Brouhaha

After getting lost in a maze of plastic shoes, Christmas decorations, meat and (new) underwear on our first day at the market: we returned the next day to find the witches section which (ha!) we had heard about.



Success! (Witch in Spanish is bruja- hence the title)

There were piles of herbs, pigs face (the yellow gourd type thing on the left) cactus, a taxidermed monkey, and little vials of tiny shiny things for good luck. No pointy black hats.

We also saw one in La Paz, but that one seemed more tourist driven and this one more sincere.

Also! Super old balcony that is apparently the longest in Peru, potentially South America. It is either 64 or 67m long. (conflicting information) We read about it so we went to see what the brouhaha was all about.


Bizarrely empty building. Impressively long balcony. That is Myrie standing at the end. If you feel like mathing it up, Myrie is 5'4" so you can calculate how long the balcony is and decide for yourself if it is actually impressively long. At the very least, a 400 year old balcony has a somewhat impressive age... As old as some witches?

Location:Chiclayo