Upon looking at the calendar I saw that we were more than halfway into our 5-month long South American adventure.  Time was running out!  We quickly blew through the dismal capital of Lima and made it to the pretty, little mountain town of Caraz in the overlooked northern region of Peru. Most tourists who make it to Peru spend most of their time exploring the southern region: Cusco, Colca Canyons, Arequipa, Puno, The Amazon.  However the north is equally beautiful, if not more, in a completely opposite way.  With 722 individual glaciers, 33 peaks over 5,500 meters, and the highest mountain…