We wanted to get to Chachapoyas but both our guide books said it was a 10-12 hour bus ride over dangerous mountain roads from the nearest big cities. So we took a gamble and booked a flight to the small town of Jaén, hoping to be able to town hop on local buses. But at the airport (more like a shed) we found a minibus going direct - hooray! Only 5 hours and through great scenery. Found a place to stay and celebrated with a delicious steak and chips.
We like it here, it's relaxed but quite lively, lovely people, stunning scenery and it would be easy to spend a couple of weeks exploring the area. Anyway, we trekked to Gocta Falls today, at 771 metres it's one-of the highest in the world and pretty spectacular. A tough walk - took us 7 hours to do the 12 kms, there was so much up and down. We had done half as much again at over 3000 metres in Bolivia.
Off for a 3-day trek tomorrow, must be mad!
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