We stayed overnight with a local family at Magno in the Llachon community on peninsula Capachica.
Our room was in a mudbrick house with a too short doorway.
It was not heated, and the elevation is high enough that it freezes at night, but we had many layers of wool blankets to keep us warm.
We dressed in the traditional clothing for the evening, which was delightfully pink.
Kerri’s hat is beautifully embroidered with colourful pompoms.
The jacket is embroidered too, but you can’t see it in the first picture because it’s under the poncho.
The embroidered jackets and hats are only for married women.
Then we went down to help peel and chop vegetables for dinner.
This is the mother and father of the family we stayed with. We also met their 11 year old daughter. They have 3 other children.
What a great experience to stay with a family and I love that you got to wear the traditional clothing too!
It was pretty cool. We had to do the extra pictures of Kerri because the top was covered by a shawl layer. It was cool as well because the married and single people wore different clothes.
Beautiful embroidery, that must take a long time to do. That bed does not look long enough for either of you!
The beds were actually just barely long enough.