A Tale of Two "Chucos", Continuing through Andean Highlands

The next two towns we visited both had “Chuco” in their names. This is a Quechua word meaning “high“. And high they are. Both towns. Elevations of Huamachuco and Santiago de Chuco are, respectively, 3,169 and 3,120 meters high. By comparison, the “Mile-high City” of Denver, Colorado is only 1,609 meters high. If my math and geography are correct some of the outskirts of the first-mentioned town could be dubbed “Two mile-high City“. Or – as our laboring lungs suggested – “Too high City“!

Continued here.

 

Thanks. I cringed when I noticed the typos that I still had. Hopefully all fixed now. I am so behind in my articles here. We have been in Manaus, Brazil, for about two weeks. Maybe I will write an article or two on this before I continue the Peru thread. Also I still have a post or two on South Africa.

God is good. So thankful we are able to do this.

 

Thank you.