Lima is about 154 metres (505 feet) in elevation, whereas today’s destination, Tarma is 3070 metres (10072 feet) in elevation.  It will take about 4 hours by car.  We need to pass the area around 4818 metres (15807 feet) in elevation.

Manolo’s mother, Eumelia suggested we shouldn’t have breakfast.  What?  We didn’t have supper last night and now, we should not have breakfast? 

We departed at 8 am.  We dropped in at one of PeruFlora’s nurseries in Lima and continued to travel to Tarma.

Lima is a city on the sea, however, the mountains are very close as well.  Moreover, the mountains which surround the city are not like the hill-like mountains in England but really proper mountains.  However, those mountains are like sand mountains which children would make using a bucket full of soil and sand and stones.  On there cacti grow.  They are also sand colour with a dust.

This photograph is of Saul, who guided us for next 10 days.  Without his nice smile and help, we would not have enjoyed this trip this much.