Manu

Tricks and Treats
Looks like you two are ammassing a collection of tricks, riddles and games that could be of real use back here at TNS. You don't seem to have any trouble amusing yourselves on the long drives. On a more serious note, after coming back from Guatemala two weeks ago and living at pretty high altitude (7,000 ft.) I was wondering how high up in the Andes you live and have traveled and if you noticed the difference living up so high after living at about 20 feet in Maine. I also wondered about differences and similarities you find in the Peruvian culture. For example, we notice that babies are always carried by someone in Guatemala, you rarely see a baby in any situtuation except carried in a sling by the mother. Is that true in Peru? We also noticed that children play with all kinds of imaginative toys, but rarely anything manufactured. I am very curious about the cultural similarities and differences that you are experiencing.