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La Merced, Perú
April 6, 2024
La Merced, Perú. This was my second visit to La Merced, and for this journey, the first rain I've seen since before leaving Colombia back on March 2. I wrote a full blog about La Merced on Feb. 13, 2023. This time my visit is a stopover halfway between Lima and Oxapampa. I hate long bus rides, meaning any bus ride longer than six hours. The bus ride from Lima to Oxampampa is more than twice that.
La Merced is a pleasant little town at the eastern edge of the Andes Mountains in the region they call "Selva Central" - it lays between the eastern flanks of the Andes and the Amazon Basin, and in the central part of Perú. The last time I was here, just over a year ago, they had started on clearing an area for a new theme park. I had hoped to see it this time, but it is not completed. They do have a new gravel road alongside the river that connects that new park area to an older park with mulitple soccer fields, a swimming pool, and other sports areas. In the past they were not connected. A security woman in the park told me they expect to start constuction on the theme park next year.
There are many more photos in the photo album.
I used to teach English as a foreign language in Barranquilla, Colombia. Now I'm retired and traveling throughout South America.
I'm from Kennewick, Washington, USA. In my previous life, as I call it, I was an IT guy, systems administrator, computer tech, as well as a shipping/receiving guy and also worked as a merchandising guy in a RV/Camping store.