After we returned to the hotel we were given a demonstartion by a group of women who were skilled in the art of Peruvian weaving (with Alpaka and sheep’s wool) using traditional, non-chemical colors. This particular group had been financed by a National Geographic grant and were also doing a fine job at selling their wares.
Carol got a lesson on how to do it from the experts.
This was turning out to be a busy morning. It was now around noon. Time for lunch - a barbeque of beef hearts, river trout, corn and tamales, washed down with coca tea. Yes, coca is what you think it is - one of the raw ingredients of cocaine. Chewing coca leaves and drinking coca tea is common in Peru and provides all sorts of health benefits that the deriviative product doesn’t. Don’t try importing it to the US.
But wait. There’s more.