After all the miles I've ridden today was the most amazing.
We left Nazca in the morning and it wasn't long before you could feel the desert heat building. Rolling through the immense desert landscape I was struck by the beauty and hugeness of this part of Peru.
I could feel the road turning south and dropping in elevation. Down a couple of long hills and we where running along the ocean shore. Stark desert on my left side and the rolling breakers of the pacific on my right. The wind off the ocean was wonderfully cool keeping the air filled with salt sea mist.
Our road ran along the entire coast area you see in the background. Miles and miles of open beach on one side, miles and miles of desert on the other.
For me it was everything I imagined adventure riding would be, wide open wild places, sand blowing across the road, over the sound of the bike hearing the ocean waves crash onto the shore.
Running along the shore then back up on the mountainside the road gave me constantly changing views.
Jim and Max at the days lunch break.
Jimi approving of Peruvian road surfaces.
Site seeing stop.
Towards the end of the day we started see large expanses of rice farms sandwiched between the desert and the ocean. After all the desert it was nearly shocking to see this much lush greenness.
Two local motorcycle riders picked us up and lead us to this neat beach community, actually right to a place to stay.
Beautiful sunset. Thinking of Knikki in Hawaii enjoying the same sun.
MUF YML
Location:Nazca, to Camana, Peru
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