Hoping the gearbox might be again collectively in the course of the week. In the meantime we wait and it’s not thrilling particularly as I feel I’ve seen sufficient of Arequipa.
Layne is in California for one more couple of weeks so I might be right here anyway, this cease was deliberate, however not having a working van is annoying. Renzzo is reassembling it however the tempo shouldn’t be speedy.
The Swiss van stayed one other day, the occupants off on the town someplace. A pleasant couple of Germans confirmed up in an aged Russian van, a UAZ. He was shocked after I acknowledged it.
Their plan was to go to Central Asia, the previous Soviet Union the place these machines are fairly widespread so when the struggle broke out in Ukraine they scrapped that plan.
Thus they got here to South America and have gotten this removed from Colombia however they aren’t keen on mountains. At 10,000 ft this previous van barely rolls in order that they’re searching for decrease altitudes on their manner south. Nonetheless they plan to undergo Bolivia as their van has a gasoline engine which they assume will make discovering gasoline simpler in that sad nation.
Rusty is having fun with not touring. He hasn’t been out of the campground for 2 days. Oddly glad.
GANNET2 appears okay. Quickly I belief, she is going to drive okay too.
