In mountains
On Monday, December 28th I took the road without to have found a
opened cybercafe. The objective of the day was to go to Lago Paron
of which I had the GPS coordinates. In Chimbote I moved towards Rio
Santa whose gorges are impressive. The landscape recalled me, all
things being equal, my peregrinations in the Himalayas, road from
Darsha to Leh, road from Srinagar to Leh without forgetting the
unforgettable road from Karakoram high Way ie KKH to Skardhu. In
Caraz I climbed in the mountains to reach Lago Paron, after having
taken information. My digital maps were to me of any helps nor the
City Map Navigation by Garmin, the tracks do not appear. I wandered
on tracks in the direction of the GPS waypoint I end around 17:00 in
front of an impracticable wood bridge by my truck. Peasants saw me
to propose to push me believer whom I had sunk. I explained to them
that tired I slept on the spot.
The trail, click la photo
Chavin de Huantar
On Tuesday, December 29th I planned to remain two days in Huaraz on
the carpark of a known hotel by travellers. Alas it was closed. I
warned in an adjacent street another hotel, but the carpark was
complete. I decided to carry on my way up to Chavin de Huantar to
see this site again thirty years. The road is asphalted up to the
tunnel de Kahuish then it is a succession of muddy pot-holes. The
site was built between 1200 and 800 BC by one of the oldest
civilization of the continent. The basement of the buildings is
furrowed by many galleries whose scholars conjecture that they were
used for religious ceremonies. I bivouacked at the gas station.
En route
Chavin de Huantar, click la photo
On the road #1n, behing decayed houses
On Wednesday, December 30th I took the road as of the sunrise to
bring me closer to Lima where I wished to go to buy diesel fuel
filters, if possible, at Mercedes-Benz. I stopped at the Tunnel de
Kahuish to take the photograph of my truck with altitude given by a
panel. I noted that two Garmin GPS gave each one a different
altitude. Which is the right one? I took on the way some photographs
at the time of the descent towards Panamerica Norte which curves in
the desert. My truck was covered with mud; I made it wash to be
presentable. I bivouacked behind dilapidated houses on the ruta #1n
towards Reserva de Lachay.
Altitude ?
Paysages
Camion
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| Truck washing |
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| Bivouac, on the road #1ne |
Lima, back to the bivouac ruta #1ne
On Thursday morning December 31st I went to Mercedes-Benz for my
truck routine maintenance, 60,000 km. What was my disappointment
to note that the concession made a bridge until on Monday, January
4th, 2016! I decided to go to install me at Hitchhikers (Hotel)
known by travellers. The second disappointment, it was complete
until Monday. I reserved a room from Monday. I made provisions in
Tottus nearest then I returned to the bivouac of the day before for
four days, until Monday. It was a long weekend of end of the year
with as fly company.
