Hi everyone,
so I know my schdule for posting has gone a bit funny thanks to last weeks internet problems but I'm planning on being back on track for my next post - it just seemed silly to write a whole new post for a couple of quiet days. But on with the post.
So Friday morning was mostly spent studying - I've been reading all about water quality which isn't too bad for short bursts of time reading.
After lunch though I went into 'town' with a couple of other volunteers (well one volunteer, one reseacher). We hung out for a while, checked out the fruit market and got some ice cream from the usual place - that place gets so much business from us lot here at Villa Carmen! We also gathered a couple of things for the night since none of us were too interested in going out to the bars.
Our evening was spent sitting out on the porch of one of the cabins with a couple of drinks, good music and nice conversation; What better way to spend a Friday night?
On saturday we discovered that the guy I'm working wih had gotten back from his break in the night so we wasted no time getting back to work. Since we have to have a stall ready to go for thursday we began designing leaflets. For some reason there's absolutely nothing in the way of publicity for Villa Carmen so Claudia and I spent all morning working on the perfect template and layout for the flier - unfortunately the official information we could use was all online and the internet was done so we couldn't access it. However we'd finially finished the design just after midday - perfect timing for lunch.
The afternoon was spent doing little more studying before a short trip out to Huacaria on the bike. There was some money problem to discuss with the chif although i couldn't really understand a lot of the conversation. Instead I distracted myself playing with a couple of super cute puppies that came out of nowhere to meet the strangers. They must have only been a few weeks old and were still so tiny but they weren't shy.
Sunday was a little confusing from the start because I thought it was actually Saturday which meant I managed to miss my regulr Skype call with the other half - least I managed to do it today instead. After breakfast we got to do something a little different as we were invited to oin the students on a trip to a town called Salvaçion. It's about an hour away by car, can't always be accessed in the rainy season and - the best thing about the town - it had a swimming pool! Don't get me wrong I enjoy swimming in the river but it's sometimes nice not to have to worry about what you're standing on or what else is in the water too!
First stop though was a little ox-bow lake where they had these flat bottom rafts to paddle around in. The water was really only a foot deep and it wasn't the most exciting thing to do in your free time but it was a good laugh and we all enjoyed getting to do something a little different.
On the way back to the car there was a sudden downpour which threatened to call an early end to our trip out but after about half an hour it relented and by the time we got to the pool it had stopped. We sat and ate our packed lunches (rice, avacado, and aubergine pancake) by the pool side before getting in. Everyone definitely appreciated the clear, chlorinated water and while the others had handstand competions on the bottom of the pool I just enjoyed floating around without having to worry about being carried downstream!
Tonight has been fairly productive so far: we've almost finished creating our leaflets for the forest week stand later in the week, we went and gathered some photos to use to help promote the station and we even made a couple of examples of things to make from your recycling.
Now I think I might go have a little seista while it's too wet to go outside then see about getting some more real work done.
So until next time everyone - ciao!!
so I know my schdule for posting has gone a bit funny thanks to last weeks internet problems but I'm planning on being back on track for my next post - it just seemed silly to write a whole new post for a couple of quiet days. But on with the post.
So Friday morning was mostly spent studying - I've been reading all about water quality which isn't too bad for short bursts of time reading.
After lunch though I went into 'town' with a couple of other volunteers (well one volunteer, one reseacher). We hung out for a while, checked out the fruit market and got some ice cream from the usual place - that place gets so much business from us lot here at Villa Carmen! We also gathered a couple of things for the night since none of us were too interested in going out to the bars.
Our evening was spent sitting out on the porch of one of the cabins with a couple of drinks, good music and nice conversation; What better way to spend a Friday night?
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| This little guy was discovered in the toilet block - tiny but deadly Coral snake |
On saturday we discovered that the guy I'm working wih had gotten back from his break in the night so we wasted no time getting back to work. Since we have to have a stall ready to go for thursday we began designing leaflets. For some reason there's absolutely nothing in the way of publicity for Villa Carmen so Claudia and I spent all morning working on the perfect template and layout for the flier - unfortunately the official information we could use was all online and the internet was done so we couldn't access it. However we'd finially finished the design just after midday - perfect timing for lunch.
The afternoon was spent doing little more studying before a short trip out to Huacaria on the bike. There was some money problem to discuss with the chif although i couldn't really understand a lot of the conversation. Instead I distracted myself playing with a couple of super cute puppies that came out of nowhere to meet the strangers. They must have only been a few weeks old and were still so tiny but they weren't shy.
Sunday was a little confusing from the start because I thought it was actually Saturday which meant I managed to miss my regulr Skype call with the other half - least I managed to do it today instead. After breakfast we got to do something a little different as we were invited to oin the students on a trip to a town called Salvaçion. It's about an hour away by car, can't always be accessed in the rainy season and - the best thing about the town - it had a swimming pool! Don't get me wrong I enjoy swimming in the river but it's sometimes nice not to have to worry about what you're standing on or what else is in the water too!
First stop though was a little ox-bow lake where they had these flat bottom rafts to paddle around in. The water was really only a foot deep and it wasn't the most exciting thing to do in your free time but it was a good laugh and we all enjoyed getting to do something a little different.
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| Getting Jimena to do all the hard work |
On the way back to the car there was a sudden downpour which threatened to call an early end to our trip out but after about half an hour it relented and by the time we got to the pool it had stopped. We sat and ate our packed lunches (rice, avacado, and aubergine pancake) by the pool side before getting in. Everyone definitely appreciated the clear, chlorinated water and while the others had handstand competions on the bottom of the pool I just enjoyed floating around without having to worry about being carried downstream!
Tonight has been fairly productive so far: we've almost finished creating our leaflets for the forest week stand later in the week, we went and gathered some photos to use to help promote the station and we even made a couple of examples of things to make from your recycling.
Now I think I might go have a little seista while it's too wet to go outside then see about getting some more real work done.
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| Visited these little guys on our photo collecting wander |
So until next time everyone - ciao!!
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