Saturday 30 April 2011

Im in Peru

hey all.

After 36 hours of bus riding, vomiting and headaches, I am in Peru. More specifically, Arequipa.

Wednesday 27 April 2011

Ticket bougbt

hey all. Paola and I went to La Calera, purchased my ticket.

12 15 pm, 30 hour bus ride to Arica. Woopie...

Tuesday 26 April 2011

Buying ticket today

Hey folks.

Im going to buy my ticket today at La Calera. ticket to Arica, then as soon as i get there, buy some food and a ticket to arequipa.

Saturday 23 April 2011

Im still alive people

Hey. Just a quick update. Its been great here at Paola´s. I be leaving next week.

Unfortuantly I caught the cold...darn it.

Monday 11 April 2011

good morning all

Ahh. Its monday today, and what a great weekend.

On Saturday, I was taken out with the family on a family get together, a rememberance for the passing of a great grand mother. The family is so nice and some even spoke english!

Afterwards, we went to a restaurant, where we drank and I ate more than I could handle. Blood sausages, intestines, beef, potatoes, fries, bread, salad, beef and shots. What a great weekend.

On Sunday, I practiced my spanish with the grand father, Juan, who lives on the same plot of land as we talked about swords and his ship.

Saturday 9 April 2011

Its a good life

Hey everyone.

Still in Nogales and enjoying the place, thanks to the family Im staying with. One of the benefits I get from living with this family is my improving Spanish skills. Its hard to believe, but I do believe my language is getting better!

On a downside note, Thomas has accidently deleted all my pictures and videos on my camera. I am incredibly sad at this, but theres no point of me getting angry. First, theres nothing I can do, and second, he did introduce me to his family.

But what pisses me off more is the seemingly lack of attempt to make up for this god damn action.

Tuesday 5 April 2011

Its sure been long

Hey everyone.

First of all, I ain't going to bother with putting up a date. Its been so long since my last post I rather not. So instead, Im going to summarise what I have been doing since...the last post.

So in Santiago, I went around getting lost whilst exploring the city. This is part of the fun however so don´t feel sorry for me. Additionally, its rather hard to get lost in Santiago...kind of anyway. So I stayed in the hostel for about 7 days if I remember correctly. And oh such a lovely place, with wonderful people. Main shout outs to my room mates, Irish Osin and Gerrard. Extremely amusing fellows and always a delight to talk to.

On a tangent, I predict that the whole of Santiago´s english students will start talking with an Irish accent, because there is literally a horde of Irish teachers coming to Santiago to teach in the private sector. It really does amaze me. I have met over 8 teachers, most being Irish and American. Not a single Brit amongst them unfortuantly.

During my stay at the Hostel, I got to celebrate one of the staff´s birthday, her name being Adria. That meant free booze and free entry to night club. Now night clubs is not my preferred environment, but free is free. We travelled in a huge group, so no trouble here mama.

I eventually left Santiago, going slowly north. I went past many places and stopped in many. One of the highlights is a small dirty place called Nogales, which happens to be my current location. Now this is a highlight, because I met a great person here called Thomas. With our rough communication, I was invited to stay in his house with his mother, Paola, father, Roberto and brother, Eric. I am still with this family now. They are just so generous and amazing. I am still grateful for the hospitality and generousity they are showing me. I try my best to help around of course, but Paola refuses to let me do any work. But I manage to get some by her when she isn´t looking. Its also a great place because I´m learning spanish here as well, as I speak in a combnation of english and spanish with the help of my dictionary.