Author: Tom Janes 09/06/2010
Set off from York early on Sunday morning by bus, got to London at about 3.30 pm, where I met up with Sam and later David (some old school friends for those who don´t know!!). Went around Piccadilly, saw Buckingham Palace and St. James´Park (thepark not the football ground!!!) which was pretty good, then went for some drinks around king´s cross before saying my goodbyes. The next morning I set off for Miami, had a bit of a mix up at the airport because of the ESTA thing you were supposed to fill out beforehand (which I obviously didn´t!!), but i was soon on my way. After a hectic transfer at Miami International, I was on my way to Peru. I arrived in Lima at 10pm and after a rather scary taxi drive, I got to my hotel. The owner was very helpful and friendly, and helped me find a bus station to Pisco the next day. One 4 hour bus ride later I arrived in Lima at about midday and after another equally scary taxi ride I arrived at the Pisco Sin Fronteras HQ. My First Day The main house was full, so I was shown to the overflow house called Timberland. This wasn´t quite as nice as the other house......Am on the waiting List for the main house so fingers crossed for hot water, internet and a toilet that you don´t have to refill manually!! After chilling out for a bit and meeting some of the people, I spent the afternoon at the "Ludoteca" which is a child daycare facility operated by a local teacher. The kids there were great, there were lots of activities for them to get involved in. It was tiring stuff, but well worth giving up my afternoon up for. From what I could work out the kids seemed to love two things: taking photos from my camera (which I now have hundreds of!) and being lifted up or swung around (guess its like being on a rollercoaster, yeah i definitely see the fun in that!!) When I got back the rest of the house had returned from their hard labour and after meeting some more people (by this point I could only remember about 10% of the people´s names!) we had dinner at the house, then had a game of football where we were coredially thrashed by a group of tour guides. Afterwards a fire was lit and we sat around drinking and chatting. One of the American girls was branding herself with a nail poking out of a plank of wood, which was kind of freaky! A few hours later and after meeting most of the remainder of the volunteers, I headed back to Timberland to sleep. My First (full) Day The next morning I got up at 8ish (which wasn´t so hard after getting up at 6am to catch my flight/ bus for the last two days) and headed to breakfast. Shortly after we had the morning meeting where we were told of all the news and announcements. Also all of us "newbies" had to stand up and tell the group about ourselves. Next we were told about all of the projects that were available, which ranged from building houses and fishing centres to producing bio-fuels and soap from fat. I opted to help out at "Super Fun Town" which is a project that hopes to build a concrete football/ basketball/ volleyball court for the local kids to play on. I spent almost all of the day shovelling pebbles and sand into the concrete mixers which were then taken over in wheelbarrows and poured into square moulds. This was very sweaty and labourous work, but again was well worth the effort and was great fun. We had lunch at a local family´s house and left a few hours later. After a long overdue shower, I headed to the house and bought a "Pisco Sin Fronteras" hoodie and had chicken burgers for tea as well as some home made pie some of the volunteers were selling to raise money for the charity. Then, having failed to get the internet working on my laptop, I headed to the internet cafe to write my blog, which pretty much takes me up to now!! I have had a great time so far, managed to use a fair bit of my albeit shakey Spanish skills and have met some thoroughly nice individuals. Really looking forward to the rest of my stay; can´t wait to get involved in some of the other projects and meet more people!! Will be uploading some of my photos tomorrow as i forgot to bring my camera today!! Thanks for reading, Tom x CommentsWed, 01 Sep 2024 9:10:44 am <A href="http://www.cheapclotheschina.com">wholesale louis vuitton</A> Sun, 05 Sep 2024 7:55:13 pm Willkommen auf unserer Internetseite, Efox-Shop, dass Sie bietet alle Arten von bevorzugten Produkte wie <a href="http://www.efox-shop.com"> Tablet PC </ a> Tue, 07 Sep 2024 5:15:23 am <A href="http://www.cheaperinchina.com/">cheap louis vuitton</A> Tue, 07 Sep 2024 7:29:06 pm <A href=" http://www.edhardyswholesale.com/">cheap ed hardy clothing</A> Fri, 10 Sep 2024 6:45:50 pm <A href="http://www.anynfljerseys.com">cheap nfl jerseys</A> wholesalegucci Sat, 11 Sep 2024 1:53:00 am <a href="http://www.cheaprada.com" >wholesale louis vuitton clothing</a> fsdfsdf Tue, 14 Sep 2024 12:54:25 am If you have any needs, they can provide the following for your reference: Wed, 15 Sep 2024 5:56:05 am
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