A restless night in Tarma. There are a lot of semi feral dogs in Peru. Tarma has the most I have ever seen. They were extremely vocal through the night with various fighting going on.There are so many places beginning huanc that you have to be very careful about the ending. It could make life very difficult. If I had been asking for directions today I could have been sent the totally wrong direction if I got the ending wrong.

Many more of these to climb back to

That’s quite a bit short of where I was yesterday but I forgot the phone will show altitude.

Random ploughing of the Altiplano. Note the rubbish at the side of the road. There is a lot of that.

Today was not a long day travel as I had to get my money sorted. Huancayo is a large city so I hope it will be possible.

Random village square

Long straight roads in the valley

Christmas is taken seriously here and there is always a nativity tableau in the main square.

Two different photos of the differences of a large Peruvian city

Inside the big shopping mall where Christmas carols are being played. A lot of top names have stores including adidas radio shack and Starbucks. The hypermarket in the complex is bigger than crieff rd tesco but just looks the same. Everything from fruit and veg to televisions are sold.
I saw one trolley laden with toys.

Outside where there are all kinds of music and stall holders shouting their wares. I doubt many of these people will ever go inside the mall. One big thing missing here is the mototaxi. It’s now small cars as taxis.

I am now in Huancayo and have been able to get dollars. It wasn’t so easy getting them changed. In the real tourist areas there are money changers in the street. Could not find any.

Here it’s folk dressed as Santa Claus.