El Niño has left the snow conditions in the Pacific Northwest historically poor this year. And the snow trip we had booked long ago naturally turned into a more laid-back journey. Though we arrived in Boise amidst a winter storm, the accumulation amounted to no more than an inch or two, followed by several dry days.
I began to feel familiar with this place and accustomed to the area where I had stayed for three days.
From Jakarta Station, located in the heart of the capital city, the high-speed train took less than an hour to reach Bandung. A stark contrast to Jakarta’s skyscrapers - the only remarkable building visible from afar was the Al Jabbar Grand Mosque, distinguishable by its unique shape and four surrounding 99-meter-tall minarets.
The high-speed rail - Whoosh, a joint venture between Indonesia and China, felt familiar, as I had recently taken a similar train from Shanghai to Hangzhou in China. Having been operational for only two months, the excitement was palpable; people eagerly took photos with the train and the conductor ladies.
离开Urus直至抵达Amantani岛大概花了一个多小时，沿路风平浪静，船行很快。行船中，我们被告知接下来大概会是一个“农家乐”的安排，我们每组人都会与当地的家庭“结对子”，入住当地家庭，和他们一起共进中/晚/早餐。同时，当晚会有一个“篝火晚会”在“中心广场”举行，期待大家一起到来。
上岛以后，果然一列穿着民族服饰的当地女子在码头迎接，向导拿出一个小单子开始宣布各自分别由谁带回家。我们一家三口很快就和一个背着个小女孩的女子搭上线，跟着她向她家走去。这座岛看似不大，但其实岛上有两座小山，我们这艘船三十来号人很快就在各自家庭派出的带路人的带领下分散开消失在了各自“回家”的路上。我们跟着带领我们的女子爬了一段坡之后，四下张望，很快就看不见其他人了。
不愧是上过正大综艺节目的目的地，提提卡卡湖（Lake Titicaca）的确与众不同。湖坐落于海拔四千米之上，周围皆是黄土丘陵，独普诺（Puno）一面密集的都是房子，裸露的砖的红色，或者粉刷成黄色或者白色，在经年累月的沙尘的冲刷下也都褪去了饱和度，和背景的山融为一体，从湖边一直延伸至半山腰。
前一晚大巴抵达普诺小镇，一路翻过一个山脊，开下至湖边，远处一片墨黑色，就知道是湖的方向。
A gallery recording the trip to Panorama Ridge.
Recorded on Strava, the entire trip covered 20.5 miles with a 5,500 ft elevation gain and took 7h 30min of moving time. We departed from the Rubble Creek Trailhead, took a detour to the Garibaldi Lake Campground, summited the iconic Panorama Ridge, and returned via the Taylor Meadows Trail.
