Day 2 and a change of scene.
For the first time since we arrived in Peru we have ventured a bit of a distance from the capital Lima. It was a 9 hour bus journey to Huancayo a city at an altitude of 3200m. This is two and a half times hgher than Ben Nevis and about a third the height of Everest. The journey to get here took a very winding path up over the Andes and at its highest point was 4800m high, that is over half the height of Mount Everest. In a bus!!! That is the highest we have ever been whilst still connected to terra firma. Views were spectacular.
Having spent most of the day on a bus getting our 5K done was to prove a bit of a challenge especially since we had just transitioned to high altitude. We decided to try walking to our rental apartment a distance af about 2.5 km. We coped pretty well and the only apparent effects were that we had to breath a bit deeper. Once settled into the apartment we walked back into town to get dinner so the 5K was done in segments. But it WAS done. Picture quality is not the best out of the moving bus window. More to follow.
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