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[[User:hitchhikernick|hitchhikernick]]
here in 2017 twice. 1st time (5 days+ 4 days on boats) Delta > Iquitos > Yurimaguas (started hitchhiking here) > Huancayo > Peru/Chile border. 2nd time (5 weeks due to dog bite-got 5 rabies shots, over 4 weeks, that was free at the public hospitals) Boliva border at lake titicaca > Cusco > Machu Picchu via walking the railway track > ausangate and rainbow mountain > nascar lines > lima > lake 69 > colca canyon and mt chachani summit > Equador border (El Alamor/Lalamor).
Be very careful around dogs, many were insanely aggressive/territorial when i walked past, constantly trying to bite the back of my legs. Craziest country for mad dogs i have ever been.
pickups were mostly by truck drivers, 60%. Cars 35% and bikes/busses 5%. average waiting time 45 minutes. Got bought meals a few times. camping was easy outside of towns or in the mountains, just make sure you have barrier between you and dogs (tent). Never got invited to drivers house.
Here again in dec 2024 for 9 days, entering from Arica Chile to Lima airport. No way near as many maddogs as last time (though only there for 1/4 of the time and covered only 1/10 of the area i covered in 2017), most were chilled or just barked a bit. either they culled the mad ones or i smelt/looked less deserving of a dog attack. one crazy thing i did witness 100km south of lima, was a man walking down the highway hard shoulder naked🧐
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