First Impressions

I spent my first night in Peru last night! The heat is pretty constant and quite a pain at night. I unpacked my suitcase last night to find some additions to my own luggage: a man's wash bag, size 10 grandpa slippers and a case full of English documentary DVDs to be precise. Oh dear, someone somewhere was missing their home comforts last night! Not sure what to do with them so they're sitting on my shelf while ponder this problem.

I forgot to mention last night that there's another Scottish girl here called Megan. She's been here since September and is working at the school where I'll be volunteering too. She heads to Moyobamba in the jungle in 2 weeks time. Its been a wonderful surprise and a great blessing to have someone to share my first few days here with and she's been a great guide and translator.  I'm afraid she's really had her work cut out.

Myself and Megan went to the market down the road yesterday afternoon and I got to try out my Spanish - it's wasn't up to much and, frustrated, I realised I have a lot to learn.   I can't really understand what people are saying and the accent is different to what I'm used to. I think my pocket Spanish phrasebook was my best ever buy!

Anyway, back to the markets...there were people selling all sorts there but what caught my eye was the skinned chickens hanging in a few shops; no chilled meat counters here and flies everywhere (eek better stock up on the gavascon!)

I'm heading out to go up town now to get my first glimpse of the Pacific ocean - very exciting!

Magdalena del Mar

The Arevalo's house