Hello and love to everyone,
I’m only moderately keeping up with what is going on everywhere I am not, so tell give me some news. I do know that the Patriots lost on Sunday, the Red Sox lost last month…but just a few short nights ago... Barack Obama won!! I voted absentee two weeks ago, so it should have got there. I hope they counted it. I can now say with some confidence that I will be back in the US sometime in the future.
But not yet. I haven’t even made it to Ecuador. I am preparing to leave Peru on Saturday. It has been an amazing, exciting, eye-opening, opportunity-opening experience for me. I have now worked as a teacher; I have integrated myself into a foreign culture, i have made life-long friends, and i have seen some pretty crazy world-famous/historic sites. I feel so lucky!! However. I still miss reliable water running through the pipes. If it were warm half the time I’d feel even luckier. But let me expound on the overwhelmingly positive.
I’m excited about teaching still, so my week of student work couldn’t have gone that badly. I made new friends and helped them understand the word “get” as well as lots of names of different occupations. Now I just need a job…in a different country, at that. And first I have to get there. It’s hard though, because my friends here and my newfound understanding of the Cuzqueñan people keep me here day after day. It will be more than sad when I go. The longer I stay here, the more reasons I find to remain.
I’m only moderately keeping up with what is going on everywhere I am not, so tell give me some news. I do know that the Patriots lost on Sunday, the Red Sox lost last month…but just a few short nights ago... Barack Obama won!! I voted absentee two weeks ago, so it should have got there. I hope they counted it. I can now say with some confidence that I will be back in the US sometime in the future.
But not yet. I haven’t even made it to Ecuador. I am preparing to leave Peru on Saturday. It has been an amazing, exciting, eye-opening, opportunity-opening experience for me. I have now worked as a teacher; I have integrated myself into a foreign culture, i have made life-long friends, and i have seen some pretty crazy world-famous/historic sites. I feel so lucky!! However. I still miss reliable water running through the pipes. If it were warm half the time I’d feel even luckier. But let me expound on the overwhelmingly positive.
I’m excited about teaching still, so my week of student work couldn’t have gone that badly. I made new friends and helped them understand the word “get” as well as lots of names of different occupations. Now I just need a job…in a different country, at that. And first I have to get there. It’s hard though, because my friends here and my newfound understanding of the Cuzqueñan people keep me here day after day. It will be more than sad when I go. The longer I stay here, the more reasons I find to remain.
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t weeks some fellow unemployed teachers and I took a grueling week-long hike through a variety of Peruvian landscapes: snow capped mountains, rivers, South American forests, Green rocky cliffs… and through a variety of weather too: sun, rain, cold, rain, heat, and even rain. Some days were tough—other days were tougher. But we always led the pack. Of course that’s because we have been acclimatizing to the extremely high altitudes for a month now. I was elated for the entire trip. Even when we got our bowl of soup followed by rice and potatoes. Every day. The experience was spectacular and I will
attach some photos so that you can see.
t weeks some fellow unemployed teachers and I took a grueling week-long hike through a variety of Peruvian landscapes: snow capped mountains, rivers, South American forests, Green rocky cliffs… and through a variety of weather too: sun, rain, cold, rain, heat, and even rain. Some days were tough—other days were tougher. But we always led the pack. Of course that’s because we have been acclimatizing to the extremely high altitudes for a month now. I was elated for the entire trip. Even when we got our bowl of soup followed by rice and potatoes. Every day. The experience was spectacular and I will
attach some photos so that you can see. 
Also there are a few from Lake Titicaca where we did a weekend a month or so ago. It is the highest lake of such a huge size in the world. We visited three amazing islands: Las Islas Uros, Amantani Island and Taquile Island. All were amazing places rich with history. I’ll probably be stopping through Lima and Mancora on my way to Cuenca, and spending a few days on a bus in between stops. But will let you know how that goes in a week or so. Until then…
Jamie
Jamie
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