Peru- Raqchi

1-09-2011

Played cards the whole way to Raqchi, made the journey fly. There was bits of residual snow along the road at times and clear lagoons too.

This was our first ever home stay. It was an amazing experience. We were divided into groups of four for each family. Our host family, Julia and Felix with their 8 year old son, Omar made us very welcome. For such a small village, only 90 people, the facilities were quite good. Nice clean room, with multiple blankets, ensuring a toasty night. New toilet and hot water in the shower, could not ask for more. They speak Quechua normally but we all managed to communicate in broken Spanish and lots of hand gestures. Helped with the cooking, more of a token effort as Julia had everything under control. Dinner was followed by us being dressed in local attire by Julia and then a prayer ceremony. Lastly music and dancing around a bonfire.




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