Blogs from Peru, South America - page 1152

Hello all!! Following on from yesterday, when I was rudely awakened at 2.30am and failed miserably in getting back to sleep, I was extremely grumpy this morning and almost ready to commit murder when the alarm went off!! Anyway - headed off to Wawa Wasi. Andrea was back today, back to full fitness and twice as boisterous!! Photo attached as evidence!! In the morning we played a little with the toys. I had gone equipped with some cardboard and sponges all prepared for some sponge painting. Had a fuller group today. Rufina and Karina were back and also Andrea. We were back to a full compliment of 8 kids again!! No news of the little girl in Marruja and Eileen´s WW - I understand she is in quarantine for 2 weeks at home. Please continue to ... read more

After a hearty lunch of Shepards Pie in the Irish bar (not quite local food , but heh) , we left Cuzco and headed to Puno on the shore of Lake Titicaca. From here we hooked up with SAS Travel and their tour of the lake. First was the Uros Islands, floating islands made of reeds. When they got a bit soggy, another 5 " of reeds were laid on top. Even the locals boats were made of reeds. Very primitive, although they did have solar panels for their electricity, a gift from the Peruvian government! From here our boat continued to Amantani Island. We were introduced to Olga who was to be our host for the night. Her house was made of bricks held together with mud and straw, although our accommodation seemed better than ... read more

Sunday 6 November Hi Folks, Think I got my diary dates wrong for Friday and Saturday - sorry!! Anyway - here goes with the rest of my great weekend!! On Sunday morning I woke up early after a great night´s sleep to have breakfast with the others on the trip and then head off to see the amazing Nazca lines. Nazca appears to be spelt interchangeably in Peru with a ´Z´ and a ´C´. Not quite sure which is correct. Anyway, the Nazcas are an historic Peruvian culture which predated the Incas. They drew some amazing pictures in the desert area around Nazca which were only discovered in the current century. They are only visible from the air, and the Peruvians were totally unaware that they existed, so much so that they built the Pan American ... read more

ok guys, brace yourselves, cause this is yet another long entry, but the weeks when the doctors were here were pretty action packed for me. i'm not sure where to start. i suppose my first self-esteem "charla," which is kinda like a seminar is as good a place as any. Julie and I planned this little skit to display to the women of the campo (the women who live out in the middle of nowhere and work the land) that they are not their husbands' slaves and that they have to start respecting themselves if they want their husbands to respect them. (there is a big problem here with machismo) Anyways, I was playing the wife and a peruvian friend of ours was playing my husband and we were performing in front of about 25 people. ... read more

On est arrivee dans la foret amazonienne, Une communaute perdue a 5h de bateau sur le fleuve Ucayali, sans eau potable, avec un generateur d'electricite marchand a l'essence et par concequent quasiment jamais mis en route. La on est revenu a la ville la plus proche pour les vivres et l'eau. on enseigne l'anglais a tout le village tous les jours. Graeme les adultes moi les enfants. On se "lave" dans la riviere et on risque notre vie a chaque fois qu'on fait va chier dans les trous prevus a cet effet (migales, serpents et autres betes sympatiques extremement venimeuses). C'est roots. Petite annecdote : On a achete 2 poulets vivants pour les manger la bas, j'ai decide d'en tuer un il y a 2 jours. Le pere de famille m'explique comment faire a mains nues, ... read more