equador border NORTH OF PASTO MUD SLIDE ON 25 SOUTH
 

Hi ,We had a delay 12 km north of pasto,on 25 south.There was a big slide, road opened last night. any significant rain and it will probably fall down again in the next week.should be in quito sunday .ANYONE AROUND RIDING TO PERU.

Also slides in Equador
 

Just to add, there are many slides and water damaged roads in the mountains in southern Equador, rivers are very high here in nothern Peru, I expect the ford I went through yesterday is too deep for bikes today after continious rain last night, so plan your route carefully, this is the rainy season and it´s a bad one by all accounts with lots of flooding early in the season. A journey of 50 miles in the mountains can take 3 hrs, but only as long as they keep the road open, landslides can close them completely for hours or even days. It is still fun though.:cool4:

roads closed off and on in and out of cuzco,
 

more good news, the ride was great until we hit the first baracade of rocks and trees . the bus unloaded and negotiated, i paid my 10 soles to pass and the gate closed behind me . 6 trees later thanks to the bus and a pasture of friendly cows i got around a noisy mob of a hundred plus exited folks , that was enogh excitement for 1 day, i guess this has been going on for a while, tomorrow cuzco may be closed in ,they call it a para, is that a pirate word. anyway one guy who left early yesterday got the turn back or we will stone you, today he and two others left and at 4 pm , i assume they went by the way of the cows.weather is good, light showers for a few minutes a couple times a day, and just 2 hrs of a peak of blue,no snow in the forecast unless you go looking for it.