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Published: March 3rd 2008
Ok I feel I exaggerate a wee bit but seriously sunburn is the most exciting thing that has happened since what feels like forever!!! This weekends been sooo tedious! We have just been sitting around waiting for the next meal and making friendship bracelets. Mmm fun...NOT!
Last night we went to a fiesta in a village where we teach and where a few of the becarios live. We were invited to a couple of their houses and were suitably taken-aback when we realised how poor they actually are! It certaintly was uncomfortable though it makes me feel that what we are doing is all the more valuable! One of the houses was like something in a geography video about shanty towns in Rio de Janeiro. The whole family lives and sleeps in one room about as big as my kitchen, the outside walls are made from whatever must have been lying around at the time and the inside walls were covered with pots and pans nailed wherever. We were given mole, which I dont really like! It is so bizarre, like nothing you have ever tasted, like marmite which fell into nutella and festered for a while! Ugh. Apparently there
Me and Ali
Possibly...the cutest of all the becarios!are thousands of different types but I have tried 2 and not liked either so Im going to go for a hate it!
Out of interest (random fact) my favorite Mexican food so far is tacos al pastor, I dont know who first thought it up, but lamb and pinapple with several spices and what not is an AMAZING combination! I dont know why they dont have it in Chiquito! Losers! Another strange Mexican culinary tradition is to have at least 3 carbs with every meal, "hmm.." you might think, "shall I have chips, rice, bread or tortillas?" No problem, have them all!! Its so fattening!!
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