Remembered a few things from today....
We crossed a suspended bridge that was a few hundred feet above a canyon. We had to wait for the caravan of mules/donkeys to pass before we could cross. I looked at the donkeys and mules and nocticed they all had bare spots where the girth rubs and cringed at some of the raw spots on some of the animals from where the girsth had rubbed them raw. I mentioned this to Nick and he said "I don't think life is easy here for anyone". Crossing the bridge was a little disconcerting. It had large cables but the rails and sides look like you could fall through if you stepped wrong. It stirred my innate and natural fear of heights.
Several times horses passed us trotting on the trail. The significance of this is lost until you see how rocky and steep most of the trail is.
We saw some of the local places with gardens of potatoes, wheat, greens and such. I was surprised at how good the potato plants looked given the rocky soil.
Most of the houses are made with motor-less rocks meticulously selected to get a nice wall but we also some many houses were made of cut stone blocks that had an really tight fit. We actually passed a house under construction and saw a guy with a hammer and chisel cutting a block. It looked like a very slow and laborious process but the houses made of these cut stones look tight.
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