Hoy es Domingo

Ah the weekend is nice. Nothing like having time to spend in an internet cafe listening to the traditional Peruvian music of Avril Levine.

Today I went to the Indian market with the girlies. I bought a sweater, a pair of pants, 3 pairs of socks, 2 pairs of earrings and a bag for around 20 bucks. I really needed all the things as it turns out its a lot colder here than I was expecting.

Last night we went out for vegetarian food. Somehow Nili and I ended up getting banana eggs. We thought we were ordering an egg with fried bananas and tortillas but apparently not. It was actually quite good though more something you´d eat for breakfast or dessert. I also tried ordering a diet coke which did not go over well. First they had no idea what I was talking about and then ended up just bringing me a regular coke. Oh well. After dinner we went to a discoteca. It was quite fun though all of the other volunteers are awesome dancers and can do all these latin moves while I tend to do the ¨Jenny Shuffle¨. Ha, oh well, I like to dance anyway. I ordered a Pisco Sour which turned out to not be that bad after about half the glass.

Oh so an update on the Jungle trip. Due to my keen ability to not fall for scams (aside from the time Jo and I were duped into buying a dancing micky mouse in Italy) it seems as though the number of volunteers going has dropped from 8 to 2. I feel especially good about this for a few reasons. The main reason is that although we paid for a full month, which is supposed to go entirely to our host family for food my host mother told us, in confidence, that the director told her she would not recieve any money for the days we were in the jungle. In other words, we were told that the host families were paid upfront and so we would have to pay for food in the jungle despite already paying room and board, but it was a lie. Shady folks.

Whatever, the organization is shady but I am loving it here. However, we have all decided to only stay a month, as it seems as though our money is being mishandled. For instance we each pay 30 dollars for classroom materials but there are NONE. I am actually pretty excited to get on the road. We will be travelling in a group of 4, myself, nili, nia and a girl named pepe from london.

Ok well off to lunch and then a pueblo for a festival. I know, its an easy life I live but don´t be too jealous, we have our problems too! For instance my toilets only flush a few hours per day and I have only taken one hot shower since i´ve been here. Also I have short hair!

Peace out


Nicole