We went duck hunting....with no gun....and no ducks...

Today was quite an exciting day. We planned a duck hunting trip in Lucre, a small town in the sacred valley known for their duck restaurants and duck hunting. Originally we had been planning to have a picnic with Natalie, our TEFL trainer in the sacred valley. When we went to talk to her about these plans, we learned that they had changed, and now we were going duck hunting, camo gear and all (well Natalie had camo gear). We met and grabbed a taxi to Lucre, about an hour outside of Cusco. When we arrived in Lucre, I learned that we had no gun, and really had no intention of duck hunting at all, but rather were going to embark on an adventure in the latest, and MOST extreme of all of the extreme sports: EXTREME IRONING. Yes, you heard me. We arrived in Lucre with ironing board and iron in hand, preceded to walk down a deserted road towards the lake in which we were going to extreme iron.

Well, we didn’t make it to the lake, but we did find some rocky mountains to extreme iron. We also stumbled upon some amazing, apparently previously unknown to tourists, Inkan ruins. It was quite amazing. So we extreme ironed a bit and then began our walk back. We even had some donkey extreme ironing. It was quite a cool town, and by the time we were done extreme ironing, we were very hungry and tired. So, since we had come to hunt duck, we went duck hunting. In a restaurant. Where we ordered different duck dishes and relaxed. It was quite a relaxing afternoon. We had some dessert, played with a cute baby, and headed back to Cusco. All in all, a nice afternoon with some beautiful views, exciting adventures, and delicious duck.

I have to say, I am now pro duck hunting