Yesterday, I posted the route.....didn't deviate and arrived about 2;15 pm after an early start just before 7 am. I believe I mentioned motorcycle Insurance not required on foreign bikes as long as you have a valid TVIP ( temporary vehicle Import Permit ).......well, not 15 minutes into my journey I get pulled over in a road check......hablo Espanol un poco to the Policia....I hand him my ownership and Peruvian Soat Info. He reviews it and in English says thank you and sends me on my way......I was nervous in my mind....
Packed but can't get out,,,gate locked....6am...I am the only one up....
Early in the am sunny...
It wouldn't be long before I would be riding in the clouds.....in and out of them for an hour,,,,,,scary as visibility about 15 feet....slowing to a crawl was not an option for fear of being run over.....
Road hazard...untethered animals
this pic doesn't show the drop but it is likely 200 to 300 feet...a village on the edge of a cliff.....this was the norm along my route....
note the farming on very steep slope....what I have observed is that the mountains here, though as high as those in Peru....they are covered in greenery, more rounded not nearly as rugged. It is as though they are millions of years older than those to the south....weathered to this shape.
Inside the court yard of Posada de Arte...where my bike sits alongside one from Freedom Tours being ridden by a young lad from New York on the same self guided tour Ken and I took in February.
Great dinner tonight,,,broccoli soup followed by Spaghetti and shrimp in a great sauce....
My room....the same one I had in February.....
Packed but can't get out,,,gate locked....6am...I am the only one up.... 
Early in the am sunny... 
It wouldn't be long before I would be riding in the clouds.....in and out of them for an hour,,,,,,scary as visibility about 15 feet....slowing to a crawl was not an option for fear of being run over..... 
Road hazard...untethered animals 
this pic doesn't show the drop but it is likely 200 to 300 feet...a village on the edge of a cliff.....this was the norm along my route.... 
note the farming on very steep slope....what I have observed is that the mountains here, though as high as those in Peru....they are covered in greenery, more rounded not nearly as rugged. It is as though they are millions of years older than those to the south....weathered to this shape. 
Inside the court yard of Posada de Arte...where my bike sits alongside one from Freedom Tours being ridden by a young lad from New York on the same self guided tour Ken and I took in February. 
Great dinner tonight,,,broccoli soup followed by Spaghetti and shrimp in a great sauce....
My room....the same one I had in February.....
Happy New Year. May it be everything you wish for!
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