Day 43

This is pretty much what the beach looked like on Friday, although you can't see that there was sand to lay out on. This kid is fishing with only a piece of string wound around a piece of cardboard. We got up pretty early, got some coffee, and then went to the beach. We got one good hour of sun and about 3 hours of fog/cloudiness. We took a nice walk along the beach, though, and saw some crabs and a cave. We ended up giving up on the beach, but as soon as we packed up our umbrella the sun came back out. Of course. We left anyway, showered at the hotel and then went into town. We went to a chicken place on the Plaza de Armas in Barranca. It's a little controversial to eat chicken or beef during Semana Santa, though, because Catholics believe that it signifies Christ's body. So fish prices skyrocket during Semana Santa, and we got some weird looks through the window as we ate our meat. Then we took a mototaxi around the beach -- Conce had to sit in Meredith's lap because a mototaxi really only fits two, it's tight with three, but there were four of us. Then we went to a dessert place called El Postre. Incredibly good. Meredith had tres leches, Elsa had lemon pie, Conce had something similar to rice pudding, except made with this rich syrup, and I had something similar to carrot cake without the carrots. It was all sooooooo good. Then we went back to the hotel and enjoyed the fact that there was cable. We watched the end of "Slumdog Millionaire" (Peru is shameless in its pirated films) and then "Talladega Nights," which was in English with subtitles. The two Peruvians didn't really understand the humor, but Meredith and I were laughing really hard.