Above Loreto – in the mountains there is old mission of St Xavier – one of the most interesting and very isolated.
No public transport. They offered me a car rental to get there (70 USD plus fuel). Sorry. It was 7.30 am – just after sunrise when I was already on the empty side road. 32 kms to the mission… No cars… I started to walk, enjoying great mountain vistas… ´One hour, 40 minutes… Two pickups passed by but did not stop… I was lucky to get a ride after 2 hours walk. The road t the mission is paved untis km 15. Then it is a challenge – gravel, stones, streams to pass.
St Xavier on the other side of the range is worth to see. In the empty stome church you will see 3 altars taken here in the 18th century on the mules…
I was lucky to get the ride back – it took me 1.5 hour, and in the afternoon I wanted to take an onward bus north. Bus arrived, but they announced that it is broken. Only 6 pax inside – I think they wanted to save fuel… Next bus arrived 2 hours later and I went again throuth the nice coastal scenery to Santa Rosalia…
