{"id":72,"date":"2014-01-21T11:14:18","date_gmt":"2014-01-21T10:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.surfingtheplanet.com\/en\/?p=72"},"modified":"2024-04-16T19:05:02","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T17:05:02","slug":"living-in-a-quechua-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.surfingtheplanet.com\/en\/living-in-a-quechua-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Living in a Quechua community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The best things in your travels always occur, when you<strong> leave the beaten path<\/strong>, when you <strong>don\u2019t know what to expect<\/strong> to happen. It was always the same for us in our round the world trip. These are the moments, which always give you unforgettable and<strong> unique experience<\/strong>. When we were <strong>Cusco,<\/strong> apart from Machu Picchu and other Inca ruins, we wanted to see how <strong>Quechua communities<\/strong> live their life between the Andes. Most people in Peru have Quechua origins, but the majority of them were Hispanicized and only small part of these people live as their ancestors. In Cusco we were hosted by Willy (a local Couchsurfer) who really cares about the history of Quechua people, he speaks their language and he can share many stories and legends with you.<\/p>\n<p>When we told him our intention, he recommended us to go to <strong>Patacancha<\/strong>, a small community in the Andes, just a few hours from <strong>Ollantaytambo, one of the famous Inca villages<\/strong>. We knew from Willy that public transport is available only a couple of times per week, so we would probably have to find our own way to get there.<\/p>\n<p>In Ollantaytambo, after<strong> buying<\/strong> some sugar, bread and fruit as <strong>present for the people in the community<\/strong>, we looked around asking for transport. There wasn\u2019t any public transport that day, only local taxis offering you a trip for fees that we could not permit. So what to do then? We asked a local policeman, and he told us that in just a few minutes a <strong>car from the local council<\/strong> would go up there, as they <strong>go once in a month to bring food and medicine<\/strong> to the small communities. We asked for a lift and naturally offered help in the delivery of the boxes. Unbelievable, but it seemed that we arrived on the perfect day!<\/p>\n<p>We got on the jeep, and quickly left civilization behind, as we started to climb the steep dirt roads, which were in awful conditions. After an hour and a half, we arrived in <strong>Huilloc<\/strong>, the first community on the road. There was already a van there with the doctor from Ollantaytambo who was also on his monthly visit. What we saw there, it really blew us away! <strong>All the women<\/strong> (not a single man) and children of the tribe were waiting there, all <strong>dressed in their typical, colorful traditional clothes<\/strong>. Looking at all these people in these bright colors gave us an indescribably delightful sensation. You can see people wearing these clothes in Cusco and other places for the tourists, but here they really still wear them as part of their local tradition.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-297\" title=\"Quechua women waiting in Huilloc\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2014\/01\/Quechua-women-waiting-in-Huilloc.jpg?strip=all\" alt=\"Quechua women waiting in Huilloc\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Quechua-women-waiting-in-Huilloc.jpg?strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Quechua-women-waiting-in-Huilloc-300x200.jpg?strip=all 300w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Quechua-women-waiting-in-Huilloc.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=100 100w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Quechua-women-waiting-in-Huilloc.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=200 200w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Quechua-women-waiting-in-Huilloc.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=400 400w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Quechua-women-waiting-in-Huilloc.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=500 500w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Quechua-women-waiting-in-Huilloc.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=600 600w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Quechua-women-waiting-in-Huilloc.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=700 700w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Quechua-women-waiting-in-Huilloc.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=800 800w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Quechua-women-waiting-in-Huilloc.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=900 900w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Quechua-women-waiting-in-Huilloc.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=450 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><br \/>\nWhile we were helping there, most of the kids came to us, while the mothers stayed in their place, although many of them smiled at us. We took a lot of pictures, especially with the <strong>children who were really interested in our camera<\/strong>, all of them wanted to appear in some of the shots. We laughed a lot with them, though we had to use gestures to communicate, because these kids (like most of the people in these tribes) <strong>speak only a couple of words in Spanish, they only speak the local Quechua language<\/strong>. There was a group of little girls, who were especially friendly with us, they let us held them in our arms and smiled at us the whole time.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-293\" title=\"Playing with little Quechua girls\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2014\/01\/Playing-with-little-Quechua-girls.jpg?strip=all\" alt=\"Playing with little Quechua girls\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Playing-with-little-Quechua-girls.jpg?strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Playing-with-little-Quechua-girls-300x200.jpg?strip=all 300w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Playing-with-little-Quechua-girls.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=100 100w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Playing-with-little-Quechua-girls.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=200 200w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Playing-with-little-Quechua-girls.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=400 400w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Playing-with-little-Quechua-girls.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=500 500w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Playing-with-little-Quechua-girls.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=600 600w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Playing-with-little-Quechua-girls.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=700 700w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Playing-with-little-Quechua-girls.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=800 800w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Playing-with-little-Quechua-girls.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=900 900w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Playing-with-little-Quechua-girls.