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On Plaza Mayor in Lima
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Intricately carved balconies on Plaza Mayor in Lima
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A quipu on display at the Museum of the Central Reserve Bank in Lima
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Plaque on the quipu
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A Tabla (a visual family history) at the Museum of the Central Reserve Bank in Lima
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Plaque on the tabla
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Carved gourd at the Museum of the Central Reserve Bank in Lima
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Carved gourd at the Museum of the Central Reserve Bank in Lima
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In the crazy line to catch the dedicated bus to Mistura (huge food festival in Lima)
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Guy selling churros that looked like little air filters to people standing in line for the bus
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A cool ice cream trike on the streets of Lima
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Entering Mistura under the giant inflatable fork
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Our first dish at Mistura, Ocopa (slices of potato topped with a nutty, creamy sauce, hard-boiled eggs and olives)
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Folk dancers at Mistura
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Performers at Mistura
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Peruvian craft beer (brewed with quinoa!)
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Folk dancers parading through Mistura
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Parade of dancers and musicians at Mistura
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Parade of dancers and musicians at Mistura
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Dropping loops of dough into the oil to make picarones
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Retrieving cooked picarones from the frier with a long pointed stick
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Retrieving cooked picarones from the frier with a long pointed stick
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Pouring sweet syrup over the freshly-fried Picarones
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Dancers on stage at Mistura, with each song/dance celebrating some aspect of Peruvian food
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Dancers using kitchen utensils as percussion on the main stage at Mistura
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Dancers using kitchen utensils as percussion on the main stage at Mistura
