Layne found a place she wants to try Peru's famed cuisine an hour down the road but they open Wednesday so we are going to suffer a couple more days swimming and beach lounging in the sun.
Martin and Marie from Germany left Monday, their last day they can be in Peru before their papers run out. They bought a Mitsubishi pick up in Chile from some other German travelers and set off to explore the continent. They didn’t get far before the frame on their pickup split in the middle of the street.
They got a flatbed to a shop and wouldn’t you know it the welder said he had done the same job to the pick up for the previous owners who failed to disclose the problem to Martin and Marie when they bought it. The solution was to fix the pickup and find a used lighter weight folding camper shell to fit their repaired Mitsubishi. They’ve now reached Ecuador with the rig and I love that story because it’s a reminder when your vehicle breaks it’s not just happening to you. Everyone has repairs on the roads in these wild mountains.
On a less dramatic note they gave us a ton of useful hints about places to see and places to camp down south. One thing we are looking forward to is lots of varied camping opportunities in Chile and Argentina, countries with open spaces and wild camping. For now we have Swiss Wassi to ourselves.
We had beer and chips to celebrate the disappearance of the Inca god but as sunsets go it could have been better. The beer was okay.
