Villa Union to San Jose de Jachal

This morning, myself and the two Aussie shelias, Julia & Michelle, rode through some pretty impressive scenery with a mountain range on either side of the road and I've got to say it was great to be able to ride with a couple of Aussies, cause our banter and sense of humour didn't need to be explained to anyone, the European contingent all having a more staid sense of humour. 

Whilst I don't know that we solved any of the world's more serious issues, such as global warming, international migration, poverty, sustainable development, or diminishing food and mineral resources we at least managed to get a fresh and outsider's opinion on what we may wish to do when we get home to Australia, along with just talking more generally about our lives, backgrounds, etc.

Just shortly before we arrived at the lunch truck, the express (luggage) truck went passed and we couldn't help but to get a bit of a free pass by drafting behind it (out of the wind) for a couple of kilometres or so. Okay, so it may be banned by the UCI for the professional riders, but hey, what the heck, we're not and you've got to have a bit of fun out there on the road from time to time. 

Once lunch had been consumed, Shel and I, continued on at our more leisurely pace, discussing every topic known to mankind, whilst Julia, who must have been feeling a little more energetic, rode off at a pace that Marianne Vos, would have been proud of!