Panorama Photo

Although slightly hidden by a hill, this lovely church is visible to the many hundreds of tourists that every day travel by bus from Lima to Huaráz. (There is only one road, here, and no alternatives). However, none of them can stop to visit the church, since the bus passes by, with nothing but a short stop in this village consisting of a dozen of houses. I remembered the place, and stopped while cycling to Conococha and Huayhuash. Coming back via Yanashalla and Pastoruri I passed again through Pachacoto and, actually, the access to the church would indeed be shorter from the road to the Pastoruri, were not for a high fence kept for the cattle. However, with the many attractions of Quebrada Pumapampa (of which, up to now, I presented only the Puya Raymondii) it had become late, and at dusk the priority was to catch a colectivo in order to avoid cycling the whole highway to Huaraz yet another time.
With the many 360° panoramas that I brought from Peru, with snowy peaks and high cordilleras, this is perhaps my favourite. I hope that it can at least give and idea of the magic of the place, and of its atmosphere.

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