Although I had severe headache, I couldn’t have a rest.  Roberto took us to the orchid nursery in Palca near Tarma.  There were nearly all orchids which I wanted to see and paint in Peru.  What I needed to do now was to find those orchids in the wild.

In the taxi on the way back to the hotel, I even felt very sick as well as headache.  Immediately after we arrived back to the hotel, I went to bed and slept without supper again, thinking “I can’t do anything with this severe headache.  I should escape from this pain.  I should go to San Ramón (800m 2625f) and stay there tomorrow….”