At last we begin

Finally we have got our hands on our Mototaxi, christened ´Ésperanza´last night. We just need to collect the final paperwork this morning and we are ready to go.

 Our maiden voyage in Esperanza was traumatic, involving Simon stalling approximately 30 times in the 500m journey to our hotel. Of course it was the fault of the machine and not Simon´s driving...`Another fiesta (a near daily occurence on Huancayo) caused road blockages immediately around our hotel so our 500m journey took us well over an hour as we got ushered round the seemingly incomprehensible one-way system of Huancayo. We made it in one piece, had a massive steak for supper and all semd rosy again!

 

As I´ve been typing there has been another hiccup with the paperwork. I am bored going into detail, but fingers crossed next time we blog we will be on the road at last!

 John & Simon

Final Preparations

We have a compass, a map, a first aid kit and have drawn a line on a map directly from start to finish. Unfortunately there are no roads following that exact line!! Guess we'll be working out our route on the plane over there, oh and learning Spanish as well....