Cajabamba Again

The painter, waiting for his bus.The spot. Hugo painted up this dry hill, with absolutely nothing else around, except beauty.

Vicki and her clan (aka family), our company throughout the week.

We are back from Cajabamba, from the 2nd annual Open Air Painting Competition. It was a little different experience this year, compared to last. We traveled with Vicki and her family, which meant lots of time with 7-14 yr. olds. We stayed in her cousin's living room, in a tent. The road outside was noisy, and despite having electricity, we did not have a bathroom. Just a hole in the ground.

The competition itself was different this year. The artist were more spread out. I ended up hiking 4 hours to only see less than a dozen artists at work. Last year Hugo and I walked around the town of Cajabamba and saw close to 3 dozen artists.

Prizes were given out the last day and one of Hugo's fellow Cajamarcan artist (and good friend) won. Hugo didn't win a monetary prize, but his work was selected in the top 50 (out of 350) to be exhibited in an exposition in Lima.

We are now back at home, happy to have a bathroom, but not happy to still be without electricity. This week we will start looking for an apartment in town, WITH ELECTRICITY!