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South America September 15th 2009

well after the party at negras ninoska and i took the kids to their music lessons (Marko plays the violin and Olenka the guitar). then i went and got my photocopy of my passport validated so i dont have to carry my passport around with me...you need id on you allll the time and i dont want my passport getting nicked i also went and pain ninoska´s electricity bill its weird here nothing is paid direct like throught the bank you have to actually go to the electricity shop thingy and pay it if i was going to rob somewhere id rob there for sure lol sooooooo much money from soooo many people paying bills spend a few hours in the evening doing english revision for olenka and markos english test very tired afterwards had an ... read more

South America » Peru » Cusco » Cusco » Cusco September 15th 2009

Well its been a while firstly i want to say how weird the houses are here!! sooooo werid!! they are all half fnished and there seems to be a weird obsession for glass all the buildings half built or not have at least one giant glass panel and weird greenhouse type roofes very strange there is alot of building work going on...especially road works if you though england was bad come here!! they spring up overnight and there are no cones...just piles of earth and rocks and things everywhere so strange driving here is a bit of an art..thankfully there are so many cars that you cant travel very fast so if you do crash you probably wont die apparently tere are lots of roadworks and stuff becuase the elections are coming up and the old ... read more

South America September 14th 2009

The BBQ at Ninoska´s sisters (Negra) was delicious, though they eat sooo much more than we do back home. i eat loads normally but they kept saying "come mas, come mas" so either ive lost my appetite or they eat mucho mucho aqui!! the food was very normal except for yams, a bigger version of sweetcorn and a cheesy sort of rice pudding. after eating the kids took me to a local park. there was the most massive slide and they all found it hilarious that i was scared. i didnt find it so funny we bought some ice creams and it was a really nice day out sooooooo hot though in the sunshine, got a little rouge lol its boiling in the suna nd freezing in the shade, very annoying we went back to Negra´s ... read more

South America September 13th 2009

We went and picked Olenka up from her sleepover then pcied upsome things for breakfast pancakes :) because its sunday santana played on the radio and reminded me of dad its funny what englishy music makes it to south america after breakfast Ninoska told me that i had hot water !!! was so excited i went to my room and to my disappointment the water was still freezing not knowing what to do i left the sink hot tap running in the hope that it would get hot to my delight it did!!! i jumped in the shower and im not joking i almost cried i was so happy i dont know why but a hot shower always makes me feel soooo much better i am happier now much happier xx off to a BBQ now ... read more

South America September 13th 2009

Mum! You would die! Sfter helping unpack the shopping..no joke like 500 oranges 3 chickens 5 pineapples etc etc...Ninoska the mum started preparing the chicken...where i saw the feet, yuck! well she didnt wash her hand, raw chicken!! she was touching everything, then cut up other food, including the fish for our lunch on the same chickeny board with the same knife, the kitchen was a mess then she did a mahussive scrub down with bleach etc and it was sparkling again made me think of you and your colour coded choping boards had a funny chat with ninoska about the role of the woman...Mrs.Alonso would be proud lol AS level soanish paid off! she was saying how she works then comes home and works again while Ruben her husband comes home and relaxes...reminded me of ... read more

South America » Peru September 12th 2009

Oh my god! walked into the kitchen to help with the unpacking of shopping and what did i see ebign prepared?! chicken feet and brains and all the insidy bits that shouldbt be in a chicken when you eat it not good!! appaently theyre "muy rico" not to me they arent x... read more

South America » Peru » Cusco » Cusco » Cusco September 12th 2009

Hello everyone!! well the flights went reasonably alright we almost didnt land in cusco due to bad weather wasnt happy but we did and its all peachy cusco is a bit of a slum but seems pretty quirky and jolly not quite recovered from the jet lag yet the family i am staying with are lovely and the kids are adorable they speak no english at all though which i a small problem the kids do ballet and violin and are sooo cute slept alright last night attempted a shower this morning! NEVER again! soooooo bloody cold never been so cold blue cold still cold now brrrrrrrrr need to buy more jumpers and socks!! feeling a bit lonely today not sure three months alone here was a good idea xxxxxxxxxxx living right next to the airport ... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Kent » Canterbury September 10th 2009

Just packed. superly duperly scared! muchly excited too flight is at 10 but wont get to cusco till around lunchtime tomorow... read more




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