HUANCAYO (13/06/09 & 14/06/09)
After our long train journey we took a day off and just wandered lazily around the town of Huancayo. There is not much of interest in the town although it does have the distinction that the locals are known as Huancas (bear in mind that in Spanish "hu" is pronounced the same as the "W" in white!)
Close to the town is the interesting geological rock formations of Torre Torre. Over time the sandstone has been gradually eroded by wind and rain leaving these strange pillars.
Some of the pillars are really enormous.
The site is huge and constantly changing due to the extremely brittle rock.
You can climb where you like but you have to watch your footing on the extremely crumbly ground.
Adam next to the tallest of the free standing structures.
Torre Torre is half way up a large hill overlooking the town.
We didn´t count but there must have been well over a hundred pillars.
Having tried to climb some of the narrower structures this was the bravest Adam got in the end after realising that it was incredibly dangerous.
We did climb some steep paths but made sure that there were no steep drops anywhere near.
A view down into one of the perilously deep canyons.
Liz wasn´t half as brave (or stupid) as Adam.
Above and below are a selection of pictures of the pillars from different angles.
After climbing right to the top we had to stop for a while to catch our breath.
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