2009-04-29

On the llama

Sometimes the best way to get over one's fears is to confront them directly. Cedric's longstanding trepidation about llamas, not to mention alpacas, has led us to Lima, Peru.

That and the little gnome's love of salsa dancing, pisco sours and the general hustle and bustle of urban South America.

We have not yet spotted one of the four-legged woolly creatures that give Cedric the night sweats. But I have assured the small one, we most certainly soon will...

5 comments:

Lily said...

hm. and when does Cedric get to make the you confront YOUR fears? just sayin'.... what does the IO fear?

Woodsy said...

Hola Cedric, muchas cariƱos...

coyote said...

The IO fears nothing. Except extremely large arachnids, bad pizza and Don Cherry.

Jen G said...

now those are rational fears - at least, the bad pizza and the Don Cherry ones - as for arachnids, large and small, I say: judge not

The Independent Observer said...

Actually, Coyote, you can add fog to the list of things I fear, as it has (temporarily?) prevented Cedric from flying to Cusco, where the llamas await.

I have also come to tremble at the sound of classic western pop songs made into torch numbers, which seems to be a Peruvian specialty. You haven´t really heard (and probably don´t want to experience) The Rolling Stones´ ¨She´s So Cold¨ until you have taken in the lilting lounge version.