Here are notes and lists of places along our journey that I think will be helpful to someone planning a trip. I tried to note any exceptional places we stayed or ate, and also where to get good information and beta for climbing. I'm sure I've forgotten some things, but hopefully this will help.

Books

• Classic Climbs of the Cordillera Blanca by Brad Johnson -- nice pictures, lots of routes and descriptions. I've been told that the descriptions are not accurate on some of the routes (Yanapaccha specifically).
• Bolivia: A Climbing Guide by Yossi Brain -- comprehensive guide to mountains and climbs in Bolivia. This was the best we found. The descriptions are short, but worked well for us.
• The Andes: A Guide for Climbers by John Biggar -- covers a lot of material through multiple countries. This book was helpful to narrow our choices down to the mountain ranges, but did not have enough detail for us once we were in Huaraz. Nice color pictures
• Touching the Void by Joe Simpson. A must read if you going to climb in South America. The (in)famous story of a climb gone bad in the Cordillera Blanca
• Glacier Travel and Crevasse Rescue by Andy Selters -- good refresher and has good, solid information about the snowpack in Peru and Bolivia.

Maps

• 0/3a Alpenvereinskarte Cordillera Blanca Nord (Peru) 1:100,000 Trekking map -- best map we found. Mountains it covers include Alpamayo, Pisco, Yanapaccha, Huascaran, and many others
• 0/3a Alpenvereinskarte Cordillera Blanca Sud (Peru) 1:100,000 Trekking map -- best map we found. Mountains it covers include Tocllaraju, Cayesh, Churup, Huantsan and others.
• A New Map of the Cordillera Real de los Andes (Bolivia) 1:135,000, by Liam P. O'Brien -- good overview map of the range. Not much detail, but covers access and mountain locations well.
• Nigruni/Condiriri Cordillera de La Paz - Central (Bolivia) 1:50,000, by Walter Guzman Cordova -- good detail for the Condiriri group. This map was very helpful for our Bolivia climbing.

Web information

• South American Explorers Club -- highly recommended for getting info from the US and especially at their clubhouses while there on your trip.
• Andes information -- great site from guidebook author John Biggar.
• Maps of the Cordillera Blanca
• Climbingperu.com -- spanish site, but if you can figure out how to navigate it, there is good info.
• SummitPost.org info for Cordillera Blanca -- links to mountains pages, routes, access information.

Peru

• Lima
• K'usillu's hostel -- Av. Larco 655, Miraflores -- the owner of this backpackers hostel is very friendly and cool (reggae in the morning, reggae in the evening), and reasonable prices
• Asia de Cuba - Av Conquistadores 780, San Isidro -- if you feel like splurging a little, this fancy sushi restaurant is yummy
• South American Explorers Club -- Calle Piura 135, Miraflores -- great information and tons of guide books. Also a good book exchange and bag storage. Highly recommended.
• Huaraz
• Albergue Churup -- Jr Amadeo Figueroa 1257 -- GREAT place to stay. Very friendly owners. Option of private room or dormitory. Lots of room to stretch out, fireplace and deck with great view.
• California Cafe -- Jr 28 de Julio 562 -- very yummy breakfast food (especially the pancakes). big book exchange, good tea, and free wireless internet. You can hang all day and they don't mind.
• Cafe Andino -- Jr Lucar y Torre 530, 3rd floor -- another great place to eat and hang out. tons of books, climbing magazines, great food, and views. The owner Chris is great to talk to, and can be a great help for trip planning.
• Zero Drama -- Jr Jose de la Mar 776 -- small bar with friendly atmosphere, cool owner, and great drinks. Lots of local climbers and guides hang out here.
• Cinema Huaraz Satyricon -- 1036 Luzuriaga -- good english language films. The owner is very interesting to talk to, and it is a relaxing spot during your downtime.
• Cuzco
• South American Explorers -- Choquechaca 188, No. 4 -- great resource for everything there, whether mountains, food, books, whatever. Very nice outside deck to hang out too.
• Hospedaje Milenium - Av Garcilaso 208 -- cheap place to stay. Clean enough, hot water, and didn't mind us showing up late at night.
• Travel Connections -- Calle del Medio 135 (Plaza de Armas) -- we talked with Lilliana, and she was extremely friendly, helpful, and honest. We booked plane and jungle travel through her.
• The Muse -- Tandapata 684, Plaza San Blas -- great very filling plates of food. live music.
• El Encuentro -- Choquechaca 136 -- good fixed price vegetarian meal for very cheap

Bolivia

• La Paz
• Gonzalo Jaimes -- Calle Sagarnaga 189, Galeria Doryan Of. 101 -- we arranged our ride to Condoriri through him (his brother was the driver) and it was great. Very friendly, honest folk.
• Hotel La Joya -- Calle Max Paredes 541 -- great shower, and reasonable price for a nice place to go after climbing
• El Solario Alojamiento -- Calle Murillo 776 -- a bit dingy to stay, but clean enough and cheap dormitory.
• Lake Titicaca
• Stay on the Bolivian side of Lake Titicaca in Copacabana for a much better, calmer time. The Peru side is run-down, and you are much more likely to get robbed. Plus Copacabana has a nice beach!