Salesperson at the plaza.
Lou, Shawn and Landon at the Inca ruins above the city. Sean Tucker is missing because he went on a "young man´s" bike trip up to Machu Picchu.
Shawn receiving energy from the 12 angle Inca stone.
A little leaguer at the convent.
Landon and Sean tried the cuy (Guinea Pig is a favorite here)
A mall in Lima. We traveled how far to get here?
Shawn Norris, astronaut in the Peruvian desert
The Nazca lines.
We spent several days in Lima, which is really a much more beautiful city than the guidebooks would lead one to believe. A wonderful couple hosted us in their home, and there was time to catch up on email, wash clothes, change oil in the bikes and take in some of the sites. During the morning of the last day in Lima I went to the airport to pick up my friend Shawn Norris who came in from Kansas City. He will ride along with us for 10 days. Then we all drove south along the desert coast to Nazca.
The next morning was Thanksgiving Day at home, and we experienced temperatures in the 80s. As we drove up into the high sierra, the scenery was spectacular. However the clouds moved in and the temperatures dropped until we were plowing through freezing rain and snow in the middle of nowhere. We spent a couple of miserable hours on top until we dropped down from the high country along a river to Chalhuanca, a little town that advertised hot water above the front door. If it would have cost $100 we would have been thankful, but it was only $8 a night. The next day we took the remainder of the road to Cuzco. It was comparatively tame.
We stopped in the town of Pariocoto for the night before we took on the trail to Huaraz. Two Catholic Priests from this town were killed by the Shining Path in the 1970's. Their death helped reduce the power of the Shining Path in this area, and they are entomed in the Church here.
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The road to Huaraz
The trip to Huaraz rewarded us with a beautiful view of the snow capped mountains.
When we left Tujillo, we stopped at the Huaca de la Luna, a pyramid that had been covered by a sand dune until it was discoveredi in the 1990´s.
The "road" to Huaraz included several surprises along the was.
As you can see, northern Peru is a whole lotta sand and not much else.
Crossing an intersection in downtown Trujillo, Peru. It's basically a live version of the old "Frogger" video game,...... don't blink.
Just like home, a cement factory in Pacasmayo, Peru.
Hepco & Becker 1, BMW 0
While we were in Quito, we toured the Old Town and the Basilica del Voto Nacional, the tallest church in Ecuador.
This is a view from the clock towers, look towards the steeple.
The view from the steeple, looking baback towards the clock towers. (Yes, you can go higher, but weak knees and a strong pucker factor stopped yours truly.)
An Inca woman waiting for a ride on the road south from Rio Bamba to Loja
The drier side of the Ecuadorian Andes heading to the Peruvian border at Macara.
How far away from a volcano do you have to be if it blows up?
You be the judge, does it flush counter-clockwise down here?We crossed the equator several days ago and spent a couple of wonderful days in the capital city. The cathedral and the nation's main museum were highlights. No one should complain about the prices of things here. The only critical thing I would say is that they could use a few more street and road signs. This morning we moved south from Quito to Riobamba.
It's hard to imagine that as long as we have been on the road, we are only a bit more than one-third the way south from Austin, Texas (30 degrees north) to Tierra del Fuego (55 degrees south, comparable to Juneau, Alaska at about 55 degrees north.) We look forward to getting into Peru in the next day or two and traveling along the Pacific coast to Lima.
Answer:
Alright, it was a trick question. A gallon of regular (Extra) costs $1.48. That's right. Ecuador uses the dollar as it's official currency and uses gallons instead of litres. It means what it says: A gallon of premium costs $2.16 down here. What's not to like about Ecuador!
A woman in the market
Boys on the street
The path to a waterfall
Lunch two days in a row.
The cebiche we had for lunch today.
