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1974
There turned out to be a number of roads in the area - none of them marked. So we chose the road to Sta Rosa intuitively - we hope. The army has been road-making here, and the result is neither a good road nor one pleasing aesthetically.
We drove down a little section of the old road to Cap - both of us with headaches.
April 4, 1974 Thursday between Ende & Sta Rosa
A long night. I still have a headache; Payne feels OK. I guess we'll stay here a while to acclimatise. There is a nice stone wall across a little stream, & llama tracks on the road indicate it is still used by someone. Spent a quiet day - one short walk along an old llama trail. Payne felt better & put a few traps out along the wall below the old road.
April 5, 1974 Friday on turn to Cascahara
Got an early start down the road, admiring scenery etc. Finally came to a road scraper going in the opposite direction, and he told us we're on the road to Condorire. So we about face & head towards Sta Rosa. It's not clear to me just where we should have joined it before. Anyway, it is army built - quite wide and straight much of the way. Took the turn to Cascahara and crawled along it in the wake of some truck tracks. The road is as bad as it was 25 years ago. We didn't recognise much of the route - saw a few little shepherd houses & alpaca flocks. When we finally