Our day at Machu Picchu ended with a train ride to Ollantaytambo and a bus ride to Cusco. But on the way we had what Melissa described as a Bollywood moment –when a normal scene suddenly erupts into song and dance and just as quickly all goes back to normal again.

While on the train — and chatting with some lovely people who work in Antarctica “on the ice” — suddenly the lights came up and a man dressed as a Peruvian clown, carrying a stuffed baby llama, began dancing down the isle, tickling or maybe threatening people with the llama! After his dance we were treated to an alpaca fashion show! Two of the train attendants took turns strolling down the isle in beautiful alpaca wool clothes, to the sounds of Abba and others. It was alternatively hysterical and delightful! A totally unexpected experience.

What was even more fun was watching a parallel universe unfold as the same show (with different models but the same clothes) was unfolding at exactly the same time in the car in front of ours. It was so bizarre! Then just a quickly it was over…clothes folded and brought down the isle for sale and then back to normal, as we had not just witnessed a fashion show on the train from Aguas Calliente to Ollantaytambo.

So today, Sunday, we are spending a free day exploring Cusco before flying to Puno tomorrow morning. Then we will spend three days at the worlds highest lake, Lake Titicaca.

We have all been so taken by the stars in the Southern Hemisphere that I cannot even begin to imagine the star show we will receive at Lake Titicaca.  Everything here is so beautiful and experiences are heightened by the subtle and not so subtle energies running through this country.

More soon…(forgive typos! typing on a spnish keyboard…can{t find all the signs and symbols!)