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Originally posted by TimT
[B]Ron, did you have Cuy while you were in Peru? Aji de galina is most excellent!!!
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I got as far as thinking to e-mailing you but not much further.
returned early last week.
The formality of a tour group left exploring around out. We hit the biggest areas in 2 third world countries. The remoteness of the high Andes made some the towns exotic in a big way, although it did throw me when I saw a villager's home w/ 15 guinea pigs inside the living room, dirt floors, and massive stone walls between rooms. In the middle of this screaming poverty was a well organized and peaceful population. Maybe it was the local hang out that posted itself as "LA Bar and Video" "girls available weekends and Thursday night" that relaxed all the males. I took a pic.
Bride ordered some guina pig local dishes to rock some of the middle America crowd. I went for the Alpaca steaks 4x dinner. Good food.
We stayed at the most $ around right up to the joint outside the entrance of Machu Picchu that runs $950/day.
One lunch was w/dancers, band, and performing horses. It happened on a private ranch for the 37 of us only. The owner has a big name from heritage to business to politics. He ships some horses to compete and beat Spain's best on their home court. It was great.
Made a new friend of the midnight pilot during the Galapagos part. He's a native of one of the islands we toured and was in the Eq navy. Everybody sleeps between 12-4am but me and the crew. It didn't take long to connect. It took all of 3min for him to become hysterical laughing to his co-pilot that this guy isn't a tourist. I may be going back again solo next yr to scuba with the natives only.. cool.
I'm copying all your info.
I make plans then announce to friends "I'm booked. Wanna go?"