After a lazy morning and relaxing breakfast in our hotel, we decided to do something about all the clothes and school supplies Andrew asked us to bring for local Indians and never bothered to take them from us or even tell us when and to whom we will be donating them. We decided to find a priest and give all the things to him as they usually know who the poorest families are. We did exactly that -- found the parish and gave almost everything to the priest. He was very grateful and told us that he and another priest also serve 3 mountain villages where people are very poor and need everything.
The group arrived at about 11 am totally exhausted with legs aching from the steep descent (1 km difference in elevation with the path going almost straight down). We packed everything into our trusty Mercedes van and set out for Chivay. In Chivay, we first went to hot pools to relax sore muscles, then had a delicious lunch with about 15 different dishes, and then had about 30 minutes to see the end of the parade and explore the market. We saw the structure, for which the holes were being prepared the other day. We got lucky at the market and found one stall with traditional Colca hats. Ania bought a brown one and I bought a black one all covered with embroidery. We were very pleased.
Then, back to the van and on to Puno. After a couple of hours of driving on asphalt alternating with dirt road, it got dark and the road became kind of scary. A few times the road ended abruptly with a barrier and lights and there was a detour on completely dark, dirt and very bumpy road. All this was because of road construction or repairs. Roads in Peru are very bad. The only good road in the whole country is La Panamericana.
We arrived in our next hotel -- 15 km outside of Puno -- on Lake Titicaca at about 11 pm. This is the highest location we’ve been so far about 3,850 meters.
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