Saucy Weekend

There was a long weekend so we decided to go on a family holiday with the other CUSO family to a place called Sauce. It is only about an hour and half journey with a small ferry ride in the middle. When I heard we were going to cross the river on a ferry I didn't expect BCFerries standards, however, I was a little shocked to find that the ferry was three boats connected with plywood. 

I'm not a religious person but I was definitely saying a prayer as we puttered across.

It was well worth the journey because Sauce was absolutely beautiful. We stayed at an Air B&B that was located on Laguna Azul. It didn't take Max and Spencer long to find there way into the water. 

Max and Tala loved finding shells to toss in the water. 

Kristi was busy finishing a paper so we decided to get out and give her some quiet time. Rubén brought us to the local mudbaths. 

We thought Max was going to love covering himself in mud, as that is pretty much what he does on a daily basis, but the mud was like tar and made everyone look like swamp creatures. We may have traumatized him for life! Tala was not a fan either. SI tried to put a little on my face so he could see it was just mud, that was okay.  

Then we had him watch Spencer cover himself from head to toe... Nope! "No mud monsters" was repeated several times while we were there. 

After being pressure washed clean Spencer was as good as new, and really feeling refreshed. Maybe there really were some awesome minerals in the black mud. 

The house we stayed at had a couple of Kayaks. Max enjoyed sitting in one for a very short time... Enough to snap a quick photo, but was not ready to go for a real paddle. Spencer snd Rubén took the kayaks down to the other end of the lake to fish, but had no luck. 

The next day the boys were still determined to catch some fish so we hired the guy from the B&B to take us out in his boat. 

He took us to a recreational area on the lake with a beach. Kristi and I decided we would rather hang out there than fish.

Max went for his first horseback ride. I thought he would be apprehensive, but he was enthusiastic and told me that he didn't need me to hang on to him, which made me sad... And proud!

We had the beach all to ourselves. 

After a nice swim Max and Tala played in the dirt while Kristi and I ate fried plantains and drank a beer. It was glorious! 

The boys returned after about an hour with no fish so we ordered some from the restaurant and just pretended. 

Just before leaving we experienced the highlight of Peru so far... Sloth snuggles!!!!

Max was not interested in being hugged by a sloth but did enjoy the foot race he challenged him to. 

At dinner that night we had a visitor show up unannounced. Earlier that day she had actually broken-in and eaten all of it bananas. The creatures at this house were quite cheeky... Rubén and Kristi had the sound of mating bats to pull them to sleep, Kristi found a frog in the toilet, And some strange little land crabs snuck in for a visit. 

I'm getting used to the creature encounters and am actually beginning to enjoy MOST of them. 

It was a wonderful weekend away and I hope to return before the year is up.