a very Andean moment

On Saturday afternoon, I sat inside a small restaurant, sipping my mate de coca after a basic Peruvian meal, and I glance out the front door to see a woman walk by. She is dressed in traditional, brightly-colored Andean clothing and clutches a short rope with her llama in tow. Only the tail end of the llama remained in sight when it hit me that this vision was real, not just one of those photos or videos you see in school documenting the mystical and far-far-away land of the Incas.

Yeah, this place is pretty cool.