Quinua and the Wari Ruins…

Yesterday afternoon my fellow volunteers and I went up to a local town outside of Ayacucho called Quinua. It was the most adorable little town I’ve ever seen – exactly what you would expect an old South American town to look like! Quinua is a pottery town so there was lots to see and a lot of opportunities to shop. Unfortunately, I already have enough to bring home and couldn’t forsee getting a small child-sized terrecota statue of Jesus back to the states, so I stuck with a small llama shaped candle holder. FYI – every time you read the word “llama” from here on out, it must be pronounced “yama”. Not only is it correct pronunciation, but it is infinitely more entertaining.
We got rained out of Quinua, and by rain I mean bullet size hail, so we made our way over to some local Wari ruins. The Wari date back to before the Inca’s and while the ruins are nothing compared to Machu Picchu, it was cool to see pieces of a little known civilization.
All in all, the highlights of the day were seeing a tarantula cross the street and finding real turquoise in the ground!