Beware : Gringo police north of Lima
To those travellers heading north along the Panamerican from Lima - a not of caution...
I got pulled up 4 times in 400 Km's, having to part with 200 Soles between two of the stops...
Each time I was travelling the same speed as the other traffic, but my Gringo status seems to have given them the right to make a donation to thier corrupt little pockets...
I resisted a third after a heated argument where I explained a truck actually passed me because I was going slower then the 45 km limit for one small town. I was absolutely livid...
Can't believe those tossers....
At one corner they tried to tell me that the speed limit for corners marked with an arrow is 60km/h, and they apparently they don't need Radars to judge your speed..
I hate them...
After Casma and inland things returned to normal, as they were just stopping me to say hello....
You were warned...
Jeremy
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