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Published: November 23rd 2006
School
The gates of the school get locked when the children enter...a little harshWe started our Spanish Course on Monday, so far so good. I now know how to tell the hotel receptionist that the shower is freezing!
After each day learning spanish we have homework. Great, just when you think your getting away from that kind of stuff...
The course is organised by a non profit organisation here in Cusco (Los Amegos Spanish School). The money raised by the school helps underprivalaged families and children in and around Cusco. Following our course today, one of the former students of the school (Juan Carlos) , who has now progressed through school as a result of this process, took us on a tour of his City of Cusco.
This was not a tour of the typical tourist hotspots and sights. We went into the heart of the poor areas of Cusco. We visited a local school, where there are up to 50 pupils in a class. We Visited a small company that makes adobe´s (mud bricks for building houses), whos employees get paid ´the equiv to US$3 per day. Then we went to a Chiceria (Chicha is an Incan brew made from corn).This was followed by a visit to a the home
Football
Double games lesson! The building in the background has been funded by the Spanish School. of Gladis, who is another pupil of the spanish school.
I have to say the tour of the city was stark and revealing. The contrast between the tourist areas of Cusco and the outskirts of the City are huge. I expected it to some degree but to see it first have is somthing else...
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mike
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dos cerveza por favor...
Thats about the extent of my spanish. I think nic should be doing the cha-cha on a chu-chu whilst drinking her chi-cha. much more challenging. good pictures, and a nice "anthropologist with a heart" slant to the journal so far. keep it up.