Back on paved roads again for the journey up to Huaraz and the eve of another rest day. It is Saturday 28th August and we travelled through scenery which was in its own way good but we had been spoilt by yesterday. Shortly after leaving Caraz there was a fantastic double peaked mountain on our left which was just too difficult to photograph as the sun was still rising above it and making a photo to bright. Lunch was around 35K on a concrete slab that was also used for games like basketball. The young kids gathered around and some had their tyres pumped up so they could ride around on "non-flat" tyres!
After lunch there was an opportunity to catch another snow capped peak on camera, but otherwise it was just riding gently uphill to reach our destination. A by now familiar habit of stopping for a beer near to the end was indulged in, but we eventually got to the hotel after 70K, another total of 1180 metres of climbing which took us back up to an altitude of 3060 metres. After the rest day we go to a bushcamp at around 4200 metres before the next day takes us over the highest pass of the trip at around 4800 metres!
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| Just look in the distance not the foreground! |
Hi Rob,
ReplyDeleteWe really enjoy reading about your journey through South America and the pictures add to the story. Hope you are well and enjoying the beer - haven't heard anything about wine so far ???? Keep up the good work, safe travels and looking forward to your daily blogs - keep them coming.
Dale
Hi Rob,
ReplyDeleteJust catching up on your blog after spending four days backpacking in the Sierra Nevada (California, not Spain). Those tunnels sound pretty scary, lucky you're not packing too much weight. Hopefully those beers aren't increasing your girth; you don't want to be a target for those pick-ups. I hope tomorrow's pass goes well. It sounds like a nice challenge!
Cheers,
Ron