17.10
Friday. Huancayo to Huancavelica
Early start
and away to Huancavelica. Didn´t get
much sleep because my alarm is not working so from about 2am on im looking at
my watch every quarter hour or sometimes
every few minutes. Maybe 10 hours to
Huancavelica. Dropped off on the edge of
town and walked in. Amazing town in the
hollow between four high peaks. Very tiring walking here and I find out later
that we are at 3500meters. I have to
rest half way along the street.
After
deciding a path I was taking was not a good one and turning to retreat. I got
set upon by about six dogs. Was a
stalemate for a while. I had to face
them to keep at bay and not jumping up and snapping but couldn´t retreat
because they would at me again. Took
about 5 minutes for them to settle and me to slowly back track.
While asking for directions for a hotel a local offers to help me find
one and takes me to a couple of places. vHis name is Angel. Fitting.
WE arrange to meet again afterwards and we bumped into eadh other in the
evening and he took me to a place for a decent meal. It was 10 soles for the two of us. A huge bowl of soup with big pieces of
chicken and a bowl of toasted corn kernels. Good. Later we wend for a beer and listened to some
latin American muso´s on local instruments.
My choice. He wanted to go to the place with rock and roll.
18-10-08
Saturday.
I could
have stayed at Huancavelica longer but im abit worried about how long the next
legs will take. There is no direct bus
to Ayucucho . I have to go to Rumachaca
and then wait for some transport from there on a different road to
Ayucucho. The pass to Rumuchaca must
have been high. No vegetation, like a
moonscape then snow covered hills and small buildings some herds of llamas or
alpacas.
