Day 42 Andahuaylas to Eucalyptus Bushcamp

Yet again we awoke to another fine day on Thursday 16th September. A climb again straight from the start, still on un-paved roads and with the water spraying trucks out in force to keep the dust down, what did I say about cleaning my bike being a waste of time!! 40K found us at the lunch truck and after lunch there was a brief drop down a gritty road before we had another 10K climb. After this we started the final drop of the day down to the bushcamp. This descent was not too bad to start with but soon had large areas of deep talcum powder type dust which made some of the corners tricky. The bushcamp was just off the road in a small wood of Eucalyptus trees, which was quite a pleasant place to end the day. Once again being well over 3000 metres up it did not take long for the temperature to drop as the sun went down, and again soon after dinner most people scurried off to their tents to get warm.