You may have a horseshoe craze going on in India! Alison I wondered if you knew that your Gravatar does not link back to your blog. Just thought you might want to change that. Thanks for the tip, Sue. I think I just fixed the issue. I am looking forward to getting caught up on old posts and reading your countless adventures to come. Happy to help Alison. We took a week away from the blog so again my gratitude to you for letting me know.
Great post and great photos. This is one of the many great parts to pedaling around the Peruvian back roads. I enjoyed learning and seeing the Sapo game, Sue. I spent sev. How very fun! This was the only one we saw as well or that I noticed. Ah, sapo and chicha, what a combination.
You are bringing back vague and foggy memories. We were certain the frog actually jumped backwards once just to avoid swallowing our coin. Oh I am so excited to have someone have not only seen the Sapo game but to have played it! Jumping frogs you say! That must happen after several chichas. I got talked into being on a bowling league once, and I feel quite certain that those who pleaded with me to join wished they could plead with me to leave. I am thinking that my Sapo skills would rank up there with yours Sue.
And maybe you remember me describing my dexterity with darts. And maybe drink corn beer. I do remember those darts! I think your strategy sounds like a good one. The Youngest Son bought several kicking shuttlecocks in Vietnam to bring home but I think the skill required to actually play it was more than he was interested in mastering. Sounds like a cracker. Well here is another one I have not heard of. Kicking shuttlecocks? We only saw the Sapo game once. I wonder if it a dying sport? It looks a bit like a skinny shuttlecock and the object is to keep it in the air with your feet like hacky sack.
Wow it sounds even harder than hacks sack which I find impossible anyway! Thanks for the explanation. I love that your friend bought a game and carried it on his bike. Jeff to be fair it was just the metal pieces, not as though he had the wood slats strapped to his back, although that would have been photo worthy.
I will have to ask if he took up brewing corn beer. Like you might expect fermented corn to taste in my opinion but others thought it quite good. We play a similar game at work.
Next, you throw the ball toward the wastebasket. If it misses and lands on the floor, you win. Now that is a great souvenir to bring back. He really did a good job of it. Great memory reminder. What a great legend behind this game! I can see the gold pieces sparkling on Lake Titicaca — magical photo. Thanks so much. I love that photo too. It is taken on the remote island Taquile. Really a step back in time. It is a classic game in Argentina too! Thank you so kindly for letting me know Aquileana.
You are the first reader to have seen it outside of Peru! So did you ingest any corn beer to improve your aim and if so, was it successful or was it the cause of crowd muttering and arm rubbing? Sounds like fun, but most bar games are! All aiming issues can only be blamed on my not so incredible hand eye coordination.
Good on Jim, looks pretty good. Thanks for the info Annie. I have certainly learned there ate a lot of games played internationally! I want one of these!
This looks like so much fun. Fascinating, I love participating in local culture, especially when it involves in sharing a few beers. What fun! I wonder if some of the games in arcades that involve rolling or flicking coins trying to get them into various holes got their idea from this! I love that Jim has his own, he can hold Sapo Frog parties now. Indah I should have been clearer in the post that Jim just booth the metal prices and the wood he got at home.
So not too much of a load. Oh, and your friend Jim is a genius at carpentry for building that Sapo stand! Looks great! I agree Lia that I think Jim is brilliant for thinking to buy the metal pieces while we were there. Then the construction at home looks like a perfect match.
I have Sapo envy to be sure. Now i have often seen Italian men playing cards when we have been in Italy but i had no idea the cards were different! You have certainly taught me something Lia. As always we so appreciate your enthusiastic and thoughtful comments. Like getting a hug all the way from NYC. Thanks Sue: indeed hugs are coming straight your way! Ps: I found a photo of the Neapolitan cards online.
Can you open this link? How interesting. You gotta wonder who made this game up. And how it made its way to the bar scene. And corn beer. Never underestimate the power of a human to make something with alcohol in it to drink! I thought coconuts was a bad idea, but at least it tastes sweet, and not like…corn. Love the photo on Lake Titicaca smirk. I took a number of photos of that arch, not one turned out well. I like the composition in yours.
Thanks for the kind words about the photo Badfish. I think it was just the right time of day to be honest. An acquired taste I think. Right time of day is one of the photographers secrets for good photos! Yeah, I believe all legends. There must be some truth to them all. Then snowballed somehow into pubs?? I just have this thing about wondering who did something the first time…like drink kopi luwak or gold frogs.
Looks the game of SAPO is quite interesting but not easy though to play…yes, each place has its won set of games evolved over the years and more intriguing to know the history behind the games, some genesis behind the game really hooks us. As usual another fascinating travel story…you keep churning out and we keep getting entertained. Have a lovely weekend. Actually it was our friend who was the clever one. I now have Sapo game envy as I see the photo of the party game in his backyard.
Each one of these holes has a corresponding point total. I do it by kind of letting the coin spin off my finger like a Frisbee. My wife, however, lets the coin slide off her hand without any spin. Today, you find Sapo games all over provincial Peru.
I find the game really relaxing. My wife and I usually just take turns awarding a point for whoever gets the highest score per round and then continuing until somebody has 10 victories.
I, and especially my Peruvian wife who misses her home obviously , am really excited about bringing this little corner of Peru to my American doorstep. Who knows? What is the history of the search for the lost cities or Paititi in Peru? What is the origin of Pima cotton? Where can we find organic cotton and with great qualities? What is the origin of quinoa? What are the properties of quinoa? What is the origin of the Peruvian flag? What is the origin of the word Peru? What places inspired Ernest Hemingway masterpiece?
Where can we find hairless dogs?
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