well it´s been a hectic first week but it´s now the weekend and I can finally catch up with everything!!! got over the altitude sickness on tuesday night, stopped falling asleep and feeling nauseous, which was lucky for me, as that night Charlotte got sick. Apparently I only got a mild form as she was properly throwing up all night long and didnt recover properly til friday!! the next day Julien got sick during the day and three others that night!! dropping like flies!! so touch wood that´s all we´ll get, the three girls who were here a few weeks ahead [View Full Entry]

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bleugh!!! altitude sickness is horrible!!! havent actually got sick yet but sure feel like i want to in the evenings!!!! also fall asleep repeatably at 8pm and could eat all day!!! never go anywhere without a bottle of water!!! so anyways, started my first placement today with streetchildren, who dont actually live in the streets, just work on them. and not in a bad way either!! was only there for three hours, got mauled with jugs when I arrived!! played with the small children and played chess with the older ones, who also attempted to teach me spanish!! sterted spanish lessons [View Full Entry]

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Hey everyone!! well after about 30 hours of travelling, airports and airplanes, I finally made it to Ayacucho yesterday 7am (local time) been pretty hectic ever since!! after breakfast, sleep and lunch we went for a walk around town, there was a festival on so people dressed up parading around the streets, spotting the gringas a mile away and hugging us on the way past!! everyones really friendly here (volunteers and locals), then we went to a bullfight at an open plaza, it was pretty crazy, the locals got all licquered up and ran in to taunt the bull, anyone could [View Full Entry]

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Leaving tomorrow!!!! Tis my last day and I have to magically shrink and squash everything into my bag so it weights 10kg..... [View Full Entry]

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