"Mountain trip from Lima" Gracielastanley's photos around Huancayo, Peru

A TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to Huancayo, Peru by TravelPod blogger Gracielastanley titled "Mountain trip from Lima" Gracielastanley's travel blog entry: "This is the Perú I really want to tell you all about. Thursday morning, after arranging my flights and having that tasty Peruvian Ceviche, Johann and I headed out on a trip to the mountains east of Lima. We went to a small village that I want to say is called Concepción but is between two larger towns, Huancayo and Jauja, towns about 8 hours east of Lima in the mountains. We,of course, did it in 5 because pilot guy is also race car driver guy. If it had not been for the ABSOLUTELY BREATHTAKING scenery I might have suffered a heart attack. We spent most of Thursday driving to the town, got a little lost and arrived at our destination a bit late, so we missed the sunset which I think was what he was aiming for us to be able to see, but that drive was what made the trip. I had no idea the size of this country. I had no idea the diversity of the topography, the enormity of the mountains. One hour outside of Lima and I was already in awe. Kept snapping pictures out the car window at blazing speeds like a crazy tourist so some turned out blurry but I just couldn't help myself. It was too much! And this is the first of what I'm sure will be many times I am frustrated with my lack of photography skills as well as the complete inability of a camera to capture the immensity and beauty of what I am seeing with ...