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Trip to Peru, the 4th day No.7
Trip to Peru, the 4th day No.6
Trip to Peru, the 4th day No.5
Trip to Peru, the 4th day No.4
There were lots of orchids in flower at the nursery.
Trip to Peru, the 4th day No.3
This is the DEET.
Trip to Peru, the 4th day No.2
I understood that we would not go to Oxapampa (1800m, 5906f) if we would return to Tarma now, as Oxapampa is 3-4 hours’ drive away from San Ramón. I decided to visit the nursery in San Ramón on our way back to Tarma.
When we got off the car, we immediately noticed the warmer temperature and humidity. Saul suggested I should use the insect repellent, so I immediately took a DEET from my pocket and used it. The DEET was developped by the United States Army during the World War II. DEET 100% will melt plastics. It seems very dangerous chemical. The one I used was DEET 50%, but while I was using, my hands became slimy. I must have touched some plastics.
This photograph is one with a butterfly in the nursery.
Trip to Peru, the 4th day No.1
I must have felt something wrong, so that I slept with my clothes on, like when I used to do so in the mountains.
I jumped up in the early morning when I noticed I was bitten by insects in my back. I was bitten 15 times! “I can’t stand this!” I decided to escape back to Tarma in 3070m.
Trip to Peru, the 3rd day No.7
San Ramón is a town at the entrance into jungle. Leaflets for sightseeing seemed more in here than in Tarma, though I hadn’t sightseen even Tarma yet.
San Ramón is a smaller town than Tarma. But still you can see lots of signs of “INTERNET”, which is amazing. I used the internet for about 15 minutes and paid less than half s/1. S/1 is about 16.7 pence. So I paid less than 8 pence for 15 minutes internet connection.
We left our luggage in a hotel room and went out. Surprisingly we saw Manolo there. He gave a lecture at a nearby university and was going back to Lima by the long-distance night bus on the night. We went to a Chinese restaurant together and enjoyed chatting there. It cost around £10.00 for 4 of us.
Trip to Peru, the 3rd day No.6
After this, we drove back the same way to the fork into A20A, where we took a left turn to San Ramón. This road is a major one however, we occasionally found a big stone on the road. We crossed a brand-new bridge. We heard that the original bridge was washed away by the heavy downpour in a rainy season.
The direct distance from Tarma to San Ramón is about 10 kilometres. Tarma is about 3070m (10072f) in elevation and San Ramón is about 800m (2625f). It means we drove down more than 2000m (6562f). The green of the trees became more and more greener and the atmosphere became more and more like jungle. We saw more and more roadside shops which sold fruits.