So POST came. Such a great moment. It only took about a month to get here and it takes about a week for us to send things home which is annoying but I guess it just makes post arriving even more exciting.
We went to the Mirador last weekend for the day, which is this sort of holiday resort in Quirihuac and just an hour's walk or 5 minute combi ride from the aldea! It was a lovely break and much needed. Ever since we spent s./200 soles in TGI's that ghastly night early on we're petrified of spending any money. It cost s./10 to get in (roughly £2-3) but what we didn't realise was that that also gave us a s./10 voucher for lunch! So pretty much got a 1/4 pollo a la brasa for free, and I would say that meal was pretty high up my favourite Peruvian meals so far. Also we got picarones which are like fried doughnuts served with honey syrup - so delicious especially when made fresh but I'm sure they don't do much for our expanding rice bellies.
There was a powercut on Tuesday evening, just after I'd finished dinner in casa 8. Most of the kids were already in their beds so it wasn't as much of a mayhem as I would have expected. Tia Carmen lit a single candle melted onto an upturned cup and it struck me that that one candle was all that was needed for a whole house of 11 children, when at home in Scotland we would have had candles in practically every room and torches and phones everywhere to light thing up. It was so much darker than at home as well, when the lights first went out I couldn't make out one thing in the darkness and I was struggling to make out who was who when there were so many kids about!
Sorry for the short post, it doesn't feel like much has been happening recently. I think it must be because we're realy getting more settled into the routine and things aren't so new any more. Each day goes by so quickly and before I know it, another week has been and gone. It's weird being in casas for the second time, that I've now been in all of them! I can't believe we've been here for almost 2 months now when at times it still feels like we've just got here.
Anyway I'll go for now, need to get home to make my own carambola jugo - my favrourite freshly made juice by the aldea tias.
Ciao,
Heather
