Blogs from Huancayo, Junin, Peru, South America - page 5

ok, so to continue from where i left off- i take the combi back to the volunteer residence, where i live with the co-ordinators of mosoq ayllu, patty and juan jose, and their two kids, little juan jose and galilea. galilea may be one of the cutest, most rambunctios kids ever. she often runs around screaming for no reason, and can often be found draging the kitten around by the neck. (the kitten is surprisingly good about this, and rarely bites/scratches her). I then take my spanish lesson, which is 2 hours, and is pretty much invaluable to me in my life in peru. then lunch, another combi ride, and im at coto coto. i have spent a lot more time in coto coto than i have in ladrierra this trip. coto coto is an orphinage, ... read more

I read the news today oh boy... Actually I didn´t-- i have no idea whats happening in north america right now. I´m really just assuming it still exists, so there are still people to read this thing. So I figured we should right a little bit about what we do all week. From Andrea´s perspective: 8-10 is spanish lessons-- they´re coming along quite nicely. Don´t expect me to be reading Don Quixote in the original spanish (or even in english) any time soon, but I did mangage to direct a taxi driver today. baby steps. And if you need the time told in spanish, I´m your girl. 10-2 is spent working in Coto Coto, which is the orphanage for kids up to age 6. In the mornings, its just the little ones who aren´t at school, ... read more

So I made it back today from the High Jungle........ I was actually sad to leave, it was so beautiful! Unfortunately the night before we left (we had to leave at 5:30 in the morning) I got pretty sick- I was up all night puking......the risks of travel. I did feel a bit better in the morning though and better as the day went on, despite the bumpy ride. On the way we stopped at the highest point of the the mountain pass and visited a small community living in very harsh conditions. But they live the way theay always have for centuries barely touched by modernisation. It was about a 5 hour trip to a small town in the jungle(the nearest city was La Merced) and we ate lunch there with a family who were ... read more

Sorry, I got kicked off the internet there. Anyways heres´s some pictures from my trip so far. I cant put up too many it takes way too long. I´ll have alot of spare time this week so I´ll probably be posting everyday! Chao!... read more

Gestern morgen haben wir noch darueber gesprochen und am Nachmittag, als wir im Internetcafé bezahlen wollten, stellte sich heraus, dass Christians 5-Soles-Stueck Falschgeld war! Der Typ erklaerte uns noch, woran man es erkennen koennte. 5-Soles (1,25 Euro) sind hier sehr viel Geld. Nur selten kann man damit bezahlen, weil die Leute nicht wechseln koennen. Hier braucht man nur 1- oder 0,5-Soles-Muenzen. Wir dachten dann, dass wir das Geldstueck woanders schnell wieder loswerden. Unter unserem Balkon ist ein kleines Geschaeft mit einer verpeilten Omi. Doch sie hat es auch sofort bemerkt und uns gebeten das Wasser mit anderem Geld zu bezahlen... Am Abend war die Disco doch kein Teenie-Schuppen. Wir waren aber schon um halb acht da! Das war der Hammer. Und um 9h war die Bude voll! Im Eintrittspreis war pro "Paar" eine Karaffe Bier oder ... read more