Ayacucho, Central Highlands, Perú 12-7-2010
The road to Ayacucho continued to beautiful as well. The people along the way were very friendly and talkative. We stopped in one town for some rest and a coke. The little kids gathered to look at and touch the motorcycles. That always means I get to examine homework and find out about their girl friends. This little gut had answered all his math questions correctly and had assured me he had no girlfriends. Mahout, can you say the same?
We arrived in Ayacucho 2 hours after dark. There were 2 different roadblocks for construction that held us up. After some debate and rest we decide to go around. The path was on a goat trail that some cars had converted to a road to by-pass the same. At the point of no return, 15 meters into the by-pass we all regretted the decision. At about 100 meters into it I actually slid passed Carsten on my way to the bottom, the rear wheel locked and the dust and dirt flying. Somehow the bike stayed up right and no damage was done. Just after we made it around the first, we came up on the 2nd. It was dark now, so I lay down in the dirt to take a nap. So nice.
Uncle Walter
I think the lady herding the animals was telling herself that you were all crazy to be in that road and on bikes! It made her laugh to see such a sight! Great photos, I believe the young boy has a girlfriend, but with his mother standing in attendance he wanted to say "no". All is well here. Love, KK
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