the beach

Well, I did a little more investigating and it turns out that in Chachapoyas they celebrate Carnaval in just the same way as they do here. The page I found said, "People go from house to house, bothering people and getting them wet, painting everyone's faces blue. And no one gets mad because it's Carnaval!" We figured not the best weekend to go out and about exploring. Some other time. :( So it's a beach vacation for us! We're going to find some affordable beach front bungalows with a pool, and a restaurant, so we don't have to enter (un)civilization for the whole weekend!