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Becca, Zoe and Katy's Peruvian Adventure
Hello! We've had a few complaints that we haven't written anything in a while...and does that mean we are having a boring time?!! Well no, we're not! It's just that not much has happened to write home about!! Since we last said hello we've kind of been taking it easy! The horse riding wore us out for a couple of days, and our plans for a heavy night that evening didn't really happen, due to complete exhaustion, and being stood up by our housemates!! RUDE! I did try the local drink Pisco Sours (basically tequila), and it's gross. Will definately be sticking to the rum and coke, which is cheap and quite tasty! May now be my drink of choice when I get back to Bromley!!
We have also yet to try the local delicacy of guinea pig, although found a restaurant that sells guinea pig and chips for just 20 soles, which is about 3 pound (these computers don't have pound signs!) 50p! Bargain! As soon as I get my appetite back i'll be there!
I think I was a little hopeful in my last entry when I said that my placement should be good. It's rubbish. I follow 17 people around on a ward round, none of whom make any effort to talk to me in English, or slow Spanish, so I could try and understand, and then they get bored of me, and send me home! So, I get up at 7, and am home by 10! It does mean I spend the rest of the morning, and some of the afternoon in the main square enjoying the sun, and the shops!
We had our first proper night out a couple of days ago. The clubs are quite cute- more like bars with small dance floors than clubs, but if they like your dancing, they give you free drink tokens, which is always a bonus. The men aren't too pervy, and most just want to practice their English, and so it is a good oppurtunity to practice our Spanish back.
Last night we went to our first salsa lesson. I am RUBBISH! I trod on my Peruvian partners foot so many times, I thought he was going to walk away. I couldn't be more uncoordinated. However, I wasn't the only one, and as the lessons are free, we are planning on going most nights, so hopefully I should improve by the time I get back to England! It's great exercise, and a good way of meeting locals and other travellers. However, I think some people go with the sole aim of making the rest of us look bad, as they twirl around the dance floor like someone from Strictly Ballroom!!
Anyway, I think that is about it for news. We went to try and find out about trips today, and were a bit shocked to find out that the trip we really want to do into the jungle for a week costs about 500 pounds, so we may have to rethink it, which is a shame. However, we hope to go and see the Nazca lines this weekend ( for those not in the know, they are lines drawn into the desert hundreds of years ago in the shape of birds, insects, animals and other symbols). It is a 14 hour coach trip which will probably be very uncomfortable, but hopefully will be worth it when we get there!
Although short, we hope that this entry is sweet, and we will update again as soon as we have interesting news!
Lots of love, and missing you all
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