The physical experience was intense. From the smarter areas of San Blas and San Francisco, where alpaca wool clothing and woven textiles in vivid colours are sold on every corner to the food markets, where women are cutting up sheeps' heads and whole beef carcasses and selling live turkeys and dead guinea pigs for Christmas lunch, there is a harsh, grittiness in this city. … It is hard to describe the size and scale of the place. We all see so much in advance these …
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Alpaca sweaters, the Fallen Angel and a tremendous sense of …
