Today we undertook the most difficult, but rewarding hike of my life so far: a seven-hour gruelling trip to Laguna 69, an incredible azure lake nestled high in the Huascaran National Park deep in the Andes.  We took a three-hour bus ride over bumpy dirt roads from our hostel in Huaraz at 5am, arriving shivering … Continue reading Feeling high at Laguna 69 →