All started just as it should....more of this kind of riding which I must say while can get boring is still rather fantastic. Winds come up now and then but not as bad as it has been further North.
Although in the desert, there are still areas that through irrigation can be productive even this this god forsaken place..... But still pushing on to Nazca which was a 45ok ride and going well, should bethere mid afternoon with time to settle. 20k's out I though it didn't feel right......
Let me explain, whilst Marks trying tofix thepuncture..... we were overtaking a truck on a piece of tarmac beaten relentlessly into fixed grooves ,and got a bit of a wobble on...no worries, just a blip..one that in fact took an hour and a half to fix.....
the removal of the whole wheel, a ride into a small town with a very friendly family of 1locals,looking for the mechanic in another part of town on his lunch break, and finally on our way
Big thanks to these guys who we would not have had the pleasure of meeting without our puncture and who the guy on the far right was the local policia, this i got to find out (after going with him by myself) when he produced a handgun and waved it at me.
Nice cruise through a wide valley that looked like the McKenzie country for miles and also at 10,ooo ft. But great riding after spending the last several days in the mountains. We then arrived at a port called Puno at the head of lake Tiicaca.
Doesn't look much but the down town was much better
that is after spending almost an hour at this stop until we split off and hooked up streets light below until we got into the town
we hooked up for the night with these 2 from Argentina who have talked us out of going to Bolivia and hooking back to the coast and into Araquipa which has the deepest canyon in the world. I'm in need of a new rear tyre and there is a better chance of getting one there also that La Paz is to be avoided.
So infact thats what were doing and more to follow....
