Washing was dry, in and folded by the time I woke.
Around 6:30. Stove worked again…..
Up
and on. A great little road. It had been freshly dressed but still
slow. A bit like Bolivia, quite narrow and steep sided.
You can just see the last switchback up to the pass
Notice the switchbacks on the grassy hill to the right and the ones in the snow.
Looking back down the road we had just traversed.
You can just see the last switchback up to the pass 
Notice the switchbacks on the grassy hill to the right and the ones in the snow.
Looking back down the road we had just traversed.
A slab of snow
had slid onto the road so john sliced its edge off with the shovel to
give a bit more room, didn't feel safe going to close to the edge.
At
the pass (3200m) we stopped and had lunch and did a bit of internet work. We
spent about 2 hours here and had 3 cars/taxi’s go past us back down
the way we’d come. A front end loader came up from in-front, turned around and
headed back down. 
And down again
Although we could see the Front end loader it took us a while to catch him up.
I
drove down. A long slow road. 25km in 2 hours took john 1.5 hrs to
get up the 15km.
So 40km’s done and now the 60km of yellow to the main
road.
This yellow road seemed even slower…. Lots of small villages and bumpy
roads, another 3 hours. But the drive has been really worth it. Great
views. Onto
the main road and a bit more speed.
35km’s in just under 45 mins.
Amazing how nothing grows along the river - just where the irrigation happens.
Not quite EC standard!
A lot of these hills are grazed by goats sheep and cattle, notice there path across the river.
Ladies and men are seldom seen together.
Separate groups sitting in a village. The men have the shaded steps to sit on the women squat in the street.
The women have been out in the fields collecting grass for the animals.
We met some German guys in an old land cruiser. Maybe we'll catch them
again.
Turning off onto another old loop road to find a camp and then read on the map that it is closed.
Turning off onto another old loop road to find a camp and then read on the map that it is closed.
Camped
half on a viewing platform for where the river goes done the plug
hole. A few trucks carrying river rocks, but couldn’t hear them
over the river. The whole vehicle was trembling from the blast of air
from the river.
We
had realized that tomorrow is Saturday so no hurry for the post office.
144km Campsite 2004m alt.
144km Campsite 2004m alt.