Valentines Day
This not-so-special day happened to fall while we were in Chachapoyas. A local invited us to attend an event that his girlfriend was organising. The ticket was a little over $4 each and included a bottle of wine. "Why the hell not," we thought, absolutely knowing that this would promise us a quality bottle of wine. The event was a good laugh. Too-loud music (we have learnt that this is to be expected in both Central and South America), Shawn getting down on one knee to Kassandra offering a single red rose in front of a crowd of people, free make-up for Kassandra and free deodorant for Shawn, a wonderful bottle wine and some OK live musical performances.
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During our hike to the watefall we were treated to a few special sights and experiences. Beautiful butterflies, some of the most delicious bananas we have ever eaten, budgerigars (which was a very weird juxtaposition) and some freshly squeezed sugar-cane juice provided to us by a local family. After our sugar-cane juice we heard what we initially though was hike-ending thunder (and thus rain). However luckily it turned out to be a landslide happening just a few kilometers away. It was a pretty cool thing to see as it happened!
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