Chinchero

4/10/09

Well!
Safe to say i woke up feeling like death and sooooo tired!!
Didnt bother showering i was so tired!
Sara came over, we grabbed some fruit and directions from Ninoska then headed to the plaza
We both got money out then went to mcdonalds for breakfast and to break up our big notes
We got a taxi to this place where you can get shared taxis to various local towns
then we got a taxi...crampt...to Chinchero
We walked through the narrow cobbled streets till we found the main street
We blagged our way past the guards with out of date bolleta touristicos and walked on to the church
we bought fingerpuppets and the girls told us mass was at 11.....it was half9!!
soooo
we wnet SHOPPING!!
got some incredible bargains and by playing the we live here and we are volunteers so we can afford gringo prices we got alot of money off
im not sure where im going to out my presents for people now
might have to buy a huge handbag to carry them all as handluggage in!!

At almost 11 we found ourselves seats in the church
the mass was very catholic although the priest was alot more agressive with his sermon than mine
both sara and i really enjoyed mass
it was an interesting experience
after mass the priest sprayed everyone with holy water....lots of it...got very wet

outisde i bought an icecream outisde and we did a bit more shopping
then we got a taxi home to the plaza

bumped into another volunteer from saras school who was handing out leaflets for a british restaurant
we headed there for lunch
it was insane!!!
it had all english food...heinz beans, salad cream, marmite, everything!!
even scones and jam and banoffee pie and roast dinners on sundays!!!

yum!!!

I almost cried with happyness....sara was quite shocked...and offered to take a photo!! haha
ended up having a jacket pot with cheese and imported beans! yes!

got a atxi home in the pouring rain...stupid rainy season
laid out all my souvenirs.....have faaaar to much
they are amazing though and i have more presents to get for people.....so if you want something say now!!!!

bed! tiredness!

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Part of trip: South America

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