36 years ago in Cuzco Peru... we went to a small church and found ourselves in the middle of an Inca festival which consisted of a bunch of very drunk Indians running around wearing masks, very old masks, of what appeared to be conquistadors. And they were shooting off guns as well as fireworks. Very scary. Then, same week we were trying to find someone who knew someone who knew someone and found ourselves in a suburb (not like here - more barrio) and ended up in a little museum full of mummies.... row after row of mummies in fetal position. Very creepy. Then we went to Macha Pichu where my husband developed strep throat. Came back, got him a shot and a flight out of town and in the air port a crazy french guy runs up and starts yelling at us that Nixon resigned. Very odd week at 10,000 feet.
I had a similar weird experience in a small Inca village.
The people there had formed a sort of ‘cargo cult’ which worshipped Bo Derek.
Somehow the village had acquired her film “10”. They showed every Sunday in the local plaza while older natives tried to decipher her khipu dreadlocks.
Rioting occured when the film finally broke and the local Shining Path battalion was called in to regain control.
Strange sights do indeed occur when you stay at over 10,000 feet for any length of time.
“Came back, got him a shot and a flight out of town and in the air port a crazy french guy runs up and starts yelling at us that Nixon resigned. Very odd week at 10,000 feet.”
I had a run-in with a bunch of crazy Frenchmen at 11,000 feet in Nepal. They were yelling at us too.
Interesting account!
Be glad Michael Douglas wasn’t there complaining that the Doobie Bros broke up. ;’)