My Lucky Boots

My Photo scholarship 2010 entry

Peru | Monday, September 6, 2010 | flickr photos

Cordillera Huayhuash, the hidden beauty. Tough and demanding with 8 passes in 10 days trekking. But the trail will take you to unbelievable sights of Huayhuash mountain range with the lakes, nature, and very few villagers. This is easily the best trek I've ever done so far, hard but absolutely rewarding. We have daily surprises of amazing views either at the top of the pass or at the camp site and also bonus of hotspring. The trek is about 145Km with average of the pass over 4700M with the highest around 5100M at the Punta Cuyoc.


I've been traveling in the last 4 years during my holiday from work. I love trekking and visiting unique countries and made a connection. My passion for photography took me out from my comfort zone to hunt beautiful spot in this place we lived in to share it to my friends and families for new ideas of holiday. But later on I realized it's not enough to depend on my holiday from work, so after long calculation and years of thinking and money saving, I quit my job of 15 years just a month ago to pursue my dream to become a travel photographer. I'm now traveling in South America. But I still trying to figure out the best way for me to learn the technique, all this time I learn from trial error and ask people. I took an online course but didn't work. If I get the chance to work with NG and work together and learn from Jason, I would say that would be an ultimate reward for my decision to leave my job.