The drive to Sucre would have been pretty uneventful if we hadn't made an unscheduled stop when we came across a load of vehicles parked by the side of the highway. It turned out there was some sort of tribal/village gathering going on so we decided to investigate.
The music was accompanied by people dressed in various costumes and masks, doing a sort of circular procession.
The first thing we noticed was several people carry large pieces of wood about.
We think there was some sort of wood/ladder market going on.
Next we heard some interesting sounding music and decided to investigate. It was pretty weird being very obviously the only non-locals around but people didn't seem to mind us wandering about, taking photos, even if we had a lot of eyes on us.
The music was accompanied by people dressed in various costumes and masks, doing a sort of circular procession.
We watched this for a bit but then got distracted by a violent looking thunderstorm kicking off over the nearby mountains. The storm was pretty obviously coming our way so we decided to make our way through the stalls and head back to the van.
As the wind started picking up we realised we had perhaps misjudged the distance back and were forced to break into a sprint once the incredibly large and painful hailstones started to fall! In the chaos and with locals scattering everywhere we managed to get back to the safety of the van where we could watch the lightshow happening around us.
Later, once we had begun driving again, even though this was a very short downpour, we saw how the previously dry riverbeds and drainage ditches were now rushing with water. You could really get a feel for how disruptive the rainy season would be.
