We got a reccommendation from the Ozzie barman in Lima to go and visit some friends of his who owned a guinea pig farm. It was a bit random but fun to se them all running around their pens and even funnier when we went to a restaurant afterwards and ordered them to eat- guinea pig is a speciality here. There wasnt really anything special about it apart from the novelty. It comes out deep fried- the whole thing, head, feet, internal organs and all. The skin is really leathery and still hairy and unsuprisingly, there isn´t much meat on it.
We reached our destination Mancora late last night. After, MUCH debate we finally agreed on a hostel and then after MUCH more debate we finally agreed to move hostels this morning. Group dynamics can be tricky. The new place is great. We are staying in a beach hut. This town is the business. Its a real beachy, surfy town where we are going to balm out for a few days and Im finally going to get to wear shorts. After that Ive no plan. I really need to read up on the Lonely Planet to figure out my next move.
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i can't beleive you ate deep fried guinea pig, they're so cute! I thought you didn't really like meat? I saw one on a travel show once and the guy eating it looked like he would be sick, but he had to eat it, it was his job, you have no such excuse! What next? Sheep's eyeballs?
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