I've had another GREAT week in Perú. The longer I stay the more I fall in love with this place.
In volunteer news:
I worked at Aldea Yanapay this week and it was a lot of fun. There weren't as many kids there as there usually is because they're out of school for a 2 week vacation. On Wednesday we went on a picnic for their independence day. It was quite a hike, but it was fun. I'll be working there again next week.
Notice how tall I look in this country!
In travel news:
This week the family rented a convi and we all travelled to a
ncient Incan ruins, Tipon, and then to eat lunch with Vladi's (my host dad's) parents. It was g
reat to spend the whole day with the family and
to get to see another part of Perú.
While there, we also saw and Incan wedding. You may notice something (or someone) looks a little bit white in this picture. When the sacerdote asked
the couple their places of birth the woman said the beautiful name of a city in Quechua, the man said "New Jersey"...
In financial news:
So last night I called SCBT and Wachovia to cancel my credit cards since my wallet had been stolen, which was obviously terrifying. This morning I went back to the restaurant and someone turned in my wallet. So my wallet was never actually stolen, I just lost it (what a surprise!). Even though I have my wallet back all the money is gone and the cards have been cancelled so I'm currently in South America without any access to money. The bank in Perú that I need to talk with was closed today, but tomorrow I'll get it all worked out. Thankfully, I have good friends who didn't lose their wallets and they're helping me pay for things until I get my new card.
In other news:
We finally won trivia this week! All we won was a bottle of w
ine, which we split between about 8 people, but it was still worth it.
I'm sad my friend, Myriam, who lives with us is leaving on Wednesday. I've had a lot of fun with her and will miss her a lot. We've spent her last week here celebrating and I want to visit her in Quebec one day.
Since Perú's independence day this week there were also a lot of parades and military marches through the plaza de armas.
The soldiers had their faces painted like Peruvian flags and marched like North Koreans through the Plaza de Armas.
