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Oye, Cali, no te vayas
... it was actually really nice, they made me a hilarious card and got me a present and said nice things about how I was their favorite and they didn't want me to leave. it was actually kinda sad. here are the pics..
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Post bike trip
... up some candy sticks and then drove to the center to set up our booth. Essentially, in the main plaza there were different booths set up for each school and we had some topic (either about the olympics or arica) with posters and people walked around and asked questions.
I was really proud of my kids because although we didn't take the "best" english kids like other schools to show off, we took kids who really needed some positive attention and ...
Soldiers vs. Vultures
... a trip to Tacna for lunch (closest Peruvian city over the border) and I said that sounded great but could I bring a friend. He said 'sure.. next time.' Alarm bells. Why would she not be able to come? Obviously I've been avoiding him ever since. Last thing I want to be doing is leading on a 40-year old with the keys to my room. At least I got to see wildlife and eat free lunch.
There are a few army barracks here in Arica and iI was ...
What did I just eat.
... and I had literally the largest sandwich I have ever seen in real life. It was, no lie, the size of my head. When Caroll gives me the photos she took, I'll show you, but it was insanely large. Then she brought me home.
Today, tuesday, we finished halloween classes with 5th graders, i went to lider, agro, and came home. I got a facial (my skin is ridiculously bad here, the lady said it's the water and every person new here has that problem). Then ...
On top of the World !
... It did indeed turn out to be a long 16 hour day but it was worth it. Employed a guide called Johnny who spent 2.5 hrs showing us around and the weather was perfect. I'll let the pictures do the talking but I have to conclude the attraction of the place is the location and beauty of it not the amazing civilisation that lived there. The Romans had everything sorted about 1500yrs earlier and the Spanish evidently had the ability to ...