May 27, 2014:
Woke up to a beautiful day and set my directions southeast for the village of La Union. Before heading out I rode north back to Yungay to take some photos of the mountains and have some breakfast in the village of Carhuaz.
Taken in the village of Yungay:
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Mt Huascaran:
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South of Huaraz in the Catac area. It's a high plain area, 13,000'+.
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I believe this is Mt Pastoruri:
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It was great paved road and there was very little traffic, lots of stopping and admiring:
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Typical farm house of the area. I was parked at 13,880' when I took this photo. Notice there is no chimney, it's cold here all year. No running water or electricity either.
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They did have a brook running through:
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Dropping back into the lower lands:
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Rode into the village of La Union however I couldn't find a place to stay that had a secure place for the moto so back tracked 30 minutes to Haullanca where I'd seen a couple promising places. When I arrived in the village square I was greeted by a Frenchman (I can't remember how to pronounce his name, and can't find it on his web site, it's all in French) I had met in Olmos, Peru on May 14. We had hung out and had a couple beers there sharing stories. He's doing a RTW and had arrived in Quito from Singapore. We had departed thinking we wouldn't see each other again until Ushuaia for Christmas. It was a pleasant surprise to see him and learn how far he'd traveled on his bike.
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