Another parade....this one was on World AIDS Awareness Day. It even came complete with a giant condom. I wonder how many US cities had a parade for AIDS day and how many giant condoms were a part of them :-).
This picture was taken in the courtyard of the Museo Santuarios Andinos, where the mummy Juanita is housed. We were waiting for our tour to begin and I was trying to get a shot of Grant (see him in the background) and the lady walked through. It was perfect. If you haven't heard of Juanita, here's a link: http://www.frommers.com/destinations/arequipa/2881010012.html. Here's another link with a picture: http://www.fortunecity.com/millennium/lilac/3/juanita.htmJuanita was pretty amazing and so is the story. Evidently when she was first discovered in 1995, President Clinton commented that she looked so good, if he weren't married he'd date her. He was trying to be funny, but evidently the Peruvians didn't think it was too funny, they called it tasteless.
Dogs, dogs, everywhere. This was the largest group of dogs I saw, but there were dogs everywhere---mostly alone or in pairs. They were "street" dogs, without a home. I tried to give some of them attention, but they weren't at all interested. They totally ignored me. They were in survival mode. This group of dogs looked pretty healthy, but I saw some that just looked pitiful. It was pretty hard to see for a dog lover. Grant said he talked to some of his Peruvian friends about spaying and neutering and they thought that was totally inhumane.
Pollo a la brassa---Peruvians love it and it is good. It is so popular that every little city has one and the big cities have one on every corner.
Evidently Peruvian men love to have clean shoes. Everywhere you go there are shoe shiners. Grant said he was once asked if he wanted his shoes shined and he was wearing flip flops :-).
Dogs, dogs, everywhere. This was the largest group of dogs I saw, but there were dogs everywhere---mostly alone or in pairs. They were "street" dogs, without a home. I tried to give some of them attention, but they weren't at all interested. They totally ignored me. They were in survival mode. This group of dogs looked pretty healthy, but I saw some that just looked pitiful. It was pretty hard to see for a dog lover. Grant said he talked to some of his Peruvian friends about spaying and neutering and they thought that was totally inhumane.
Pollo a la brassa---Peruvians love it and it is good. It is so popular that every little city has one and the big cities have one on every corner.
Evidently Peruvian men love to have clean shoes. Everywhere you go there are shoe shiners. Grant said he was once asked if he wanted his shoes shined and he was wearing flip flops :-).
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