Although the flight leaves at 5.30 a.m. and the fact that you are expected to report to the Lima International Airport two hours beforehand we did manage to discover one unbelievable positive in all this, experiencing the amazing sight of the sun rising over the Andes on a very clear morning.
To view peaks of five to six thousand meters above sea leave covered in snow and bathed in sun light was breathtaking to say the least. Even more amazing were the extremely deep valleys, the lakes and the rivers between these peaks.
Would you also believe that during the entire flight over these mountains we could get glimpses of pueblos precariously perched all through the area? You could not begin to comprehend how these people gained access to the so called “outside world”! I could only think that walking was their sole method of transport.
Star Peru was our carrier, and a good one at that. The plane could be best described as having four jet engines, two hostesses and over one hundred passengers, a classic description by someone who has very limited knowledge of planes! We landed forty minutes after takeoff and my only regret during the flight was that I would not get to my camera to see if I could take some shots of the area.
As expected Anne Carbon was waiting for us at the airport to take us to our hotel for the very first thing you do when you fly into altitude, two to three hours in bed resting and getting used to the rarer atmosphere.
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