The beautiful Celendín-Chachapoyas road

A beautiful, narrow and slightly rough high-altitude twisting rollercoaster. Climbing from Celendín (2625m) to a 3085m pass, down to the village of Balsas (975m) on the river Maraňón, where I buy local bananas - delicious but not the best idea stomach-wise. After climbing again for a while everyone disembarks for a nice lunch and my neighbor Milagro (fitting name) tells me about the fiestas patronales in Lámud near Chachapoyas. The bus climbs again to the Calla Calla pass at 3678m and it looks like I've now adapted to altitude. Then we go down in the Rio Utcubamba valley through pretty Leimebamba and on to Chachapoyas.
The most impressive road I've ever seen and probably the most talented bus driver I've ever met.Read more