Sunday, August 23, 2009
Hola!
Made it to Lima in one piece. Customs was a little out of control, but the 3oo people in front of me moved pretty quickly and was fortunately able to get in the country. Enjoying it so far very much. Both the staff and other volunteers are great. A wide variety in the volunteers too- many are just finishing school, just graduated or are in the process. So definitely a younger crowd. The strange part for me is the varying lengths of stay everyone has. Me, being the "2 weeker" is one of the smallest periods of time. Others are for 4 weeks, 6 weeks and even 3 months. So it hasn't been stated by my fellow volunteers yet, but as a taxi driver asked me- Am I the Dad? It's been really good though. The homebase is pretty neat and my roomate is cool. Wandering the streets of Miraflores was pretty cool as well. A chance to see the Pacific Ocean today has made it worthwhile. A "Pisco Sour" in the "Punta Sal" restaurant helped too! Nothing to fancy in our eating so far, but seeing a menu item (at the Punta Sal) called "The Sigh of a Lima Woman", I had to order. (It was from the dessert menu and figured I couldn't go wrong) Turns out it was sweet custard with a marshmellow creme toppping, really good! Almost time for dinner. Until next time... Cheers, Mike
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Glad to see you had a good first impression. How are you getting around the language barrier? Do you have an interpreter?
ReplyDeleteThe Sigh of a Lima Woman --- How totally relaxing. Hey you never know maybe you will decide to stay a little longer:).
ReplyDeleteDid you see the ocean from on top of the cliff? Or did you go down to the beach? How did you get there? What's the name of a landmark near where you are staying?
How warm is it?
Hey Pat, We do have several people that are acting as interpreters, but we're strongly encouraged to try and speak the language. We're also taking some lessons with an in-house tutor a couple times a week (our first was this afternoon).
ReplyDeleteHi Chris,
ReplyDeleteWe were able to see the ocean and even some surfers taking advantage of some pretty cool waves! We plan on going to the beach probably one evening or maybe on the weekend. There's a REAL long staircase heading down to the beach and pretty steep at that. Taxi's are everywhere and pretty cheap- about $3 for a 20 minute ride. Landmarks? We're in a district called Surco but no real landmarks? Sorry. It's been very strange with the weather. People here are wearing "winter" coats but then the sun comes out in the afternoon and is really warm.(low 70's) Sunburn on my face and neck already! It gets pretty cool at night- in the low fifties.
Found Surco, Miraflores and one of the cliffs with a real, real long staircase. The stairs alone should take 40 minutes (or more!) to climb back up. Wow!
ReplyDeleteWhat does Miraflores mean? It is a very popular city, place, mountain, plateau and dozens of other places in Peru.