This past weekend has been a good one for finally exploring a bit more. Let me break it down for ya´ll. Friday: After class myself and two fellow students caught a taxi to Tipon (a town about a half hour outside cusco) for a little Peruvian delicacy. Remember Polka Dot Door? Remember their pet G.P.? Well, I ate him! We walk into this dive (in isn´t really the right word because its more out than in) and the transaction goes like this ¨How many plates?¨ ¨Three, please¨ ¨Small, med, or large?¨ ¨All small¨ ¨With heads or without?¨ ¨One with, two without¨ It was that easy. You got it, I ate a guinea pig. Mine was a headless one but it still looked like the animal (quartered) with its claws intact and the little ribbies inside. A
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