coca museum, puno: not actually about coca
Posted by Joel's secretary at 14 Jun 2008 and is filed under uncategorized 
Puno's Coca Museum bills itself as "Peru's only museum dedicated to the rich history and varied uses of the coca plant."
inside, a visitor will find a gauntlet of garishly dressed mannequins with frightening faces.
maybe it's a recreation of the effects of the coca leaf? like those drunk driving simulators with the crazy goggles and golf carts?
every once in a while there's a glass case with a diorama or cultural artifact. this one contains a "lucky midget" who brings money, candy, and coca. also a frog.
all in all, the best Peruvian museum i've been to so far.
inside, a visitor will find a gauntlet of garishly dressed mannequins with frightening faces.
maybe it's a recreation of the effects of the coca leaf? like those drunk driving simulators with the crazy goggles and golf carts?
every once in a while there's a glass case with a diorama or cultural artifact. this one contains a "lucky midget" who brings money, candy, and coca. also a frog.
all in all, the best Peruvian museum i've been to so far.
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