30/09/2013 Stage 35 Sicuani - Pucara by malcandmarjetpatterson at Garmin Connect - Details
30/09/2013 Stage 35 Sicuani - Pucara
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| Cereal and coffee by the roadside |
The 40
kilometre climb was much tougher then we had anticipated. The road
surface was good and the incline not bad so I blame the altitude. We
topped out at 4350m wher we were greeted by a coach-load of tourists
who were more interested in taking photo's of us and cheering than
taking photo's of the surrounding scenery. At the top this time I
wasn't ill but just felt a bit weak and breathless. Gone are the
really tall snowcapped mountains. Once we started going down the
landscape stayed much the same for the rest of the day and we
remained over 3850 m. The road was quite straight so you see the same
view for a long time. Even at this altitude there are lots of cows.
And of course dogs! Luckily today they were too sleepy or too nice to
chase us. I even got into giving them a bit of my lunch. Fried eggs
and tomatoes again. Our little stove is amazing. At this altitude it
takes no time at all to boil water for a cup of coffee. So far we
haven't had to resort to using petrol as the fuel because we have
managed to buy the gas cartridges. In the evening we bumped into
Thomas and Paul, two cyclists we had previously met in Cusco. We had
a meal together which cost us about £1.25 each. Sadly there wasn't
enough to feed a sparrow never mind a hungry cyclist. We had been on
the road for over 9 hours to cover the 140 km We will make up for the
lack of food when we have a rest day.
In many districts of Peru we find these 'blue toilets' We think they must be part of the governments sanitation programme.
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