Trujillo, Peru: 214 kms (21325 kms)

Today was supposed to be a leisurely ride down the west coast of Peru. On my map of the country the colour for the relief between the two Chiclayo and Trujillo was green, not a colour usually associated with desert, which is what we found. Such landscape is fanastic to ride through and this would've applied today had the Peruvians not managed to turn vast tracts of it in to rubbish dumps. Tragic. When will we ever learn.

On a random note it was eighteen years ago to the day that Chas, Austin and Vince of Mondo Enduro fame were here in Trujillo on their way around the world on dirt bikes. They are half the reason Matt and I find ourselves on this journey today (www.mondoenduro.com). They were ensconded in Trujillo for 21 days with bike problems and, having now ambled around the town centre, I can see that time here could be very well spent. Unfortunately we will stay only Friday night before heading off on a much lauded detour into the Cordillera Blanca mountain range. Slowly but surely the two of us are riding south. We have only 30 days remaining now before our planned arrival into Ushuaia, Argentina on 21st December. I've been on the road for 81 days and Matt has been rolling 58. We still have a staggering 7000 kms to run so getting to the goal is going to be very tight.