Home Sweet Home

Our last honeymoon stop was the Candelaria fest in Puno....enjoy the colorful pics....





Back in Cajamarca. No more looking for a bed, where to eat, carrying the big backpack, or wearing dirty socks. Aw, the comfort of home.

Our backpacking honeymoon was eye-opening, adventurous and anything but a relaxing trip. None the less, I feel re-energized and happy to be home after amazing experiences and traveling the long, bumpy mountain roads of southern Peru and Bolivia.

Our last day was spent in Puno for the big Candelaria festivities. It was colorful, musical and fun. Costumes with all the colors of the rainbow and devils dancing in the street with girls in short skirts. We didn't do as much dancing in the street as I was expecting, but that leaves more energy for this weekend - Carnaval in Cajamarca! I was pleasantly surprised to find out the carnaval activities will end this coming Monday, that means less time to get wet by water balloons and more time to get back into the groove of daily life and work. I was dreading a full month of water balloon dodging.

We came home to more flowers in our front lawn and a big pitbull, Magnolia, our new watchdog. Magnolia makes a good pair to Sexy, they run back and forth in front of our house barking at anything that moves. The inside of our house was a bit of a disaster when we came home, dry flowers, presents and other remains of a lovely time with family during the wedding. We didn't waste time and started cleaning immediately. With little time we will be back in the groove.

Thanks for traveling with us and staying up on the blog with the few postings I could manage this past month.

Paz ~ Nora