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A Weekend in the Andes at Llanganuco Lodge Peru Part one of our weekend escape travel article. Read part two of our Llanganuco Lodge stay. Arriving in the Cordillera Blanca A burrito, a brownie, and an 8-hour overnight bus trip later, we arrived in Yungay, a relatively small city located in the Cordillera Blanca in north-central Peru. We hopped in a cab outside the bus station, instructed the driver that we were headed towards “Casa de Charlie” (everyone in Yungay seemed to know of Charlie and the LLanganuco Lodge), and were on our way up the winding, dirt road for a 40 minute journey to a long weekend in paradise. Snow capped mountains Our tired eyes were welcomed by the amazing sight of the sun rising over the mountain range, reflecting magnificently on the snow capped peaks above us.  The view on our own terrestrial level was equally interesting, as we passed traditionally dressed women tending to their crops, fat fuzzy pigs rooting around in the soil, and a bubbling stream that shadowed our route.  The silent journey was interrupted as the forest line ended: “Mira - la Casa de Charlie,” our driver instructed, casting his finger towards a distant building perched atop a hill. Llanganuco Lodge's setting Lined with fairly young coniferous trees, the final ascent up the hill unfolded the image of our destination with a view of the lodge, the restaurant and bar, and the separate dorm accommodation that comprised the main buildings on the property, as well as what appeared to be a massive WWII military vehicle parked at the entrance.  We looked at each other in confusion, sharing concern about what our weekend with the ex-accountant gone rogue living in a German tanker in the Peruvian mountains would amount to. We noticed several people sitting at