Good job me, for never posting

I knew i would be bad at this. i got 40 minutes ish to talk about some needed subjects about my stay in peru.. so here i go

My trip to Teoria, Peru.. in the Junin provincia at the edge of the central jungle. It was me and 8ish education girls goin on a trip to the Ashaninka pueblo of Teoria, an old culture with its own language and customs... some modern advances of radio and electricity with a library that has internet... some sure signs of civil intervention.. i got to spend the night there and pass two days with the kids of the pueblo doing projects and just hanging out.

For this classroom project we did a story... and we made books, puppets, and a scene to tell it. The story was how an ashaninka boy captured a star, and eventually the star turned into a princess and they got married.. touching... by the way it was based off an ashaninka legend so dont acredit me for the ingenuity.

of my group, me and fiorella (a peruvian group partner) went to the place and man it was an experience. First, the scenary was amazing, as some of you know thats all i take pictures of.. it was a great relief from the concrete jungle that is called Lima. so i was basically outdoors, with the buzz of nature from the two rivers that surround the pueblo and the common insects (crickets, lightning bugs, etc) that are somehow everywhere in the freaking world. the kids were kids, thats the reality of the world.. they got their customs and language but in the end they got the same cares, needs, and things to work on haha. Some of the kids were shy, some were open, I basically tried to be open with everyone after everyone got use to us. We did the puppet show and storytellin time with success the first day, everyone responded and participated... wehihc made me feel good because i am still a bit insecure with my communication skills.

So about 10 of the kids took us to their hang out.. which was the teoria river.. where theres some good places to relax and also some cool rapids to go down... that was great and our group and the kids had some fun, except that we left too late and couldnt really see our way goin back.. oh well

the night sky was... i cant even describe it.. it was no longer a picture frame sky like you get from the city lights, but rather a profound and awe inspiring view of the huge space that we are a part of... which made me repeat oh my f!$%# $#$% a couple of times.. since really that was the most I have ever seen of the true space thats beyond the city lights... and to think before electricity people saw that almost every night (except in lima because 9 months out of the year its cloudy)

Also a bat got stuck in our room and i didnt want to kill it haha the girls complained, i tried to capture it without sucess, and we slept with the fear of Nasferatu's return

Next day we spent the whole morning with preschool children ages 3 to 5.. and talk about a hand ful.. so we did the storytellin and puppets.. with some blank faces and some picking noses and such,.. typical i guess.. but others got it. then they drew some pictures and made their own puppets AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW PICTURE TIME!

that was good, then we went to the OTHER river called the mazamari river and waded around, where i took my picture for my facebook profile pic a while ago and we hung out with the kids even more... all in all an amazing experience that i will keep with me for a while.

when we got back to the main city (satipo), i hung out at the plaza and we ate at a restaurant for FREE (gracias a la catolica) then we got back

so... if you remember my delirium from not sleeping in the techo para mi pais trip in chincha.. get a load of this...

we left 9ish... and immediately the bus got hot... miserably hot.. i was in a sweat within an hour.. but bearing through it all... until the movie ended.

so the lights went out and everyone got to sleep.. except me.. whose only focus was the sweat and tiredness that dont mix well together... i think i went into a deep conscious sleep, but some might call that.. i dont know

then suddenly the bus stopped... for 2 hours... without ANY air flow, and i had to take off my shirt and try to not think, until i saw elmer fudd again.. that was awkward because we got into a fight last time we met. basically the trip lasted 11 hours when it should have lasted 7, and i did not sleep through it at all, but i did get some nice thoughts in! but i survived and here i am...

Its a long post but i want to add the next weekend, where i watched a peruvian soccer matchup La Universitaria versus Cienciano

so.. peruvian soccer isnt particularly good, and this game was not a peruvian highlight tape.. more like a clumsy practice tape. but the cool thing was that the music and cheering NEVER ended.. never... ever.. which kept a pretty cool rhythm through the whole game...and it makes me wonder if all pro soccer games are like that.. since football you got the constant breaks and basketball has lots of down time.. really soccer has short enough breaks that you can just cheer constantly.. hh well sidetrack.. but yeah it was with the whole group and was cool to be there.. plus the seats were really colorful.. like a gumball machine on the sides

there, peace yo.