Maddie's birthday and Lunahuana.

Celebrating Madeline's 11th birthday with Auntie Ana Maria and a bit of the "rent a crowd"  to assist on the happy birthday at
the Puro Peru buffet restaurant in Barranco  run by my childhood mate Hardy Angeles, awesome  food
and magnificent service. Thank you Hardy.

Maddie and I could not believe the passion shown  by the waiters and even the cooks during the happy birthday singing.

Madeline impressing the locals with her bubbles making skills .

Louise and Madeline arriving at her birthday party at Joaquin and Tania's  house in Chorrillos.
Thank you so much guys for lending us your house and your effort .

Maddie enjoying her birthday party.

Playing the chocolate game. Controlling these kids was much harder than what i expected .

Louise doing the mummy  model game.

Happy Birthday Princess.

The day after Maddie's 11th birthday she was allowed to do her first pole dancing at the Barranco's  Grau
fire station.

What can i say!

Fruit market at Canete south of Lima.

Sopa Seca.
Madeline reckons that it was better than spaghetti bolognese  and so do I.
Sopa seca  it's originally from Chincha which was near the town of Lunahuana south of Lima .
Chincha it's probably one of the most cosmopolitan places in Peru where the black africans, indigenous Peruvians,
Italians, Chinese and Spanish mix not only their races but their cuisine and this is just the evidence.

Tamales and pan frances for breakfast for everyone.
Tamales are made of ground corn mix with pork, spices and egg wrap in banana leaves and steamed.
It's served with bread and  red onions marinated in oil, lime juices ,salt and pepper.

Pacay
It's a fruit originally from the central coasts of Peru and some parts of Bolivia. Looks like a giant Green bean
but it tastes like guava, it's texture it's cotton like, moist with sweet nectar.

At Lunahuana with the party crew.

At the entrance of Reyna de Lunahuana vineyard where they make pisco and wine since 1863.

 

Stepping on the grapes to make wine the old way. I tasted the wine not a bad drop but just hoping they washed
their feet well before it.

Making Pisco.
Pisco it's a colourless or yellowish to amber coloured  grape brandy it  has been made in this region since the 16th century from local grapes by the Spanish settlers .

Wooden wine barrels if you were in Europe, North America or Australia.
But it's probably the local clay that gives it that distinctive aroma.
 

Time goes really slow around here..................

Same as above.

Do you need any more proof!!!!!............

The remains of an old church. We asked the locals about who build it but nobody knows the history of this old church.

Maddy was blown away that nobody knew the history of this old church.

They do white water rafting for the tourists. So we didn`t do it cause we are travellers not tourists.

Coming home from the fields

These guys ride around the streets selling fresh baked bread.

That evening happened to be the celebration day of San Jose. San Jose is the patron saint of the Town. There was a procession and band travelling past outside our accommodation. We made a small donation so they hung around, played some music and gave us their blessing. 

It was Milly`s birthday Celebration on Sunday. Jaime spent hours looking for the perfect bunch of flowers.  The only place he could buy them was from the local cemetery.  The least we could do was supply a little music from a challenged IPOD.

This Peruvian Scorpion was found in Madeline`s bed when she turned down the sheets.  She slept in my bed that night.