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Day 47 - December 18, 1997 Miles - 514 (by Jim) After covering about 120 miles, David, Gary, and Alex wanted to stop for lunch. Both Jay and I were hungry for road -- I was particularly anxious because I did not have the luxury of time that the others had. So, Jay and I told the others that we would go ahead and then wait an hour for them in Trujillo. We made the contingency plan, that if we didn«t see each other sooner, we would meet on Friday morning at 10am at the South American Explorer«s Club in Lima. (We actually met there at 11am!) After a long ride on windy roads lined with sand dunes we stopped in Casma, Peru where we received a police escort to Hotel Indoamerica. The beds were great, the bathroom lousy, but they had a garage where we could put the motos. Jay went to bed and I went out for a bite to eat, where I watched what every television in Peru was tuned to--the crisis at the Japanese embassy in Lima, our next stop! Day 48 - Thursday, December 19,
1996 Miles - 250 (by Jim) Jay and I headed out early, but his allergies were as bad as I have ever seen. His face was puffed up like the Sta-Puff marshmallow man. Along the road we ran into Dave, the Scott, and Leanne, the Australian, whom we had met earlier in Panama. We traded some war stories and decided to head into Lima together. When we arrived in Lima we immediately found ourselves in the middle of the worst--I mean the all-time worst--traffic jam of smoke-bellowing, gridlocked busses I have ever encountered. Thankfully, between Dave«s map, my Spanish, and Leanne«s willingness to hop off the bike and look for street signs, we were able to locate Hotel Espana, a nice little hostel with lots of travellers and great chocolate cake. Jay and I were hoping that the boys would arrive the next day, during daylight, because to arrive at Lima at night would be something less than pleasant. Day 49 - Friday, December 20, 1996
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