So, I'm back from Peru and after two days I've started to not begin conversations with everyone in Spanish. My flight got in around 1 a.m. on Friday, and the evils of money already came to haunt me in a way that forced me to go to work. Three weeks without pay is pretty difficult. Luckily I took care of all my debts a long while ago.
Today is my father's birthday and we went to the local Peruvian restaurant, which was very tasty. People get a kick out of my Spanish speaking since I don't do it with a 'gringo' accent, but rather with my swishy Portuguese accent. Someone told me I spoke with an Argentinean accent, and when I asked if they didn't think it was a little more of a Brasilian accent, they conceded that yes, it likely was.
Things are the same around town; same job, same friends, same televisions. The internet is definitely different. I don't have to pay for my time on it on an hourly rate, and my computer is much faster than those I was paying to use. I also have an English keyboard, which is much easier to type on than those funny Spanish keyboards. Who needs to use an n with a tilde over it enough for it to deserve its own key on the keyboard?
I'm glad Dani was able to share my letters through my blog, and I realize that my letters may not have answered everything you wanted to know. If you have any questions about my solo travels in Peru, or the medical mission, please ask away. I'm happy to talk about them all.
I'm editing photos and getting a few ready to put online, but three weeks of at least 100 photos a day makes for a lot of editing down and what not, so bare with me. The long weekend should make for a great opportunity to get a good chunk edited down.
I'm going through my pictures one at a time, but the most requested picture by far is indeed proof that I have not shaved in about two weeks now. Well, here's the proof.
