Sunday 27 October 2024

Alpacas and sunsets

I think that the jetlag and altitude is catching up with me, but fortunately we had a relaxing free day today.

However, about ten minutes walk from our hotel was Mundo Alpacas, which I am translating as Alpaca World. 

We got to see the alpacas and llamas close up and then fed them alfalfa which is grown in the local fields.

They belong to the camelid animal family which includes camels (obviously). In Peru there are alpacas, llamas and vicĂșnas. I am not an expert on them yet, and so far my understanding is that llamas are the biggest, alpacas are in the middle and vicuña are the smallest.

Then we had a bit of a lazy day before heading into the beautiful town square to watch the sunset over the incredible buildings.


Then we tried the local cocktail, pisco sour, and enjoyed the atmosphere and a very popular local dance troup.

Ps, it's seems that the local people are mostly very short so I can easily see over all of their heads.


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