Today was a really amazing day. I first went to Occoruro, where we conducted surveys for ProWorld. While it was a pretty easy job, considering all of the questions were already written down for us, there were definitely some complications. The first person we surveyed was a lady whom Lalo told us was known as the crazy lady. Truth be told, surveying her was really hard. She spoke to us in a mixture of Quechua and Spanish, and also mumbled the same sentence ten times throughout the survey. However, the next couple of people were really easy to talk to. The last person we talked to was Benito, a 75 year old man. While we talked to him, we were a little confused by his responses, since he responded yes to every question we asked, even when two questions were complete opposites. Only after we told us did we realize that he only spoke Quechua. At this point, we talked to Lalo and had him interview Benito, since Lalo is fluent in Quechua as well as Spanish.
After work, we had a group lunch at El Paisa, the best place to get ceviche in Cuzco. For those of you who aren’t familiar with ceviche, it consists of raw seafood marinated in a sauce of lemon juice and spices. This is the way they “cook” the seafood. Before you make a judgment on ceviche, let me tell you that it was amazing. I found the texture of the food to be really pleasing, and the taste of the sauce was really intense and flavorful. I also got the spicy version, which was great. The sauce that the seafood is marinated in is called leche de tigre, literally translated as tiger’s milk (no, there isn’t any tiger’s milk actually present). Thanks to a great experience, I will definitely visit El Paisa at least once more before I leave Cuzco.
After lunch, we relaxed for a while at the office before returning to the house. I then talked with Luis for a while before having dinner and then going out to some of the clubs in Cuzco for a belated birthday celebration. Today, I tried the Macchu Picchu (three layered drink with orange juice, grenadine, and mint tequila), a Maracuya Sour (passion fruit juice and tequila), and a Pisco Sour (the national drink of Peru, described earlier in the blog). I also got to try a flaming shot, which isn’t as crazy as it sounds. From there, we danced and partied at Inka Team, one of the best clubs in Cuzco. I really enjoyed it, as they played great music and had a vibrant and full dance floor. After a long and fun night, we returned to our house.
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