So tonight we stayed in ollaynta before going to machu picchu in the morning. Ollaynta doesnt exactly have a whole lot going on. But in the normal, somewhat traditional Peruvian sense, it does have a whole lot of stray dogs and cats.
The dr. Doolittle effect has continued here in south America. Tonight Megs and I were walking around the plaza in hopes to grab a snack and maybe a cerveza. You see ferrel dogs everywhere here in Peru; typically they keep to themselves and typically people pay no attention to them. It's very sad. You'll see the fighting, going through the trash, or just looking so sad and emaciated. It really makes me want to start a "save the dogs of Peru" fund and somehow find them all homes. So back to tonight: this scruffy little sweet mutt is wandering through the plaza and when Meghan and I walked by, he just decided we were good folks and followed us. Of course, my reaction and that of Megs is completely opposite. And I feel horrible for this dog as we wander for 20 minutes or so and he keeps following us. Finally we decide on a little pub and fo inside. After finishing our meal, roughly an hour to an hour and a half later, we leave. We take one step out the door and who is there? Scruffsters magoo. At this point were both so sad for him. We walk back to our hostel, scruffsters in tow, and when we go inside he pokes his head in the door. I mean reAlly dog?? Don't you have your normal stray dog spot where you sleep?? You're breaking my heart!! I tell him to go on and he leaves. We stand there for a minute and talk about this poor dog. I'm wondering if he's just waiting outside. I poke my head out the door, and there he is: curled up in a little donut roll, sound asleep 5 feet from the door. I told Meghan and myself that I couldn't leave this dog. If he was there in the morning, somehow I was helping him. I already had read that you can buy super cheap brand new cars in tacna. I could just buy one and bring him back was my thought.
Luckily, he was gone in the morning.
—la gringuitA
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