Lunch in Tipón

The Huasao trip did not end just like that. Before returning to Cusco we hopped on a minibus to Tipón, the region's cuy capital. Cuy, as you might guess from the first picture, is the Spanish word for guinea pig; a cuyería, in turn, serves fresh roasted cuyes. We figured we might as well give it a try while we are here, and it made for a great outing (beats sitting in a freezing classroom for four hours).















Jeanie aka Shimmy, Timo, and Libia, playing the sapo game while waiting for lunch to be served.







There's the sapo. Beneath him is a drawer with several compartments, each giving a certain number of points to whoever tosses a metal disk into it.






What does it taste like? Honestly, a lot like chicken.