We are on a two day, one night tour. The tour was to go to the canyon called Colca Canyon. We got up early and ate breakfast. The tour guide came at 8:00, her name was Dina. When we were driving we learned the difference between llamas and alpacas. The llamas have their tail upward and the alpacas have their tail downward (and the llamas have much less fun). The town that we are staying in is called Chivay.
Chivay is up in the mountains where the hot springs came out. We were going to the hot springs in the afternoon. We fiddled around in our hotel room, dad took a nap, mom was reading and Meghan and I were playing. Finally, it was time.
We took our bathing suits and a towel. Everybody in our tour was coming. We all took the bus up to where the water came out. Our guide gave us a tour of the place. Dina showed us where the water came out. The water smelled like rotten eggs, I mean H-O-R-R-I-B-L-E! It smelled so bad that I called it the smelly boiling water. We went to the last pool. It was shaped like a circle and it had an arch that said Chivay.
My feet were burning when I put them in. You get used to it after a little while. We met a family that spoke no spanish and were going to walk down into the canyon. That night we went to a special dinner and people were dancing and you also got to dance if they picked you. The dancers were a man and a woman and there was a band. After the dancers had finished their dance, they would go around asking someone to dance. The woman came over to our table and asked dad if he wanted to dance and he said 'yes'. I couldn't belive my ears, daddy dancing?
When he got on the dance floor, the woman gave him a skirt, a cape and a hat. He danced around in a circle as more people joined the group. When it was over, he took off his outfit and sat back down. And, if I ever see him dress like a woman again I would call him a weirdo.
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