04/29 No luck getting to Celendin today. My home for the night is behind a restaurant about 14 grueling miles up fairly steep hills from Balsas. It was 2pm by the time I got here and I’d been riding for 6 hours. Half of the time was spent trying to cool down under the few shady spots along the road. The temperature never dropped below 100F all day and that just killed me. I went through almost all my 4 liters of water but at least filtering was an option thanks to several little streams that ran along or over the road.
The restaurant doubles as a rest stop/gas station/store and they have showers and cold beer. I have a nice spot under a tree out back so I should be well rested for the remaining 20 miles to Celendin.
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