Altiplano, Puno & The President
Looking North. The railway line to Cuzco stretching towards the horizon.400km seperates the 2 cities or 6 days by bike.
We wondered why there was so many police along the road from Juliaca to Puno. One group in an armoured car brandishing machine guns pulled us over and were going to give Richard a ticket for not wearing a helmet! (It is a legal requirement but only gringos wear helments)Luckily we'd just been given a gift of a set of miniature dentures by a dentist in Juliaca. When we produced them the police were distracted just long enough to make good our escape.
Anyway.... the cops were there for Alan (Peru) Garcia the Peruvian President who was in Puno giving a speech on bicycle safety. If you look closely (click on the image), you can see him making an example of Richard who was still not wearing a helmet.
Enjoying a Calientito in the warmth of a bar in Puno.
