Saturday, 22 December 2012

OLLANTAYTAMBO


There's a group of girls with one boy at the restaurant table. They're talking in US English. But they don't look like travellers. This has the feel of a meeting. They're discussing knitting. They belong to a charity which tours small villages and tries to fix a fair price for the local women's handiwork. There's a shop further down the road. Staffed by these same US volunteers. The shop contains attractive but expensive objects. All the material is in English. There's a book about the project which C picks up. She asks if they have it in Spanish. The girl behind the desk seems surprised by the question. She says they don't have it in Spanish.

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