Day 128, Nov 7, 2013, 304km
This morning I headed to Trujillo for breakfast and found this huge shopping Mall. Tried here to find a Camera for around the 50 bucks or so and finally fond a Radio Shack that had one on the rack but not in stock, they had plenty over a 100 and more but that's not what I want to spend at this moment, so the phone will have to do for now.
From Trujillo you take Hwy 10 into the mountains and this road turns very fast into a twisty hairpin and switchback road as you go up to 8.500ft. They are working on this road but is about 90% done and they will let motorcycles pass in the construction zones. The N3 turnoff to Santiago de Chuco is at a uphill split and this road from there is mostly hard packed dirt and gravel. The elevation will continue to rise to above the 13.600ft, and the views will become more amazing as if they were not already.
Stayed in Santiago de Chuco at the El Mirado Hostel for $12, and you will have to walk into town for dinner. This town does not have a single level street and is very much like you have stepped back into time. All the shops are in the old buildings and nothing has changed since the day it was built, which makes for a very interesting place to go see.
Riding up here is such a difference than the sand swept roads along the coast that are lined with garbage and plastic bags as you approach another town. And this is way more like the Peru that I want to see and experience.
View from the N3
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