My advice to anyone going on a Rotary Group Study Exchange? Be ready to give up your life.
For the past month I have, in all seriousness, made close to zero decisions about my life. I don{t decide when to eat, when to sleep, or when to get up. People tell me when to get in [...]
Archive for April, 2008
Be ready to give up your life
Posted in Uncategorized on April 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Are you getting crabby with each other yet?
Posted in Uncategorized on April 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One of my friends emailed me the other day to ask if we have gotten crabby with each other yet. For a short answer, yes there have been times when we have all gotten crabby with each other, particularly the first few days in Chimbote as we worked really hard to overcome our exhaustion and [...]
A little rest…
Posted in Uncategorized on April 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hola! [*kiss on cheek*] The group is now in Piura, a sweltering little town in the north of Peru. Today we are going to the country club to lay by the pool and tonight we are going dancing at a discoteca. Tomorrow we are off to Colan, a resort town, to spend a couple days [...]
Otras cosas sobre la comida
Posted in Uncategorized on April 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
¡Hola alumnos!
Yo tengo unas otras cosas sobre la comida aqui. Bebo much chicha morada, que es una jugo de maiz morada. La bebida es una mezcala de la jugo de maiz, jugo de piña, y azucar. Pero, la azucar es diferente acá — hay mucha agricultura de la caña de azucar y es muy fresca. [...]
If you only watch one of our videos, let it be this one.
Posted in Uncategorized on April 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This video is perhaps my favorite yet thus far. It is from La Alcadeza´s cumpleaños party in Chimbote… (that´s the mayor´s birthday for you English speakers.) We were out until 5 in the morning, and you can see why!
Of particular note is the look on Amanda´s face at the end…
Yet another new schedule
Posted in Uncategorized on April 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So, we definitely are not going to Cajamarca, nor Tarapoto.
Instead, we will be here in Chiclayo until Friday, the 25th. We will then head to Pirua, a 3 hour bus ride, until the 29th. Piura is the farthest north and closest to the equator we will be…
The 30th we will undertake the 16 hour bus [...]
Yes, I have been sick.
Posted in Uncategorized on April 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yes, I have been sick and everyone here in Chiclayo knows it! It was back in Trujillo where it hit me, but news of my illness seems to have followed me here and as soon as I stepped off the bus everyone wanted to know which one of us had been sick and how [...]
Ruth
Posted in Uncategorized on April 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This was my host family in Trujillo. I LOVE them. Ruth showed me life in Trujillo beyond the tourist sites and we talked for hours while she breast fed Shanday, her one year old, or drove all over town to pick up this kid and drop off that one. She allowed me to see what her [...]
more updates… plus photos and videos!
Posted in Uncategorized on April 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have posted more photos (and some video, too!) on my flickr page. http://www.flickr.com/photos/shale06/sets/72157604487865144/ Many of them are from Chimbote, two cities ago. Sadly, I can´t get up the video and photos from the alcadeza´s birthday party, because it was quite the bash! We were out until 5 am, dancing our feet off. There was a live [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
