to Cajamarca is a pebbly and dusty … Continue reading →

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Catarata de Gocta

by moro Posted on 20 March 2007

This is the third highest waterfall in the world, second only to the Salto Angel in Venezuela (972 metres) and the Tugela Falls (South Africa, 948 meters). Considering the two falls it’s 779 meters high, really spectacular… We got there … Continue reading →

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Kuelap and Chachapoyas

by moro Posted on 19 March 2007

The Chachapoya was one of the most mysterious and independent Pre-Incaic cultures. They lived in the isolated and hard valleys around Chachapoyas, capital of the Amazonas department. Iquitos seems so far from these places, but the immense rivers indicate us … Continue reading →

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Ecuador-Perú, via Zumba

by moro Posted on 16 March 2007

When our German friends wake us up, soon in the morning, we begin the travel from Vilcabamba towards the frontier between Ecuador and Peru. Our route, passing through the village of Zumba, follows an off the beaten track. After a … Continue reading →

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Vilcabamba, the eternal youth

by moro Posted on 14 March 2007

After a short staying in Cuenca, third city of Ecuador and famous for its university, we go on with our travel that is everytime more nomadic and itinerant. Now our goal is Vilcabamba, a very small pueblo next to the … Continue reading →

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Last shamans of the Amazon

by moro Posted on 10 March 2007

Sarita and Carlito accompany us through this experience, teaching the language of a world we didn’t know before, the keys in order to understand and respect the forest. They design in our minds the symbols of nature: the anaconda (amaru), … Continue reading →

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An Amazon indigenous community

by moro Posted on 8 March 2007

Sinchi Sacha means “strong forest” in the Kichwa indigenous language. Carlito, our young guide, knows every centimeter of his world, the forest; with his machete opens a way that knows by heart, he follows the “songlines” traced by his ancestors. … Continue reading →

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Tena, a look to the Amazon

by moro Posted on 4 March 2007

Now we are really in the Amazon basin… to make it clear, there are the curious smiles of the children who run towards the bus. In their black eyes and smooth like silk hairs, it’s hidden all the mystery of … Continue reading →

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Cotopaxi National Park

by moro Posted on 27 February 2007

Exactly in front of the bridge which is the entrance gate to the city of Latacunga, a young boy tell us to go up on its rickety bus. It’s early in the morning, we begin the travel towards the covered … Continue reading →

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In Quito

by moro Posted on 17 February 2007

The Andean landscape becomes extremely variable in the northern part of Ecuador: from semi-desertic valleys to impressive green hills. After hours of roller coaster we reach Otavalo, a village where one of the most important Ecuadorian indigenous markets takes place. … Continue reading →

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