Penultimate Peru Photo Post: Chinchero Village

[sabotabby]

In an effort to get back into some semblance of a routine and strike something off my to-do list, I'm going to finish posting the photos from Peru. Today's instalment is Chinchero Village, where families in a cooperative keep the traditional techniques of dyeing and weaving alpaca wool alive, to some degree for the entertainment of tourists, but also because it's the thing that keeps the economy alive.

All pictures of people were taken with their permission.


I think this is my favourite picture that I took in Peru and I'm probably unreasonably proud of it.










Okay, yes, this one is a bit sad. There was a cage of guinea pigs. Their fate is much harsher than that of the alpacas.

Comments

[fidget]

I'm just starting to get caught up on DW, and:

1. Your pictures are gorgeous. All of them. Also, llamas are always A-OK and A+.

2. I'm really, really sorry about your friend. He sounds like one of the good ones. I hope you're holding up, although it's an almost impossible task.

[sabotabby]

1. Thank you! I actually don't get along with llamas well (alpacas more so; much better temper) but they are awfully photogenic.

2. He was. I'm—I wouldn't say I'm holding up as such, but I have enough experience with the grieving process that I'm self-aware, if that makes sense? Which is to say I can at this point anticipate what's going to set me off, which is better than the last few days when I've burst out crying at the supermarket. It's going to all go to shit next week when I walk into the school and get my keys back and my keychain is this pink poo emoji that he gave me that always makes me laugh and always sets the kids at ease, and it'll all go to shit tomorrow when we have the wake. And I'm mainly wishing that the entire universe had a face and I could punch it, because there is fuck-all that anyone could have done and the only reason why he's dead is that sometimes amazing people are born with defective meatsacks, and there is no meaning to anything, so you might as well punch the universe. Except you can't.