Being so close to Oruro, which was my destination, there was little point in leaving straight away, as I would be looking for a room too early. Instead, I had a leisurely breakfast of coffee and baked beans (thanks for those Heidi!), and then had a bit of a kit cleaning and reorganising session. I hit the road at 10.30, and took a slow cycle into Oruro.

On entering, I passed by a series of sculptures as I headed in towards the centre.

As luck would have it, there was some sort of military parade going on, which made navigating even more difficult than it normally is.

 I eventually found the train station, where there were some cheap digs, and settled in at San Salvador. The place had recently undergone a lot of refurbishment, and the room was nice and new looking for 25Bs. One problem that I discovered later, however, was that it didn’t have a power socket. Nice warm shower though.I will take tomorrow off here as well, in order to do a new Freelancer job that I won, and also to get the rear wheel looked at, as I am not entirely happy with it.