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A Resident of Urubamba, Peru (Part Two)
A Resident of Urubamba, Peru (Part Two)
Oh yea — the landscape is amazing in Peru. Originally being from a country that is covered two-thirds by the Alps, I love being surrounded…
Linus Höller
Dec 16, 2018
Moving to Urubamba
Moving to Urubamba
My time in Lima was over, and now things got serious, with me moving into the backcountry, high in the Andes, for the next month and a…
Linus Höller
Dec 16, 2018
Serendipitous Astrophotography — Electricity Outage in Peru
Serendipitous Astrophotography — Electricity Outage in Peru
So… I mentioned the poor infrastructure, right? Well, for one day we had no internet throughout the entire day, and the day before we had…
Linus Höller
Dec 16, 2018
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A Supermoon in Cusco
A Supermoon in Cusco
Our term in Cusco is slowly coming to an end, but not before we were allowed to witness an astronomical phenomenon that would next occur…
Linus Höller
Dec 16, 2018
Sunday Market Magic in Pisac
Sunday Market Magic in Pisac
I spent one Sunday visiting the market in Pisac, about an hour to the north of Cusco by public transport. It is a very small town in the…
Linus Höller
Dec 16, 2018
Hiking the Andes — Machu Picchu (Day 6)
Hiking the Andes — Machu Picchu (Day 6)
The evening we arrived in Machu Picchu by train, we were told that we would have to get up at 3am in order to catch the very first bus up…
Linus Höller
Dec 16, 2018
Hiking the Andes — The Cloud Forest (Day 5)
Hiking the Andes — The Cloud Forest (Day 5)
The part of the valley we had slept in last night looked quite different in daylight. While there used to be about five families living…
Linus Höller
Dec 16, 2018
Hiking the Andes — in the Middle of Nowhere & Data Mountain (Day 4)
Hiking the Andes — in the Middle of Nowhere & Data Mountain (Day 4)
Day two of the Inca Trail hike started at around 3,500m for us and would lead us all the way over a pass of 4,700m above sea level. Our…
Linus Höller
Dec 16, 2018
Hiking the Andes — the first day of the Trek (day 3)
Hiking the Andes — the first day of the Trek (day 3)
After two days of “preparation hikes” around Zurite, it was now time to embark on the actual Trek that would take us through the Andes for…
Linus Höller
Dec 16, 2018
Hiking the Andes — the first two days
Hiking the Andes — the first two days
On a Sunday, which was incidentally also my birthday, we left Urubamba in the morning at 8. This was the beginning of our expedition…
Linus Höller
Dec 16, 2018
Living in and Leaving From Urubamba
Living in and Leaving From Urubamba
In total, I spent about five weeks living in Urubamba, during which I got to know the town pretty well. For a town of only 2,700 people…
Linus Höller
Dec 16, 2018
A Resident of Urubamba, Peru (Part One)
A Resident of Urubamba, Peru (Part One)
I have now been in Urubamba, Peru for nearly three weeks. During this time, I saw a lot and a lot of stuff happened. I will try to put…
Linus Höller
Dec 16, 2018
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