Llama Legs in Chivay, Peru
We’ve spent a lot of time on buses in South America. And I love it. I love traveling by bus. Usually we get on a modern, long distance bus with cushy, reclining seats. We pack a bunch of snacks, healthy ones like fruit and nuts and sit back to enjoy the ride.
I love starring out the window, and to me, there is no tire of the passing scenery. So much of the southern part of South America is desert landscape and the space to me felt like an endless expanse ready to swallow me up and I was ready for it. Some travelers I talked to tired of the same passing landscape, yet I see an ever changing landscape, if even going from tiny scrub brush to bigger scrub brush. Similar to areas in Western Australia, we have always loved these big open spaces.
This was the drive to Chivay on our way to hike in the second biggest canyon in the world. Chivay may have been one of the cleanest, cutest little towns we went to and the drive there was indicative of the town vibe. If you ever get a chance to go, it’s worth the effort. Here is what we saw…
Then back on the bus to continue winding down to the town of Chivay.
What a nice welcome archway.
Chivay seemed to love cute archways and we had lunch under this one.
Look at that street! Not one piece of trash anywhere.
This just seemed like the happiest town ever.
Nice statues.
A well constructed bridge we walked over…
…so we could get a view of this tidy little town…until…
…we found a llama leg in the path.
We all laughed a little and didn’t think too much about it.
We climbed this old lookout tower.
Then we started to wonder if this town could be like town from the comedy Hot Fuzz, where in this fictional movie every year the town of Sandford tries to uphold the perfect image of itself while competing for ‘Village of the Year’ but underneath there was a lot of shady business.
We got to check out these old huts.
We all kept walking around thinking of what a nice little town this was and then…
– we found another llama leg!
Could this be a coincidence or was there something else going on behind the scenes here?
We did find a body-less Jesus.
Our conclusion finally amounted to this was nothing more than a town full of hard working people, growing crops like all these different varieties of potatoes.
We lined up for the bus.
Loaded up and headed off to Cabanaconde.
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Nice post with a bit of a different twist. A bus ride would be a great time to regroup and reflect without having any actual down time and Chivay looks like it was the perfect destination.
On this trip, traveling by bus has been (mostly) great. There are usually nice, comfy seats and we get to look out the window, drift off to sleep, read books and not have all the stress of driving. We would still like very much to travel here with our own car, yet there are always two sides of every coin and South America is a great place to travel by bus.
Nice clean little town that does make one wonder! I don’t think I’d agree with the light pole repair. Presto viola? And WHAT was with the llama legs?
Hey, that light pole wasn’t going anywhere. It was sturdy – I pushed on it. I don’t what the deal was with those llama legs, that’s why it was so random and funny to find two. I guess in that town, you only need to worry if you are a llama. 😉
….so that’s where I left all my llama legs… I wondered where I left them. Would it be too much to go back and pick them up for me?….jk. 🙂 Cool clean village!
Haha. Thanks. We were curious if we had more time to walk around, would we have kept finding more llama legs? And they were so clean, not all bloody or anything. I guess the clean cut legs goes well with the theme of the town.
In the one picture, you look like you’re freezing; Chris looks completely normal. What do you think was with the random llama legs?
I was freezing in that picture. Chris handles the cold so much better. Maybe there was a herder was walking back from checking on his llamas, some of them got eaten, all that were left were these legs and he put them back in a bag to bring home for his dogs. But along the way, some of the legs fell out. We have no idea.
WHAT?!!?! A herder bringing some uneaten fresh legs back for his dogs but they fell out?!?!? I would think an alien invasion experiment gone wrong with the transporter beam or the Peruvian Inca Mafia leaving warnings to other llamas not to kick anyone. The legs fell out bringing them home for herd dogs, this is where I throw my head back and laugh: HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!!!
This was such a humorous post! Its no wonder this lovely town has a happy face etched into rock, Cant stop laughing as I scroll through the pictures, Tiff you would never know you are a resident of VT with how cold you look, LOL! Thanks for another amazing look into the life of a vagabond!
Oh it was cold. It’s amazing how tiring getting on and off a bus can be with those extreme temperature changes. And I wear double pants so much of the year in Vermont…I just never tell anyone. 😉
We in Vermont are now ANXIOUSLY awaiting the return of Ranger ‘Double Pants’ Tiffany!
Haha…thanks! I am so pleased to report the weather today upon our return is just beautiful! So, so thankful for that. If I would have made a bet, I definitely would have lost: at this moment I am only wearing one pair of pants. 🙂