The day after, we spent the whole morning waiting for a bus that would take us to Huaraz, the capital of the province Ancash, 500 kilometers northeast of Lima. Leaving Lima from the bus window was quite an experience. The size of the city was quite impressive and the only colourful memory was that of the yellow commercial for Peru's national soft-drink, Inka Cola. The darkness came quite early and it wasn't until the next morning that we really got to enjoy the views of the main attraction of the area, the ever-snowy Cordillera Blanca. After having waken up in foggy Lima the last morning, the view of Ranrapalca (6162 m.a.s.) and other 6000m-peaks from the hotel window was quite an improvement. To get used the height (3100 m.a.s.) we decided to join a guided bus tour before becoming to physically active. We didn't think a lot when we joined a glaciar tour to Pastoruri. Then we suddenly realized that we were going for a height of over 5000 m.a.s. The tour was fairly interesting with natural bubble pools and strange trees. The height started to give a headache at a heigh of 4000 m.a.s. and walking the last two hundred height meters up to the glaciar was quite a hassle. We enjoyed watching Peruvian tourists playing in the snow like they had never seen snow before.
