Days 46, 47 & 48 Rest Days in Cusco

Well we were only supposed to have 2 rest days in Cusco but a 2 day national strike started on September 21st, our 2nd rest day.  So the plan now is that we do not have the scheduled rest day in Puno but do 6 days riding straight through to La Paz in Bolivia!  A number of the riders went to see the sights of Machu Pichu by starting on the 1st rest day and coming back on the 2nd one.  All would have been okay except that the public transport stopped on the strike days, so their visit was a mixture of a good visit to the sight but very disrupted travelling.
I have been before and was pleased not to have gone again as it gave me more time to rest my left knee which I hope is now good enough to get me through the rides that follow, it feels a lot better.  I did the usual things that you are now familiar with on rest days, but there was one bonus this time.  One of the guys spotted that Paddy's Bar in town had Bread & Butter Pudding with Custard on the menu!  He knows like most of them by now that I like my puddings, so I went there on the 3rd day and was not dissappointed!!  It was a real treat and I savoured every moment of it!!!
So it is early on September 23rd and we will leave at 9am for the first of two bushcamps on the way to Puno and then the border crossing to Bolivia.  Hope to get back to you all in Puno, but here's what my pudding looked like:-)

It tasted as good as it looks - Yum Yum!!