A&W LATAM Expedition Lab
The south, photo by photo
From 16 to 30 January 2022, from Lima to Lima. Willy and Anet set out to present Mía Salud Natural across southern Peru and came back with another way of selling. These are fifty photos of that road, in order, with what was happening in each one.
Chincha, 16 January, first stop of the tour: from that morning on, the car was also home. 
Huachinga Bridge, 16 January, midday: the sea was already behind them and the sierra was starting to rise. 
Castrovirreyna, 16 January: almost five hours after leaving the coast, and the air was already different. 
First day of the tour, climbing to Huancavelica: the coast was left below that same morning. 
Huancavelica puna, 16 January: Anet reaches 4,000 metres for the first time on the trip. 
Huancavelica puna, 16 January: Anet celebrates, Willy shoots from the car; the coast is behind them. 
Huancavelica puna, 16 January, mid-afternoon: the highest point of the trip, less than an hour away. 
Mountain pass at 4,870 m above sea level, on the way to Huancavelica, 16 January: the highest point of the whole tour. 
Huancavelica, 16 January, at nightfall: the first city of the tour and the first doors to knock on. 
Outskirts of Huancayo, 18 January, 05:49: waking up after a night slept in the car. 
Mantaro Valley, 18 January: Willy at the wheel towards Ayacucho, on the hardest day. 
Mantaro canyon, 18 January: on the way to Ayacucho by the route that asked the most of the car. 
Mantaro canyon, 18 January: two Cuban coffees brewed right there, for Anet and for Willy. 
On the way to Huanta, 18 January, 09:12: half an hour after the coffee, put to the test again. 
An hour after the coffee, the dirt track to Cosme had no asphalt left to offer. 
Dirt track to Cosme, 18 January: towards Huanta, the water had to be crossed more than once. 
Cosme, 18 January: crossing between Huancavelica and Ayacucho, in the middle of a day without asphalt. 
On the way to Huanta, 18 January: January is the rainy season in the sierra, and it shows. 
Road to Huanta, 18 January: this was how you reached Ayacucho, plank by plank. 
Puna after Ayacucho, 19 January, early afternoon: hail, and Andahuaylas still far away. 
Before Andahuaylas, 20 January, 06:25: another night slept on board, at about 3,500 metres. 
Inside the car, 20 January: fifth day of the tour and fourth night slept on board. 
Between Andahuaylas and Abancay, 20 January: Willy at the wheel; that same afternoon it was Abancay's turn. 
Apurímac, 20 January, 09:13: after another night on board, Abancay still far away. 
Apurímac, 20 January, 09:54: the first stop after the fog. 
Cristo Blanco, midday on 20 January: a breather in a day that began on board, before dawn. 
Between Abancay and Curahuasi, 20 January: Abancay done, what remained was finding somewhere to sleep in the car. 
Apurímac canyon, 20 January, at dusk: Cusco had not yet appeared and the night would be spent on board. 
Leaving Cusco, 22 January: two days in Cusco, and heading south, towards Puno. 
La Raya, 23 January: dawn after the highest night of the trip, 4,218 metres, in the car. 
Pucará, 23 January: entering the Puno altiplano, on the way to Juliaca. 
Between Pucará and Juliaca, 23 January: Puno, the next city of the tour, was hours away. 
Puno, 23 January: hours earlier they had slept at La Raya, at 4,218 metres. 
Lagunillas, 24 January: above 4,000 again, heading for Arequipa. 
Lagunillas, 24 January: ninth day in the sierra, and Arequipa still ahead. 
Descent towards Arequipa, 24 January: a hailstorm at more than 4,000 metres, with Willy at the wheel. 
Willy goes down to Arequipa as evening falls on the 24th, the hailstorm still in his body. 
Arequipa, 25 January: a night in the city after nine days in the sierra. 
Majes Valley, 26 January: Willy at the wheel, leaving Arequipa and heading down to the coast. 
Mouth of the Ocoña, 27 January, 06:33: the Pacific again, eleven days after Chincha. 
Pan-American Highway South, 27 January, early morning: Willy at the wheel, heading north. 
Pan-American Highway South, 27 January: the coastal desert, not a single sierra bend ahead. 
Nine days of altitude later, the car is on sand again. Arequipa coast, 27 January. 
Bandurria Bridge, 27 January: kilometres of desert, and the mind already set on Nasca. 
Near Chala, 27 January: the same car that three days earlier was coming down from 4,400 metres. 
Chala, 27 January, mid-morning: the sea on one side, Nasca ahead. 
Nasca Lines, 27 January, afternoon: a tourist detour on a working route. 
Between Nasca and Ica, 27 January: the tour passes 3,000 kilometres and Lima is still to come. 
