Monday, August 26, 2013

Huanuco - Segunda Vez


We just got back this morning from our visit to Huanuco!

We left at 9am on Friday morning and arrived at 7pm that evening - a long long bus ride! Fortunately, we had the awesome seats right up front, so we got the full panoramic view during the trip to do some sight-seeing. We literally experienced all of the seasons in 8 hours - we had the sun blasting in the window, then there was rain, then there was snow, back to rain, back to sun. It was a crazy ride, but we arrived in one piece.

We had a full weekend of visiting with the Herrera Family! Friday night, we went to dinner with Orlando, Tonio, Vanesa, and Henry. Saturday, we drove up to Huacora and visited with Virgilio's brother, Antonio. Saturday evening, we had a meeting with the whole gang - Orlando, Carolina, Tonio, Yimi, Yulissa, Eynor, Karen, Wilfredo, Virgilio, Rolie, Nelly, Orlando's mom, and Henry. Sunday, we spent all day at Orlando's house eating, exploring, and churching.

**Here I am with Antonio in Huacora. I was super excited to get to visit a second time, but unfortunately there was no view as it was foggy all day. However, we still had a blast. We tried picante de cuy and tokosh. Both were surprisingly good. Cuy is guinea pig and the meat had a surprisingly rich flavor to it. It is quite the delicacy in Peru. Last time I visited, they had the little guys running around the kitchen (the warmest building), but not this time. And I tried tokosh last time I was here, but not a sweetened version, so it was a pleasant surprise to eat it and not be grossed out. Tokosh is made from fermented potatoes, these happened to have been chilling since January, so about 8 months old. Yum...or something!**


**These are pictures from Orlando's place in Huancachupa. On our way down the hill from Huacora we stopped to buy some trout and then we ate fried trout for breakfast. Oh man, it was so tasty! They raise pigs, so we got to play with them - those little ones run and squeal like nobody's business. Karen was able to snatch up a resting and unspecting victim so we could take a picture with one. I don't think he will be scarred for life.**



**Eynor was our tour guide as we wandered around the hill behind their house to search for some ruins. We found some! Wilfredo was saying they were probably adobe. Cool that there is still part of it standing! **


**Also, the Herrera's have 2 white sheep, 1 black sheep, 1 ram, and 1 goat. They do drink the goat's milk, but not regularly.**










Sunday night, it decided to start raining cats and dogs, which made trekking down the hill from Orlando's quite interesting. Most of the road is very rough, then there is a part that is smoothed out, but all of it is dirt and rocks. Though a bit terrifying, we made it safely down the hill.

We left Huanuco at 10pm and arrived in Lima at 6am. I should probably take a nap soon as I only slept for 4 hours off and on.

~nos vemos~


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