Either I am getting tired or the days are getting shorter!?
Let’s go with getting tired – impressions so far – it’s a
big big desert full of garbage – no kidding!
The favored garbage disposal method here is to carry it out of
town and then dump it alongside the highway - need to amend the saying ‘to see
how civilized a county is – see how they treat their animals’. Lets amend that
to – ‘to see how civilized a country is – see how they dispose of their
garbage’
Once you get away from the cities/shanty towns – and not
look too closely – there is a raw beauty to the endless miles of desert – dune after
dune after dune! And just as you are marvelling at it – a plastic bag hits you
in the face! Another day in northern Peru
The roads are great though – following the Pan-American Highway
and it has been the best highway so far
On the second day – I had a 250 plus km stretch with no gas
stations – 60 km to go and I hit reserve – could I have made it – maybe!?
But, on this stretch of road you don’t want to run out
of fuel.
Not too worried yet as I knew that when distances between gas
stations is huge there are always shacks along the way selling gas – the first
place I hit had run out of gas but assured me that her friend 5 km away will
have a pint or two!
And he did- cost me 20 dollars a gallon – certainly the most
expensive gas I have ever purchased but compared to the alternative - the
cheapest!
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