We got up and ate breakfast early the next morning for we had a long ride scheduled. Today we were to visit what I thought might be the most interesting of the many ancient ruins on our trip, Chavín de Huantar. We had a new Peruvian guide named Henri, who spoke English well, and cracked jokes about his country's political situation among other things on our trip to Chavín. We headed south through Huaraz and turned left at a town named Catac. After an hour of traveling through ... (more)