Finally turned off the dusty road, much better without the trucks. Gave a lady with a baby strapped to her back and her young son a lift. We could not communicate as she did not seem to speak Spanish. We must have turned the wrong way for her destination so she signaled that they wanted out.
Arrived into Capinota which we visited on July 9th, 4 months ago. We arrived in from the SW this time. On leaving we got caught up with trucks and it took us 30 mins to get out of the town. There is a cement factory here and I assume they are bringing in the materials.
Turned off on the yellow road that we had missed 4 months ago. More trucks, followed about 10 along the road. Finally they turned off. What a relief. At the bitumen we stopped to pump the tyres up and low and behold the trucks started turning onto the bitumen from another road, Hadn’t lost them at all….
We needed a camp so
turned east on a lesser road (white) Which turned onto a red road on
the north side of a lake but nowhere to camp. So we turned north on a
white road and climbed up and found a wonderful camp over looking the
valley.