DAY 37 - DAY 2 TO CUSCO

This day started out overcast and never got better.

There are a lot of places where the water from rain simply washes over the road, we rode thru a number of those.  This was very different as it had washed tons and tons of gravel down and covered the road bed with 6 - 12" of gravel with water running about a foot deep.  Riding thru this scared me more than the Lima traffic.

Not many fences up high.

Coming into Cusco.  Now the fun begins - finding a hotel.

Tomorrow - Machupicchu.

DAY 36 - DAY 1 TO CUSCO

As we left Nasca we climbed 1,000 feet every 10 minutes for 80 minutes then it started to level out a bit.  This is the climb up.

These showed up once we were around 14,000 ft - no idea what they are.

This is the highest I saw on my GPS - by now it had rained and sleated on us and the temp was in the 40's.

These gals were miles from anywhere and once the one girl saw that I was taking her picture the look on her face indicated to me that she felt she should have been paid.  They learn to ask for money at a young age.  I didn't get a picture but I saw a kid that couldn't be over 4 years old sitting by the road tending his herd.  There were a few small villages above 14,000 feet - tough people.

Lamas.

Some parts were as green as Ireland - and beautiful.

This waterfall never actually reached the bottom - pretty neat!

More to come.

DAYS 34 - 35 PERU

We made it to Lima yesterday and to Nazca today.  We got stopped by the cops yesterday and had to pay a bribe - it is South America after all. 

They really know how to load a truck down here.

I have more to load but it is so slow I would be up all night - will finish another day.  Sorry.

I started to load pictures and the battery is almost dead - I need to find a 220V - 110 V transformer.  More later.

I'm back - this is the hotel in the North of Lima we stayed in.  We each had a room and it was $5 each - pretty basic - but the bikes were secure.

The only picture I took while riding through Lima.  It took 1 1/2 hours to get the 35 miles through town and I am pretty sure I used all of my remaining 9 lives.

They love billboards here.

The resturaunt next to our $5 hotel - Yum.

Notice how the fog stops at the coast line.

Neat beach area South of Lima.

The shacks as we entered Lima.

We could probably afford one of "these" beach houses.

The famous Lines at Nasca:

They charge about 70 cents to climb the tower.

Our room tonight costs a bit more than last night.

DAY 33 - PERU

We got a good start today and rode about 300 miles.  The roads were good but the little towns eat up the time.

Notice that I have included a close up of the tracking page.  You can also do this if you click the "follow Vern link."  Also,  if you double click a picture it will enlarge.

This really pinpoints where we are at the end of the day.

This could be Death Valley.

They use bikes for everything here.

Just a little trash.

We have not had to pay tolls in Peru as they are only collecting North bound - no ideas to why.

Quite a gathering for the middle of nowhere.

Modern transportation.

Coke really beats Pepsi down here - Rats.

Front of Hotel.

Inside Courtyard.

Notice the steel door behind bikes.

Pay phone inside resturant where we ate for about a total of $5.00 which was for both of us, not each.


Tomorrow we keep heading South.