Today was a long day weaving in and out and up and down through the Andes until we end up in La Higuera, the town where Ché Guevara was arrested and killed by the Bolivian Army, we are staying tonight in basic accommodation in a historic building that used to be the telegraph building that was used by Ché Guevara, fortunately I got my own room and the others have to share 2 rooms, maybe because I paid for single accommodation, or maybe because I snore so badly.
As I said it is a winding road cutting through the Andes, but the last 150 km is unpaved dirt, gravel and rocks, which made for challenging riding, so much so that one of our riders has come off at low speed and badly twisted his ankle. It was also very hot 42 deg, and as we covered the last few km to at La Higuera dark clouds gathered and lightning and thunder were striking all around. All the bikes faired reasonably well but the support vehicle blew 3 tyres off the car and trailer, and limped in on its rim.
Lunch was pretty interesting in the middle of nowhere with no options, Peanut Soup, although I didn't taste any peanuts, there were a number of ingredients that I couldn't identify.
as it was quite a walk from the hotel to the bike parking all of the guys opted to ride the trailer through town.
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