04/30 I couldn’t have asked for a nicer day to ride into Celendin. The weather was perfect. It’s sure a lot easier to ride in 75 F weather instead of 100 F weather. There were some great views of the valley from a mile up and plenty of places to stop and take pictures thanks to extremely long switchbacks running alongside the mountain. The unpaved road was a good shape the entire way.
The plan is to stay here for 2 nights and then head for the big city of Cajamarca. I was hoping they had a bicycle shop in Celendin so I could replace the 2 metal tire levers I lost a few days ago but no such luck. K&M let me borrow an extra they had since I only had one left. Pizza was a letdown at the Hostel/Restaurant Celendin where I’m staying. 
The room isn’t bad but ano hot showers here.
There’s a big crowd in the plaza listening to a rally for one of the guys running for the President of Peru. The announcers have been yelling for so long that they’re losing their voices. The 200 db speaker system is helping to compensate for it though. They’ve been going strong for 9 hours now.
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