Day 21

Blog Sunday, July 14th  

 
This morning was our first real "grasse matinée!" It felt good to not wake up at 7 am for once. This afternoon, we really wanted to explore the mountains and decided to trek to a nice waterfall with our wonderful guide Aleo (poor guy, we make him go to the most random places). However, when we got to the village near the hiking trail, we could barely find a place to have lunch. The only food that we found was a bit sketchy. Stefanie found many hairs in her soup and in Charles’ soup too. And let’s say the chicken was not the best chicken we ate AND the whole plate was cold. When we finally were ready to hike, we came across a huge scary dog that wouldn't stop barking. You have to understand that the dogs in Peru are not at all like dogs in Canada. They are most probably are all infected by some kind of disease and are used to not being fed so they are more aggressive and are ready to eat anything that moves – especially white people, as Laura is convinced*. Although Charles was having fun with the dogs, we were all scared. Stefanie was even walking with rocks in her hand so she could scare the dogs if she had to. Throughout the whole hike, we had some interesting meetings. Apart from the many dogs, we came across some cows, sheep and even some huge donkeys! We also took a few pictures with random CUTIE-PIE KIDS that we encountered on the road. We all loved the trekking for the dreamlike view that we had of the mountain but we were happy to take a shower afterwards.

-Sophie and Karol

* SIDE NOTE: As we are writing this, Laura is concentrated on Subway Surf, the most exciting game that was ever created on the surface of this planet. I am reading everything out loud and when I said that the dogs liked especially white people, she shouted “IT’S TRUE” in the most serious voice ever. So, she really believes this fact, which perfectly explains her behavior around dogs.