Feliz Junio!
Well, Mom and Den left yesterday EARLY in the morning and I got to enjoy my last fabulous bath and shower at the Monastario before returning to the house and trying to sleep after a long night out. Seems that my previously compromised immune system and the constant climate and altitude changes between here and the Sacred Valley have taken their toll and I am sick with a lovely cold. Spent all day yesterday doing nothing (after recovering from some parental homesickness) and now I am at work for my first real day on the job. Things are quiet today but the good news is, I have internet access and I don´t really feel up for a whole lot of activity today anyway seeing as I am constnatly sneezing and coughing.
In other strange news the weather the past two days has been crap, really cloudy and last night it rained (the first clouds and rain I have seen in a month!) and its quite cold. An hour ago it even hailed. I don´t think I´ll ever understand Andean weather but the consensus is that if you aren´t used to it, you will definitely get sick from it!
Other than that nothing too exciting, it was great to have Mom and Den here and I certainly benefited from LOTS of really good meals and other parental treats which you can´t even imagine how much I appreciate, seeing as I am living on a fairly set budget! We made it to Machu Picchu which is always an amazing experience and they of course loved Rupa Wasi (how couldn´t you?) nothing like spending the night in a tree house for a change!
Tonight at work they are having welcome drinks for me (I´ll stick to my tea- thanks the the Earl Grey Mom and Den!!) and then its off to pick up my massive pile of laundry and have dinner at home and watch some movies- having a cold in high altitude means constantly being out of breath= becoming a homebody!
In other more worldly news, George Bush Sr. is back in action as a board member for an international company that has finally gotten permission to drill (for gold and silver) in glaciers in the south of Chile, thereby ruining the worlds 3rd largest reserve of freshwater. Columbia had its presidential election last weekend- still counting ballots I believe, Peru´s is on Sunday (PLEASE let us hope than Alan Garcia, the lesser of two evils wins), serious riots in Brazil (Sao Paolo) and Brangelina had the baby. Ahh yes, must stay up to date on all my current events!!
In other strange news the weather the past two days has been crap, really cloudy and last night it rained (the first clouds and rain I have seen in a month!) and its quite cold. An hour ago it even hailed. I don´t think I´ll ever understand Andean weather but the consensus is that if you aren´t used to it, you will definitely get sick from it!
Other than that nothing too exciting, it was great to have Mom and Den here and I certainly benefited from LOTS of really good meals and other parental treats which you can´t even imagine how much I appreciate, seeing as I am living on a fairly set budget! We made it to Machu Picchu which is always an amazing experience and they of course loved Rupa Wasi (how couldn´t you?) nothing like spending the night in a tree house for a change!
Tonight at work they are having welcome drinks for me (I´ll stick to my tea- thanks the the Earl Grey Mom and Den!!) and then its off to pick up my massive pile of laundry and have dinner at home and watch some movies- having a cold in high altitude means constantly being out of breath= becoming a homebody!
In other more worldly news, George Bush Sr. is back in action as a board member for an international company that has finally gotten permission to drill (for gold and silver) in glaciers in the south of Chile, thereby ruining the worlds 3rd largest reserve of freshwater. Columbia had its presidential election last weekend- still counting ballots I believe, Peru´s is on Sunday (PLEASE let us hope than Alan Garcia, the lesser of two evils wins), serious riots in Brazil (Sao Paolo) and Brangelina had the baby. Ahh yes, must stay up to date on all my current events!!
posted by WanderLust at 6/01/2006 02:36:00 PM
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