I've had an email from my daughter, who spent the night with a family in Lima. Later today she takes the white-knuckle bus ride from Lima to Huancayo. The weather in Huancayo is bloody cold. With a population of nearly half a million and at an altitude of over 10000 feet, I wonder if there's a bigger city anywhere in the world which is so high?
Edit: yes - La Paz.
Elevation 3,640 m (11,942 ft)
Population (2006)
- Total 1,250,000 (2,005 est)
Bloody hell!