Juliaca Peru

Local transport in Julica and the surrounding area. This is a brand new three wheeler scooter with its proud owner about to dissapear in the mayhem of traffic.




29 April 2006
Puno
Peru
Day 42

Apologies for the delay in updates but I have been working hard. You probably think this is all play well it aint. I have been writing (and rewriting) articles for magazines and newspapers in the hope that it results in sales of ¨Freedom Flight¨, the microlight expedition book.

I rode from Arequipa to Juilica where it was refreshing (both literally and figuratively) to be out of the desert and back on top of the mountains again.
Juliaca is a small town with very little tourist appeal but an interesting place to have an insight into the real lifestyle up here. Most of the transport is either on three wheeled bicycles where the passengers sit on the front seat. These develop into a similar configuration but in a motorcycle form which transport anything from people to quantities of building materials and the traffic is an absolute mayhem of a blend of these contraptions.
The local market also has a wide variety of goods from fresh fruit to fresh Lama skins and all at good prices.