lovely life in lima

here i am, in the office, dedicating three days to helping the PCVC finish the end of the year report for our project group. it was apparently a nightmare last year, but this year it has been a breeze, and honestly i haven´t needed to do too much of the report because he had finished so much before i got here. this is now my last day here, and then it´s back to the district of Palpa. the other day i went to play ultimate frisbee at the embassy. amazing! the first real game i had played in months. within the walls of the embassy with those 16 other americans, i felt like i had transported back to the field at city park and was playing during the tuesday and thursday night pick ups, only this time with shoes and without beer. one of the players there happened to go to college with a highschool friend, abe graber. he was wearing a carelton hat and said they had played frisbee together...small world! the others were either studying, working at the embassy, some working with health NGOs, and some just looking to live there to improve their spanish. sweet!

i have also really enjoyed the variety of food here in lima, as i always do. whenever i get the chance to come up here i am always excited about the middle eastern food, the mcdonalds (yea, i just said that), sushi and the starbucks. this time i tried out indian food at a place called Guru´s. WOW! probably better than any of the other food that i have had here. will definitely be going back. it´s a switch up from the pollo a la brasa (though one night i was looking for just that but decided to take advantage of the options while here), papa de la guancaina, cevichi, and chaufa.

i have also really enjoyed the opportunity to run in lima without feeling like a million people are watching me. it´s normal here! usually i get around to doing some yoga as well, catching up with those friend, but this time i didn´t get the chance. i am still targeting out some musiums i want to visit, but that will happen on another visit.

when i head back to site i am going to be heading back to the moutain to continue work on the canal. it´s currenlty a sunday night to wednesday night job. then i get back and have to start up my HIV-AIDs prevention project with some doctors in my site to try and finish that before december. and i am finally starting up the ecology club! yay! my school is excited, i am excited, and i just need to buy the trashcans. it´s taken quite some time in the planning, but before i get frustrated at thinking about that, i remember that i am in peru. and that´s the way it is.

well, it looks like it rained a little last night, so i am gunna take a walk along the beach and soak up some of those water dropplets. it will be rain than i have had in palpa during the past year. then, later on to some amazing restaurant before heading down under again...