Leaving Peru for Bolivia to get closer to Brazil and Rio

After a nice dinner and a warm night in Tacna, we decided to go to Bolivia, Santa Cruz to get closer to Rio

The weather looks ok on the route of flight and landing and spending the night in Bolivia would add one more country to our roster of lands visited.

We launch in the am after a rather lengthy refueling session where we had to move the plane to the fueling station called a "Pit" in the airplane language.

I was the last one to be fueled and when I launch, the weather was starting to build up over the Andes.

My expected altitude was suppose to be FL 370.

But in the climb, I saw  ISA plus 21, which for non-pilot means that the computer managing the engines, will protect them against over temp by reading the available power until the temperature goes back down to more normal temperature...This is global warming .....

Non as a pilot when you enter cloud with visible moisture and getting close to freezing temperature you have to have the engine heat on ( it is to get the inlet warm enough to avoid ice).

Doing this remove power going to the engine and since we have already a limited amount of power because of the non standard outside temperature , the climbing rate become anemic...like 300 feet per minute at FL250.....

So I called Lima Center and told them I am climbing over the Tacna VOR in clear sky and will proceed on course when I reach FL330 or 350 and a clean view of the skies and no flying in the skies.

All worked as planned and I then got direct destination to catch up lost time. The Flight plan called for 1 hour and 30 mn I ended up at 2h and 15.