Charlie and the Mariachis

Since leaving Nazca Alberto´s fame as Charlie Garcia has abruptly stopped. No more stares, no more shouts of "Hey Charlie" on the streets and no more jokes about his ressemblance to the Argentinian rockstar. Even though Alberto had been a bit pissed off about the many admirers at first, I now had the impression that he was missing his fame and the jokes and conversations that accompanied it. We were also wondering if Arequipeños don´t know Charlie Garcia, don´t notice the likeness or just don´t bother enough to voice it...

Yesterday night when walking back to the hostel after a yummy late night dinner I decided to check if our usual internet cafe was still open and if so look up some information about the Colca Canyon, tours to the Manu reserve and maybe write a couple of emails. Alberto offered to accompany me. When we reached the internet cafe we saw that it was still open but that the staff was having a party, music drinks and a band of Mariachi included. The girl who usually works there waved us in and when we stepped in to see if the intrenet was still working one of the Mariachis shouted "Hey, Charlie Garcia" and everybody started laughing and asking for a song! But I guess the ones who laughed most where Charlie, oups, Alberto and me! Just when we had given up on Charlie he had been saved by a Mariachi ;-)