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Precarious Roads, Sleeping at Altitude, and Cajamarca.

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August 12, 2018 – August 15, 2018

We started mid afternoon on a 296 kilometre drive that Google Maps estimated would take us 6 hours and 41 minutes.  We knew we would not make it all the way, but we wanted to get some kilometres under our belts.  The maps showed the road as a main highway in Peru, so while we knew it would be slow going in the mountains, we were not concerned with road conditions.  What we ended up on was one of the most beautiful drives of our trip so far, but also one of the most stressful.

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Huatulco

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The few restaurants that made up the town along the beach at Huatulco are bordered by a national park of the same name. We were able to camp within the gates of a newly built restaurant called El Capi’s, with access to the clean, new washroom throughout the night and slow to average WIFI, all for 150 pesos per night, about $10 Canadian. The food in the restaurant was good, there were hammocks to swing in, and shady palapas if we needed to get out of the sun.

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Cabin in the mountains.

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We decided to head back to the coast and headed towards a camping spot about half way we saw on iOverlander where there was a nice river and some more caves. After a few hours of driving we turned off of the main highway and were in a small village that appeared to be quite poor. We needed some groceries for the evening and drove around looking for a tienda.

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Tunnels, bridges and a burned out truck.

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We had two options for driving from Durango to Mazatlan.  The first was the old highway, part of which is known as La Espina del Diablo (the Devil’s Backbone), described as a treacherous road that snakes through mountains known for their marijuana fields and opium production, and which would take about 7 hours, if all went well.  The second, a fairly new highway, costing about 35 CAD in tolls, with 115 bridges and 61 tunnels and a driving time of about 3 hours.  We love adventure, but treacherous, not so much, so we opted for the toll highway.

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Driving into Batopilas: Steep, winding and debris ridden!

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(Nov 17 – Nov 18, 2017)

After leaving Creel, we camped for a night at Lake Arareko, visited interesting rock formations, and hiked into a nice waterfall, then made our way to the town of Batopilas in the bottom of the Copper Canyon. We had been told that the road was paved, but was steep, and scattered with rock and debris. The first part of the 65 kilometre drive seemed pretty relaxed, we saw a few rocks and thought “Hey, this isn’t so bad”.

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