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  1. Senoeth
    June 10, 2012

    Great article.  Was showing the roasted guinea pig to my daughter (the animal lover) and her reply was “Yuck.”  LOL.  I enjoyed reading about Tipon especially.  Love the waters and how they separate and why.  Definitely a must see if I get down that way one day.  Thanks for such wonderful articles and descriptions. 
     

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    • 1dad1kid
      June 12, 2012

      Thank you! I love that it is fairly hidden from the typical tourist track, too. It is a special place. Please let your daughter know cuy tastes just like quail. LOL

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  2. Jack and Jill Travel The World
    January 2, 2011

    Thanks for the post. I’m going to bookmark this for our trip to Peru this year (ugh, gotta get used to saying ‘this year’ as opposed to ‘next year’). Would you say that Tipon is worth the drive?

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    • Anonymous
      January 2, 2011

      I said this month to my earlier and then realized it’s now January and I meant December. Writing the new year on all my patient notes is going to be interesting. Always is. LOL

      I would say it is, but it really depends on what are your interests. The town is very small so it’s a nice experience after being in Cusco. The ruins are so different from the others I had been to that I found it to be interesting. I liked that you could touch the water, walk around and among the ruins with very little “no entrance” ropes, walk on paths where you could see Incan pottery fragments, etc. But it is also a pretty small site. If I remember correctly it’s only about 50-60 km from Cusco, so not a bad drive/ride at all. I would’ve enjoyed having more time to go into more of the town as well. What I saw was quite picturesque, felt much more relaxed, and really was a better way to see “typical” life outside of a larger city in Peru. And if you want to try cuy, or have it again, everyone I asked in Cusco said to go to Tipon. I’m not too proud to confess that was the main reason I wanted to go there. 😀

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  3. Dan Thompson
    January 2, 2011

    LOL Our guide in Cusco got a big kick out of the whole ‘sexy woman’ thing. I think it was her favorite joke!

    Dan

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    • Anonymous
      January 2, 2011

      LOL I bet! But it IS a great way to remember the name if you don’t speak the language.

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      • Kana
        June 13, 2011

        My boyfriend renamed couple things too. There is this pastry called Alfajor, he renamed it alpha wh**e, and the Huancayna sauce he renamed it as One Hiena. Now we have a new one, Sexy Woman, haha.

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      • Anonymous
        June 13, 2011

        Isn’t it fun coming up with your own names? I can’t take credit for Sexy Woman, but it sure does hell people remember the name. Some stuff gets renamed by my son, like bisgetti instead of spaghetti. Then I had to crack up because on a recent trip we took they actually call spaghetti bisguetti!

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