Huacachina, 28 January: an afternoon of desert before heading home. 
Lima, 29 January, 18:02: Willy at the wheel, the city again, the south done.
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- Chincha, 16 January, first stop of the tour: from that morning on, the car was also home.
- Huachinga Bridge, 16 January, midday: the sea was already behind them and the sierra was starting to rise.
- Castrovirreyna, 16 January: almost five hours after leaving the coast, and the air was already different.
- First day of the tour, climbing to Huancavelica: the coast was left below that same morning.
- Huancavelica puna, 16 January: Anet reaches 4,000 metres for the first time on the trip.
- Huancavelica puna, 16 January: Anet celebrates, Willy shoots from the car; the coast is behind them.
- Huancavelica puna, 16 January, mid-afternoon: the highest point of the trip, less than an hour away.
- Mountain pass at 4,870 m above sea level, on the way to Huancavelica, 16 January: the highest point of the whole tour.
- Huancavelica, 16 January, at nightfall: the first city of the tour and the first doors to knock on.
- Outskirts of Huancayo, 18 January, 05:49: waking up after a night slept in the car.
- Mantaro Valley, 18 January: Willy at the wheel towards Ayacucho, on the hardest day.
- Mantaro canyon, 18 January: on the way to Ayacucho by the route that asked the most of the car.
- Mantaro canyon, 18 January: two Cuban coffees brewed right there, for Anet and for Willy.
- On the way to Huanta, 18 January, 09:12: half an hour after the coffee, put to the test again.
- An hour after the coffee, the dirt track to Cosme had no asphalt left to offer.
- Dirt track to Cosme, 18 January: towards Huanta, the water had to be crossed more than once.
- Cosme, 18 January: crossing between Huancavelica and Ayacucho, in the middle of a day without asphalt.
- On the way to Huanta, 18 January: January is the rainy season in the sierra, and it shows.
- Road to Huanta, 18 January: this was how you reached Ayacucho, plank by plank.
- Puna after Ayacucho, 19 January, early afternoon: hail, and Andahuaylas still far away.
- Before Andahuaylas, 20 January, 06:25: another night slept on board, at about 3,500 metres.
- Inside the car, 20 January: fifth day of the tour and fourth night slept on board.
- Between Andahuaylas and Abancay, 20 January: Willy at the wheel; that same afternoon it was Abancay's turn.
- Apurímac, 20 January, 09:13: after another night on board, Abancay still far away.
- Apurímac, 20 January, 09:54: the first stop after the fog.
- Cristo Blanco, midday on 20 January: a breather in a day that began on board, before dawn.
- Between Abancay and Curahuasi, 20 January: Abancay done, what remained was finding somewhere to sleep in the car.
- Apurímac canyon, 20 January, at dusk: Cusco had not yet appeared and the night would be spent on board.
- Leaving Cusco, 22 January: two days in Cusco, and heading south, towards Puno.
- La Raya, 23 January: dawn after the highest night of the trip, 4,218 metres, in the car.
- Pucará, 23 January: entering the Puno altiplano, on the way to Juliaca.
- Between Pucará and Juliaca, 23 January: Puno, the next city of the tour, was hours away.
- Puno, 23 January: hours earlier they had slept at La Raya, at 4,218 metres.
- Lagunillas, 24 January: above 4,000 again, heading for Arequipa.
- Lagunillas, 24 January: ninth day in the sierra, and Arequipa still ahead.
- Descent towards Arequipa, 24 January: a hailstorm at more than 4,000 metres, with Willy at the wheel.
- Willy goes down to Arequipa as evening falls on the 24th, the hailstorm still in his body.
- Arequipa, 25 January: a night in the city after nine days in the sierra.
- Majes Valley, 26 January: Willy at the wheel, leaving Arequipa and heading down to the coast.
- Mouth of the Ocoña, 27 January, 06:33: the Pacific again, eleven days after Chincha.
- Pan-American Highway South, 27 January, early morning: Willy at the wheel, heading north.
- Pan-American Highway South, 27 January: the coastal desert, not a single sierra bend ahead.
- Nine days of altitude later, the car is on sand again. Arequipa coast, 27 January.
- Bandurria Bridge, 27 January: kilometres of desert, and the mind already set on Nasca.
- Near Chala, 27 January: the same car that three days earlier was coming down from 4,400 metres.
- Chala, 27 January, mid-morning: the sea on one side, Nasca ahead.
- Nasca Lines, 27 January, afternoon: a tourist detour on a working route.
- Between Nasca and Ica, 27 January: the tour passes 3,000 kilometres and Lima is still to come.
- Huacachina, 28 January: an afternoon of desert before heading home.
- Lima, 29 January, 18:02: Willy at the wheel, the city again, the south done.
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