I have spent the week examining the photographs, looking for patterns, looking for meaning. I have found out what I can about rock art in Peru, in South America, in Mexico and Easter Island. I have researched the history of coastal Peru, the iconography of Chavin, the Moche, the Wari and the Inca. Finally I check out what studies have already been made at Cochineros, and ask Mayra over for a summit meeting.
She arrives with a bagful of makis and picarones to follow, and I open a bottle of Montesierpe. We take them onto the patio.
The sun is sinking into the sea off Barranco …