Kristin

Recently I started to take part in a course of tradicional peruvian dance with my colleague Mary. I wanted to learn after watching their anterior dance show. So now I will be jumping and waving with my arms and my head for the coming weekends, three hours every saturday and sunday!! Its a lot of fun, but indeed a whole lot of excercise. Among others we have learned the dance of the condor, which is from Puno and Lake Titicaca.

These days its a great challenge to get out in the countryside/mountains, as the rain is amazingly heavy. The other day we were to leave from Tacabamba (1,5 hours away), and we encountered varios great rivers crossing the road and trees and rocks and sand and earth blocking our passage... We had to take another route, but over there had a mountain of a rock fallen down, and the mayor (ordfoerer) had come and used his dynamite to split it. But the two parts blocked the road even more... And the mayor had run out of dynamite... Two trailers of milk were parked up, replacing AAALLL the milk from the one car to the other, to save it from get spoiled, because the trailer with deliverance of milk couldnt pass... After varios hours waiting in the rain and cold, someone managed to move the one stone and Joel, our chofeur, drove quickly towards Chota. Well, it ended up taking 6 hours in stead of 1,5. I was glad we didnt have to spend the night in the car at 3000 metres above sea level.

I dont have more space to put out more pictures, so for that I am sorry. I will see if I could try and work it out in a way or another. Until then - Cuidanse mucho todos mis amigitos! Un abrazo