Continued our drive
on the road thru a small village and the road became a track. Needed to open
two wires on two separate fences At the tiny village of Catuyo we
stopped to take a photo of the square. It was well maintained and
only had a single row of houses around it. A lamb was in one of the fenced
garden plots. Spoke to an old man and old looking lady. They age before their
time with this hard life.
Fueled up at
Calhuasi for S/8 per litre with a receipt, or S/6 without. We chose without so
just over AU$1 per litre. In the cities foreigners are charged about
S/9 per litre. For the next 90km’s there were major road works. We
were on a new temporary road while a duel carriage way was
being built. Turned off on a
yellow which was muddy as. Must have just received some rain and lots
of trucks were using it. We think it may have recently been graded
which added to the mess. We followed the grader up a hill and the road
was great although still lots of dump trucks bringing gravel up the
hill.
The school kids disembarked from their bus and walked down the hill one guy playing the trumpet.