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=450 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><br \/>\nThe women were just patiently waiting for their turn to get their portion of milk and flour, talking among each other and some of them making clothes of wool. They don\u2019t buy any raw material <strong>for their clothes<\/strong>, but <strong>use animal skin and natural dyes<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-295\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2014\/01\/Quechua-woman-making-clothes-from-wool.jpg?strip=all\" alt=\"Quechua woman making clothes from wool\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Quechua-woman-making-clothes-from-wool.jpg?strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Quechua-woman-making-clothes-from-wool-300x200.jpg?strip=all 300w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Quechua-woman-making-clothes-from-wool.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=100 100w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Quechua-woman-making-clothes-from-wool.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=200 200w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Quechua-woman-making-clothes-from-wool.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=400 400w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Quechua-woman-making-clothes-from-wool.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=500 500w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Quechua-woman-making-clothes-from-wool.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=600 600w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Quechua-woman-making-clothes-from-wool.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=700 700w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Quechua-woman-making-clothes-from-wool.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=800 800w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Quechua-woman-making-clothes-from-wool.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=900 900w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Quechua-woman-making-clothes-from-wool.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=450 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><br \/>\nWe had some time then to have a chat with the local doctor, who explained us that these communities are really poor. As the <strong>weather conditions are rather harsh here<\/strong> (high altitude, cold temperature and little sunshine), they can basically cultivate potatoes and herd sheep. We were so impressed by seeing these people in the 21st century living so isolated from the rest of the civilization, keeping their language, local costumes and clothing!<br \/>\nHaving left Huilloc, it took a couple of hours to get to <strong>Patacancha<\/strong>. When we arrived, we didn\u2019t see anyone around, but soon appeared Juan, who was some kind of a local chief. After helping with the<strong> delivery of the boxes of milk and flour<\/strong>, Juan took us to his place. He is one of the few people in the community who speaks really good Spanish.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-288\" title=\"Food delivery for the Quechua\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2014\/01\/Food-delivery-for-the-Quechua.jpg?strip=all\" alt=\"Food delivery for the Quechua\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Food-delivery-for-the-Quechua.jpg?strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Food-delivery-for-the-Quechua-300x200.jpg?strip=all 300w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Food-delivery-for-the-Quechua.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=100 100w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Food-delivery-for-the-Quechua.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=200 200w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Food-delivery-for-the-Quechua.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=400 400w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Food-delivery-for-the-Quechua.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=500 500w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Food-delivery-for-the-Quechua.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=600 600w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Food-delivery-for-the-Quechua.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=700 700w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Food-delivery-for-the-Quechua.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=800 800w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Food-delivery-for-the-Quechua.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=900 900w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Food-delivery-for-the-Quechua.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=450 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><br \/>\nJuan, his wife, Elena and three children live in a house built by him. Before, Juan and Elena lived in a much smaller house, in which everything was in the same room. In one part there was the fireplace, and on the other side there were the beds and under the beds place for the animals (dogs and guinea pigs). Juan referred to this time as \u201cour life in a family with our animals\u201d. When his first son, Alberto, was born, they started to build a bigger house just next to it. Now there former house serves as only kitchen, where we spent many hours cooking near the fire.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-287\" title=\"Cooking with a family in Patacancha\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2014\/01\/Cooking-with-a-family-in-Patacancha.jpg?strip=all\" alt=\"Cooking with a family in Patacancha\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Cooking-with-a-family-in-Patacancha.jpg?strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Cooking-with-a-family-in-Patacancha-300x200.jpg?strip=all 300w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Cooking-with-a-family-in-Patacancha.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=100 100w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Cooking-with-a-family-in-Patacancha.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=200 200w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Cooking-with-a-family-in-Patacancha.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=400 400w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Cooking-with-a-family-in-Patacancha.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=500 500w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Cooking-with-a-family-in-Patacancha.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=600 600w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Cooking-with-a-family-in-Patacancha.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=700 700w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Cooking-with-a-family-in-Patacancha.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=800 800w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Cooking-with-a-family-in-Patacancha.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=900 900w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Cooking-with-a-family-in-Patacancha.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=450 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><br \/>\nWe needed many blankets, as<strong> the nights are crazily cold up there<\/strong>. It really made us feel puzzled to see that in spite of the cold, they don\u2019t wear socks or stockings. Even the smallest <strong>children have their skin burnt on their face because of the cold so as the skin on their feet. We felt some shame for them, but it is their local culture, and we have to respect it.