Huanacayo to Ayacucho-Dec 3rd-2017

This was a great day of riding on a roads for 5 hours equivalent to the Death Road of Bolivia....except that this one still allows traffic....I will let the pics tell the story.....blind corners are nerve racking as you will meet all type of traffic ...buses, tractor trailers and cars. How they manage this road is mine boggling,

 The early curving and wide two lanes going down the mountain

 Fish farming on the mountain just after the above pic taken

  Oh no the road is changing

 Heavy trucks on this crazing road

 This mostly single track with the odd place to pass....buses and trucks move tight to the wall to pass with the wheels of the outside vehicle on the edge of the cliff,

 

 A village we passed through...note the railway next to main street.....

 Ken negotiating a water crossing

 Running low on fuel, we have not seen a fuel depot in 3 hours....makes sense as we have been running along a road carved out of the mountain with sharp blind corners every 100 yards. Finally a village.....We stop at a police check point and Ken uses sign language for fuel...the policia points up the street. Inside this small store we get a gallon of fuel pored into a gallon bucket then into our bikes...$ 30.00 soles appr $ 10.00.

We arriv in Ayacucho and the Hostel Seville a block from our GPS co ordinates but with the help of a family in a car who stop as we appear lost take us to the hostel. This city is impressive...organized traffic structure and very clean. We are in an upscale large hotel...our room is a suite at $ 60.00 USA a night as opposed to last night at $ 17.00.

I am house confined as I have had diarrhea...sucks ...up most of the night. Ken has been out and about....stopping along the way buying an ice cream cone. We are about to go out and do some bike maintenance.