still no internet...

Two days and two unsuccessful attempts to fix the internet later. We also had a string of inadvertent ramblers passing our little settlement, due to more landslides down towards the valley. Y. and N. arrived late yesterday afternoon and wanted to carry on to Cuzco immediately which was bad for me because I could have done with some more supervision time. We waited with them on the road in the fog until an ambulance passed by and kindly stopped to let them share the medical emergency area in the back with some ten more passengers. Today another rambler arrived at lunch to bring news from the boys downhill, wild rivers and some more landsliding. He too went on to Cuzco pronto to get his flight back home.
V. and I meanwhile ploughed on to get the equipment ready for the plot. Half of my sensors don't get logged properly - but so far I've tried in vain to fix the problem. All the manufacturers recommend that one e-mails them when things don't work or alternatively visits their webpage for further information... The engineers visit has been changed from potentially next monday to potentially next wednesday and I suspect next wednesday it might potentially happen next monday and so I think I will need to go to Cuzco as well in due course.
Tonight was a clear sky, though, and I can't think when I was last able to see the milky way properly. Nor had I seen the Southern Cross yet - or lots of other strange looking constellations. I was surprised when the great bear rose above the horizon, (albeit the wrong way round). I hadn't expected it here and felt somehow taken aback that some chaps can nip over to the other hemisphere once a day whereas others have such a hard time even getting to the next town 200 km away.