{"id":593,"date":"2012-08-31T14:54:16","date_gmt":"2012-08-31T13:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tristanhoffmann.de\/blog\/?p=593"},"modified":"2013-08-22T15:40:45","modified_gmt":"2013-08-22T14:40:45","slug":"593","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.tristanhoffmann.de\/?p=593","title":{"rendered":"Gocta Waterfalls"},"content":{"rendered":"

After a tasty vegetarian burger and some fresh juice for breakfest we went to the Gocta Waterfalls<\/a>. 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.<\/p>\n

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\u2019t 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\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n