Day 20-21: Iquitos to Lima to Huaraz

Yesterday we woke up in the Amazon, flew to Lima, traveled across the city by cab, and caught an overnight bus to Huaraz where we arrived at 6:30 this morning. Huaraz is a small city in the Cordilleras Blancas, north of Lima. We are back at high altitude, which we are getting used to (again). 

We are staying at a lovely inn run by a couple of Canadians. There are several French speaking families here right now. Nice to have kids around but there is a bit of a language barrier.

Unfortunately, Eleanor has come down with some type of infection. She is running a fever and has some swollen tonsils and a sore throat. We are treating her with ibuprofen and the antibiotic that we were prescribed for travelers diarrhea (even though we don’t think this is exactly that). We are keeping a close eye on her and will reach out to her doc if she doesn’t improve. She’s taking it easy. Sleeping, eating, playing on her kindle, that kind of thing.

I haven’t taken many photos here yet, but I did take this one (note the horses and snow capped mountains in the background):