Day 2 of the Journey back in time......

After an early rise a swim in the hot spa pool and then breakfast I felt relaxed, the hot spa pools are really good. After lounging around for an hour and a bit it was time for breakfast which after finishing it was decided we would go for a walk around the hotel and surrouding area. Buildings like this exist scattered everywhere. They all appear in a somewhat dilapilated state and with most the second floor is usually only a shell where money has run out as it was being built. But all are lived in...










On returning to the hotel we ordered a Taxi to take us on a tour and then finally to our next location a small hotel in a town called Mongui *pronounced Monn ghee* this small town in the Andes is apparantly famous for the making of Footballs or basically any ball... It must pay as almost every shop in the town sells balls...even to the point of a genuine size 5 football but where the animal fur is still attached to the ball !! furry footballs...
But I am getting ahead of myself here are the photos of the journey.. images of a famous battle where in the time of Simon Bolivar the Lancers changed a losing battle into a valiant victory and the location is remembered with this amazing sculpture. As well as images of the towns we travelled through and another small hotel we stopped at to get some prices, check out the spooky tree covering.. this stuf is amazing it grows easily and is parasitic to the tree eventually it will kill the tree but its wild and very weird. OK ..pics.. The photo's are in reverse order the first image is from the "new Hotel" giving you an idea of the height above the town you had to walk too... the rest work their way back to the sculpture.

More info about the hotel !! and the town tomorrow when we look at day 3/

hasta manyana