Huancayo Stories


Weavers & Silversmiths

Today my Aussie friend, Simon, and I went on a bit of an adventure. First we had to get on this crazy local bus to a little town called Hualhuas. The bus was crazy crowded and we were, of course, the only tourists. We arrived in Hualhuas and went to check out the weavers, so we went into one shop and this really nice man gave us a tour of the shop an...


Mines, Markets, and Snow

The bus trip to Huancayo was incredible. We passed through the highest point passable in the andes, through miserable towns full of miners, and through mountains full of snow. It was amazing. A few scary moments caused my new aussie friend and I to decide to take a morning bus back to Lima but otherwise it was relatively uneventful. We met up with a ...


Huancayo -> Izcuchaca

This was a very fun and exciting trip. I left Miami, FL at midnight arrived to Lima, Peru at 0600. After taking a power nap my father and I drove off to Huancayo, Peru –my birthplace. I have been to Huancayo 1 million trillion billion times, but for some reason this time it was more special. I actually admired the scenery and enjoyed the fresh air. I m...


squishing bugs and dance clubs

day three on my own and all is well. mike and i have temporarily gone different directions, him to cuzco and me to huancayo. huancayo is not at all a nice city, it´s big, dirty, the market smells bad... the day i arrived there was a poor man in the street and his pants were so torn that only the waist and stips of the legs were left. you could see m...