Category: Peru

Our week off the bikes meant we were ready for a more-challenging ride that our downhill entry to Huancayo, but we would need good fuel for the long day, so as a final bit of cultural comfort food (literally!) in this big city, Rett crafted and exquisite French Toast breakfast for us. In Mexico, “pan…

The final day of our 4-day, 4000-foot descent from Cerro de Pasco would bring us to Huancayo, Peru’s 5th-largest city. Yesterday we had curled slightly north to enter Jauja, but since our hotel was well south of the city center, and we would be exiting south, we did something we haven’t done yet in Peru:…

We again were out of the hotel looking for breakfast earlier than anywhere was open, so we finally settled on a street vendor serving caldo. But then we noticed there was a sit-down restaurant open right next to the food cart, so we grabbed a booth in there instead. But then, our food was just…

In the United States, if you woke up and your bedroom was 55°F, it would immediately drop you into a terrible mood because it would mean figuring out why your furnace stopped working, and how much it would cost to get it repaired or replaced. Here in our Junin hotel, it was a grin-inducing luxury.…

It was a balmy 43°F inside our hotel room this morning (compared to the freezing 41°F yesterday), but the more-consequential improvement was that there was no snow or ice, and yesterday’s fog-blanket had given way to clear skies. We returned to the hotel’s restaurant for breakfast, and again got the same “you’ll just eat what…