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Huamachuco Plaza de Armes
manicured bushes
here piggy piggy
manicured bush
not sure what this is....
riding a llama
a stream crossing
a mine in the distance - we saw a few
one of many many bailey bridges
another mine
road conditions
then pavement
road side attraction
roadside ditch cleaning
so many archeological sites
oops we're not going to be able to squeeze through that road
we drove past here considering to camp but passed
view from the mirador of where we've just come up
windy road down then back up the other side
view on a switchback
Tablachaca River
that was the road we went down to the river on
parked on the square in Pallasca
church
Pallasca stairs to get between streets
scenery 3
gravel section
landslide across the canyon
morning clouds below us
coloured mountains
more colours
almost dry riverbed
more coloured mtns
after Pallasca
pan where we stopped for a pee break heading to Caraz PE
crescent shaped mesa in the river
vertical layers
farming next to river bed
speed limit on this windy road
stream entering river
cacti forest
more landslide areas
road got a bit better but not any wider
river got wider with a good current in it
more trees
windows in the rocks
desert varnished canyon walls
our first tunnel of many
a real bridge
a two lane road
following the Rio Santa
we begin seeing small waterfalls
we pulled off to have lunch
the windy route
pretty colours in the hills here too
maybe another mine
the Canon del Pato begins
pretty water fall
a three leap waterfall - The Bride's veil
clearing a landslide of boulders
Tigger in one of the rough walled tunnels
waterfall out of a tunnel
sadly not open to public
Canon del Pato dam
the weather got even better
one of the small tunnels