Day 21 - Puno to Juli (85km) Saturday 27th August

Today was the day that Ant was in his (and the weather God's) element, and I was quaking like a leaf.

I didn't quite get him to write this post but I shall paraphrase his thoughts below (to give you a much more positive take on the day!). It should be noted that he did spend a lot of time saying "hello me Julie", every time we saw the town signposted! So in the words of Ant...

"I remember wanker traffic to start with that thinks its ok to give you no space on the road, whether going in the same direction or over taking head on towards you. Meeting cool cycle tourists going the other way who gave us great info about Bolivian road blocks, the route to Chile and got us super excited about Argentinian wine country.

AND THE MOST EPIC THUNDER STORM EVER!!

4 hours of cycling across a plain with really vivid fork lighting striking the high hills in front of us, behind us, and on each side... Literally surrounded! The most amazing thunderstorm ever, and we didn't even see any rain!
Brilliant, not only due to the spectacular scenes created by nature, but also because it got Emma seriously shifting to get to the next town quickly! Not sure I've ever seen her cycle so fast!

Eventually got to the lovely town square that is Juli, that was atop a small, but leg destructive hill at the end of a day, that had me suffering. Found a comfortable room for only 30 PEN (about £8), with a beautiful lake view (but broken toilet seat!) and most importantly, finally found milk, cereal, yoghurt, water and a massive bag of crisps in a shop!

Bloody great day cycle touring!"

And in the words of Emma: "Can we go home now? I never want to do that again!!".