After a tasty vegetarian burger and some fresh juice for breakfest we went to the Gocta Waterfalls. Although locals knew them a lot longer (see story below), a German cartographer made their existence public just in 2006. When the waterfall was measured it turned out it was the third highest worldwide with more than 700 meters height.

We had to buy an entrance ticket and when we should have been introduced to our local guide my group was somehow lost (although there weren’t many people) so I decided to just proceed alone. The path was extremely nice, always up and down and we were told it was about two hours. A local boy was following me although I was mostly running downwards. He was really curious and told me he was just 11 and from Huanuco. I told him a lot about Germany, but after some time he was exhausted and wanted to wait for his father. Just afterwards I met a family from Lima who had all been to Germany several times and their father  spoke almost perfect German. We talked all the way till the falls and had a nice time. Luckily for me they had a private guide, so I joined them at the falls to listen to the history of the place.

The locals (obviously) knew the place for many years, but they were afraid to go there, because they believed in a blond mermaid living there, cursing everybody who would touch the water.