I leave very early the next day the Union. The track becomes asphalt within a few kms. I put two hours to reach the village where I stop Chavinillo breakfast of rice and chicken with black coffee. I will be at 11:00 Huanuco after two endless winding road. Huanuco is much lower in the valley and enjoys a tropical climate all year round with average temperatures of 22 ° C during the day. The city ensures its prosperity through cascarilla supposed fight against malaria, coffee and coca. I will not stay an hour time to rest a bit and hit the road to Cerro de Pasco county town of the province of Pasco. After now I'm back down and resumed the altitude. I stopped in town a few hours time to find internet and provide my stay in Lima on couchsurfing. Cerro de Pasco I roll up Huayllay Full Peruvian altiplano to over 4000 mothers of altitude surrounded by open spaces. I pause a few moments time going through a flock of 200 sheep.
I pass the Bosque de Piedras I go visit the next day and returned to the village Huallay. I found a hotel and settle down. Once again there is not a tourist in the village. A girl offers me his help to put the bike in his garage that I willingly accept and am going to eat in a restaurant full of people where they serve good fried chicken. Then I returned to the hotel and sleep time soon. The next day I go to visit the Bosque de Piedras a few miles away and is the main attraction of the region. This plateau 15 km long and 5 km wide dominates the Pampas region. Its altitude varies between 4100 and 4700 m. Here are some explanations about this training whose landscapes are fantastic. "The base of the plateau is a series of calcareous the Cretaceous and clastics ( lutites , conglomerates) of the Paleogene . These rocks were folded and eroded during the Cenozoic era . Then during the Neogene , layers of ignimbrites were deposited unconformably on the older strata. These ignimbrites are former pyroclastic whose main minerals, plagioclase feldspar Some biotites and quartz were heat sealed in a glass matrix partially crystallized. These volcanic rocks are light (density 1.7) as porous (30%) more when they have cooled, vertical cracks were formed. These last two features have subsequently facilitated the action of erosion . This erosion was the result of several factors: rain, wind, but above freezing. It works by cryoclastic , that is to say by expansion of water in the process of freezing in the cracks of the rock, which causes the separation of the crack and detachment of a fragment of rock. Yet today, in this climate, the gel is very thin at this altitude during the wet season, so it seems that most of the phenomena cryoclastic have occurred during periods of glaciation of the late Cenozoic . (source: Wikipedia).
Back at the hotel I go for mine Huaroni a mining town 15 minutes from Huallay. I'm curious to see this city dedicated to the mining of copper and lead. Many mines in the region of Cerro de Pasco to La Oroya further south in the Cordillera Central take advantage of its two minerals that are a true asset to the country and work for Peruvians. Unfortunately, the waste is for the most part discharged into water. La Oroya is currently one of the most polluted cities of the Andes. I finally could not get permission to visit the mines. And it's already past 2:00 p.m.. It is high time to go in the direction of Canta located at 120 km Huallay by Highway 18. The landscapes that follow are extraordinary. Mingled with the pampas and the mountains to lagoons that I meet all kms. It's fabulous. The asphalt gave way to a dirt track very practical. I changed his whole mountain range and now find myself in the Cordillera de la Viuda culminating reach 4500 meters. 3:00 later when I stopped to watch a lagoon, hail shows the nose and the weather deteriorates seriously. I do not know really how I found the village of Canta but we must continue without delay. Night falls in an hour. I continue to roll each turn and the road continues it never show the slightest evidence of any civilization. At this precise moment I plan to find even a shepherd's house to stop for the night. The hail was so strong that I could not run too long. Every km is difficult. I turn finally after some time before a farm. A lady tells me that a small village located half an hour and I'll surely the chance of finding a room to sleep. After half an hour of winding road that descends gradually into the valley I finally see the light. I'm saved. The village is tiny. Some people take shelter from the rain. A restaurant and small shop are open. The people are surprised to see suddenly a foreign such a machine. I inform myself and the store owner directs me to a room where I could stay for the night. A small staircase leads to the room in a house very rock. The door is small, you have to stoop to renter. The floor is dusty wood and stone walls. On the bed, completely worn out and bowed by time, lie two blankets sheepskins. A face of Christ was placed in the wall. The room is simple but worth a glance. It is in a tiny mountain village. It does not disappoint. I changed because my clothes are completely wet bike by hail and rain. And I'll take a coffee to warm me that I mix with the local booze. The owner's wife prepares me some cow cheese sandwich. Warm in this little restaurant away from the hail, far from everything, yet is delicious. I look back on the road, what I saw. I know what I saw is a real trip off the beaten track. I will want to find myself in some other places at this precise moment.
I discussed some time with a shepherd who lives in the village. Man therefore has a herd of 200 head and saw her milk production. We discuss the current President Allan Garcia Peru where it is not really satisfied. Times are tough. For this little shepherd as for others it is difficult to live in its production so prices of milk are low, while inflation continues to rise in the country. Peru is a country with great wealth, agriculture and mining. However to increase his riches, Peru exports its best productions of rice, coffee and chocolate to Europe and the United States, forcing the country to import these products from abroad to fuel the country . The consumer prices are ultimately higher prices since they derive from the outside. A hallucination in a country that has yet resources. Result, the gap between rich and poor is wider than ever. And aids are scarce relative to need. I do not even mention pensions. It hardly exist. And say that in France we are fighting in the street to save a day off or whether it is necessary to work two more years to save pensions, while the solution is clearly that. Our pension may be small for some. Obviously. Everyone can not work more, and I know I am thinking particularly arduous. But if you must put your hand on the leg to save a so let y.
After the conversation with the shepherd I go into my "shack" and promptly fell asleep, tired from the day's events.
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