Weirdness in Huancayo

Have you ever seen the Sex and the City where Carrie runs out of ideas for her article and starts writing about socks?

¨Men as socks.

Some men are argyles.

Safe socks.

This column socks.¨

Yep, that´s where I am at right now. Four and a half months into my trip and I have astonishingly run out of things to say. Am I really that boring? Oh boy, I hope not...

So, in the spirit of posting something, ANYTHING, I dug through my old pictures and came up with some of the odder things I have witnessed in Huancayo. So sit back, enjoy and please laugh a little... for me.

Yum! One of the many restaurants in Huancayo that specializes in cooking up evil rodent (a.k.a. cuy). What makes this restaurant my favorite is that it claims the pungent taste of guinea pig is ¨¡El Nuevo Sabor que Une!¨ or ¨The New Flavor that Unites!¨ and then it shows a poor little cuy serving up, hot and fresh, one of his brothers just for you and me. Such sacrifice!


Peru´s other national animal (besides cuy) is the llama. In fact, llamas are so loved that someone decided to take the time to sculpt one out of a pineapple while apparently on the job at a local fruit smoothy place. Very artistic.

Rabbits though... not so much loved in Peru. If Thumper dies just put him in a black bag and throw him on the sidewalk. Someone else will take care of him.

If seeing dead bunny on the sidewalk disturbs you, you can simply go to the local movie theater and order some Porn Corn. It comes with Combos 1, 2, and 3. Luckily with Combo 4 you actually get Pop Corn although I´m really not sure what the difference is since every time I go I can´t help but order Porn Corn. It really is the best you know.

Café Obama is also a good place to go. Think this is one of those, ¨If you build it, he will come¨ kind of things?

Best comb over ever... enough said.

Multi-session polygamy??? Totally cool here...

... but creepy mannequins, so not cool. These things are all over the place. I am pretty sure they come alive at night and eat children.

Okay, so this billboard is actually in Lima not Huancayo but it´s still equally obscure and awesome. It says, ¨The cows will change the city.¨ Gotta love that... but who does Lima think they are? Chicago!?! Everyone know we have the best city changing cows in the world. Done and done.

And back to Huancayo, where we have parades nearly every day. This one showcases the dangers of driving in our fine fine city.

About a year ago a mall was built in Huancayo and for the first time many Huancainos were presented with the challenge of an escalator. So let me just put this out there: I am a mean, mean gringo. This is know. But trust me, it is somewhat entertaining to watch the Huancainos attempt to navigate the escalators. In the video above I am rooting for the woman in the blue top so keep your eye on her.

... and woman in blue top finally makes it on. See Huancainos always succeed.