As mentioned earlier we have visited the small town of Chivey, located at the base of the Colca Canyon, one of the world’s deepest Canyons at 3191 meters. Wanting to acclimatize to the elevation before diving right in we decided to spend a quiet day in Chivey.
Chivey`s main attraction is it`s natural hot springs and we decided we would rent bikes and make the trip out for a relaxing soak. It took us quite a bit of time to find a place that rented bikes amongst the llama`s, sheep, construction and mangy dogs but we eventually found a place and were on our way. The three kilometer ride was easy enough with some slight up hill and downhill to even in out but with the thin air by the time we reached the springs you`d think we had just finished the tour de France. Despite our best efforts, which involved pills and drinking tea made from coca leaves we were exhausted. With all the confusion in the morning and the tiring ride we didn`t keep the time in mind and arrived at the springs in the blistering afternoon sun and neither of us had any desire to plunge into a bath of hot water. So we caught our breath and headed back to town. After biking around town a few hours it started to cool off quite a bit and we kept thinking of the hot springs. We were torn, as the hot water would feel great in the later afternoon but we did not want to bike the 3 km there and back. We came up with a marvelous idea; we ditched the bikes and hired a cab (well more a glorified motorbike with training wheel) who took us out to the springs. We soaked for a couple hours before heading back to Chivey. We ended out night at a small planetarium learning about the southern hemispheres night sky.
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