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Peru (Puquio, CoraCora, Incuyo, Caraveli, Camana)

The road from Nazca
the pass

an oasis of sorts
my first game of chess on the box
a begonia or whatever they call em
it is like a small llama
Puquio
back alley at night
morning bird
main st

caldo de gallina and fruit shakes in el mercado

typical mountain town street




Plaza de Armas
The road to the hotsprings of Jeronta







The hotspring gang
feeling good
Back in Puquio


Biscacha Dorada
The road to CoraCora
was too dark for a good shot
La Mina del Dos Cruces
Pulling Ore


the lagoon at the pass
wildflowers
another batch of llama

cows
and the Duo Heraldos Negros
Cora Cora

Plaza de Armas
and the unexpected





early evening
La corrida

a 4 day festival of bull fighting i was lucky enough to witness
bulls
The nose bleed section

olay

the crowds arrive
quite a crowd
this one got lucky and killed the matador, stabbed him through the neck
bull number 15 a little tired
olay!
another one bites the dust


the bull owner celebrates, somewhat drunk and alot richer
the clowns
forgive us father for we have sinned
the trecherous road to Humacusiri


with its incredible hot mineral waters
takes the edge off
follow the road higher out of curiosity
this is where my altimeter stops working
this is where my moto stops working
beautiful lagoon over 4000m
high altitude flora

Cuy - Tastes as bad as it looks
Rebuilding the box using bridge technology
back to the lagoon for a test run
roadside flora

dawn
some strange movie about a boracho
Checkout of El Paraiso
sing my last songs
pack er up and say goodbye
and within an hour i am back
with two significant problems
the solution is to scrap the box
and sell my guitar
the proud new owner, 350s poorer and whistling dixie
back on the road
to the less impressive banos thermales Senccata
enroute to incuyo

where the bike broke again and mr radio assured me the road to chuquibamba was closed for the season
and so I chose the road to Caraveli instead


from canyon to canyon

Caraveli

and on to Atico
along the depressingly socked in coast


the dull Pan America
to the beaches of Camana
lovely sight
Parihuela
with the Don Arturo gang
and onward toward Arequipa

with its symbolic peak coming into view