5/22 potatoes

In the town near Puca Pucara and Tambo Machay, all of the buildings are adobe brick construction with thatched roofs and animals are allowed to roam free. There were dogs all over the place (there are a lot of dogs even in Cusco; some people think there are more than 4,500). There were also pigs, chickens, sheep, and goats wandering around. There were also piles of straw that had potatoes laying on them. Later we learned that people did that to make the potatoes swell up a little bit and to make them easier to cook later.