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-289\" title=\"Little Quechua girl in Huilloc\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2014\/01\/Little-Quechua-girl-in-Huilloc.jpg?strip=all\" alt=\"Little Quechua girl in Huilloc\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Little-Quechua-girl-in-Huilloc.jpg?strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Little-Quechua-girl-in-Huilloc-768x512.jpg?strip=all 768w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Little-Quechua-girl-in-Huilloc-300x200.jpg?strip=all 300w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Little-Quechua-girl-in-Huilloc.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=100 100w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Little-Quechua-girl-in-Huilloc.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=200 200w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Little-Quechua-girl-in-Huilloc.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=400 400w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Little-Quechua-girl-in-Huilloc.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=500 500w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Little-Quechua-girl-in-Huilloc.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=600 600w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Little-Quechua-girl-in-Huilloc.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=700 700w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Little-Quechua-girl-in-Huilloc.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=900 900w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Little-Quechua-girl-in-Huilloc.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=450 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><br \/>\nWe had a really marvelous time with the family. When we arrived, Juan was alone at home, as the rest of the family was out in the mountains herding their sheep and cows. We went to look for them to the other end of the village, and we also looked around a bit. The eldest brother Alberto (who also spoke Spanish), a really smart kid, was much more mature than you would expect from a boy of his age. He cooked without help, while he took care of his little brother and sister at the same time. We<\/strong><strong> prepared a delicious potato soup with vegetables<\/strong>, and the hot dish gave us a lot of satisfaction in the cold of the night.<\/p>\n<p>During these days we could also get some insight into the life of the community. Alberto and Juan <strong>explained things about their daily routine<\/strong>, for example the rules for the clothes they have to wear (different colors have different meanings) or what they study at school (mainly practical things). During those days<strong> there was a huge argument in the community<\/strong>, since two youngsters had escaped a few days ago from the tribe and they had an accident. The mothers were shouting between each other, blaming the other for the things that happened. They had an everlasting gathering in which tried to do justice, without too much success as we heard.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the time we spent in Patacancha, we had the chance to participate in all kinds of activities done by the locals, while we were dressed in their beautiful clothes. We <strong>helped in the selection of the all sorts of potatoes<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-294\" title=\"Potato selection in Patacancha\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2014\/01\/Potato-selection-in-Patacancha.jpg?strip=all\" alt=\"Potato selection in Patacancha\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Potato-selection-in-Patacancha.jpg?strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Potato-selection-in-Patacancha-300x200.jpg?strip=all 300w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Potato-selection-in-Patacancha.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=100 100w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Potato-selection-in-Patacancha.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=200 200w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Potato-selection-in-Patacancha.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=400 400w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Potato-selection-in-Patacancha.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=500 500w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Potato-selection-in-Patacancha.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=600 600w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Potato-selection-in-Patacancha.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=700 700w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Potato-selection-in-Patacancha.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=800 800w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Potato-selection-in-Patacancha.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=900 900w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Potato-selection-in-Patacancha.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=450 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><br \/>\nThere are really many kinds, which differ in shape and color, and they cut them differently and use them for different purposes. We have never seen so many different types of potatoes! We also <strong>helped in herding sheep<\/strong>. Rachele, being the main shepherd, almost lost a part of the pack, as the sheep escaped uphill. Elena just arrived in time to get them back, and we laughed a lot at the incident.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-298\" title=\"The newest shepherd of Patacancha\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2014\/01\/The-newest-shepherd-of-Patacancha.jpg?strip=all\" alt=\"The newest shepherd of Patacancha\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/The-newest-shepherd-of-Patacancha.jpg?strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/The-newest-shepherd-of-Patacancha-300x200.jpg?strip=all 300w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/The-newest-shepherd-of-Patacancha.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=100 100w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/The-newest-shepherd-of-Patacancha.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=200 200w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/The-newest-shepherd-of-Patacancha.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=400 400w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/The-newest-shepherd-of-Patacancha.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=500 500w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/The-newest-shepherd-of-Patacancha.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=600 600w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/The-newest-shepherd-of-Patacancha.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=700 700w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/The-newest-shepherd-of-Patacancha.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=800 800w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/The-newest-shepherd-of-Patacancha.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=900 900w, https:\/\/cdn.surfingtheplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/The-newest-shepherd-of-Patacancha.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=450 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><br \/>\nThe rest of the time we played with the kids, Madaline, the little girl was especially fond of G\u00e1bor. 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