I love Arequipa. I know Kevin already wrote about this with his post a couple of days ago, but I think it’s worth repeating. I love Arequipa.
Here’s what we did today: walked to the ATM, ate some lunch (Peruvian Chinese), got some soft serve at the food court in the mall, walked around downtown, tried to buy some bus tickets but failed, mailed a batch of postcards, went to the grocery store and bought some groceries, went back to the hostel, played three games of pool (Kevin won), cooked and ate dinner, watched Get Smart. Not that interesting, right?
So let’s play a game. Below are some pictures we took from today. Below each picture are two captions – one written by myself and one written by Kevin. See if you can guess who wrote which caption. If you get them all right, give yourself a pat on the back. From me. Ready?
Picture 1:
Zhou is hiding behind this fire hydrant.
Fire hydrant for daschunds.
Picture 2:
A not-so-scary scarecrow.
Check out the smurf in the sunglasses in the background.
Picture 3:

For mature audiences only.
I never would have taken such an inappropriate picture.
Picture 4:
I had to get on Kevin’s shoulders for this shot.
Remnants from the Cool Runnings bar fight.
Picture 5:
“I didn’t just eat your candy bar!”
Quite possibly the cutest dog in all of Arequipa.
Picture 6:
Go Cavs!
It’s a long, cold walk to the end.
Picture 7:
I’d like to have a wooden cowboy guard my church.
Whoever built these bars didn’t realize they were trying to contain midget cowboys.
Picture 8:
Spying on a couple’s tender moments.
Spying on someone else’s tender moment.
Picture 9:
An illiterate photographer took this picture.
Doesn’t the ugly lamppost in the back kill the ambiance of the nice decorative ones?
Answers:
Picture 1: K, Z
Picture 2: Z, K
Picture 3: Z, K
Picture 4: Z, K
Picture 5: K, Z
Picture 6: K, Z
Picture 7: Z, K
Picture 8: K, Z
Picture 9: Z, K
Note: The reason that number nine has two very similar captions is not because Kevin and I think alike. It’s because when I took the picture, I told Kevin what I was going to caption it (this is before I thought of this game to replace making the effort of writing an actual post), and he almost remembered it.
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Puzzles for Postcards
Where Am I? Name the city.
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Picture of the Day: Hmmm. Something’s funny about this picture.












You’re in Hong Kong (land of roasted pork buns and wonton noodle soup). Victoria Harbor?
Right on – almost too accurate for your own good.
The blue sky makes all those pictures look amazing.
You’re on a boat!
(And you are in Hong Kong)
On a boat… almost gave credit to this just for the SNL reference. But unfortunately Alfred got you by two days.
Ah! I missed the comment on Picture 3. That was actually the one that I thought was easiest to identify! I think Kevin’s comment was issued sarcastically and secretly, he wished he had come up with your [Zhou's] caption. Made me laugh and I had to share it with a neighbor sitting nearby. Funny post.
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