Monday, May 07, 2007

Nevado del Ruiz..

Last week we traveled to Manizales, and there we went to "El Nevado del Ruiz" which is a volcano. Getting to the snow was a big challenge having in mind that it was at 5104 meters above sea level. You could barely walk 1 minute without feeling your hearth beat going at 167 bpm, but it was definitively worth it. Eduardo and Velez got sick of the height (Puking and headache included in the pack).

After getting to the 4400 mts again we headed to a region called "El Cisne", a place that's located at 10 kms from the "Nevado del Ruiz" and at 4138 mts. The landscape going there was just incredible.., it was like being in another world.., the rocks were red, dust everywhere.., it was a complete desert (but a cold, very cold one).

After some hard core driving (having in mind that almost all the time was a huuuuge hill to the right of the road, and that there was a turn called "La curva del putas" (Guess why..)) we arrove to "El Cisne" and popped up our tents. Sleeping there was hard !! I couldn't get warm at all, in fact nobody could...

The next day, we woke pretty early and headed up (walking) to a place called "La laguna Verde", the name comes from the fact that the lagoon has a huge amount of azufre (highly toxic).

When we got there we had to wait like 30 mins to be able to see the lagoon because there was just soo much fog.

After a cold night and a couple of amazing walks we went to thermal waters and got a very nice time there...

5 comments:

Jaime said...

You share this experience with so few... I have a cousin over there right now. I miss those days!

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