Good Friday at Custco

 Today the crew headed out on tour again but I stayed back to catch up on emails and walk around town a bit more.  



I found a great little concept store called Concepto Riaz where they feature clothes and home decor from young  local female artists.  I found a beautiful alpaca hat there as well as some fruit infused organic chocolate to bring home.   I then needed a rest so I stopped at this ice cream shop with a great view and beer for only 7 soles. 


Okay these ladies were the highlight of my day.  I saw the lady making a pink and white bracelet on my way by so I said that when it’s finished I would like to buy it and I gave her 5 soles.  I showed her a photo of Stetley and Annie as I wanted the bracelet for Stetley and wanted her to see her size.  When I came back from having a break at the ice cream shop - her son was making a bracelet for Annie too.  So sweet.  So I gave him 5 soles and then we all visited for a while and I showed them more photos of our family and the sheep and cows at Holmwood.  They were so excited looking at my photos of home. Notice their alpaca right behind them in the photo - so Max they loved your sheep and Moo’s cows too!
Tomorrow we head out on our 4 day trek of the Inca trail ending at Machu Picchu.  Pretty excited but kinda nervous as days 2-3 apparently are lots of elevation.

I will post again next Wednesday.
 Happy Easter everyone!


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