Good Times

Ok, this is actually a post from last week that didn´t work. Sorry it´s been a while. Here ya go:
Oh the jungle! This week was full of crazy activities. Field trips, fishing, karate classes, and hiking to the top of a mountain, we even found a few vines to swing on…literally.
We went to another village called Pueblo Libre that is even smaller than Yantaló to watch some of our students play volleyball. It was awesome, they’re pretty good. The field trip was a little different because the students just piled into a truck which took them to a river where they crossed on a ferry to get on another truck. We had the same trip, but we rode in motos or vans instead of the truck. It was a little over an hour to get there then we got special treatment because I guess technically we’re professors since we’re teaching English and such. So we got free lunch and everyone wanted us to feel really welcome. People are constantly asking if we’re enjoying Yantaló and making sure we have everything we need, which we do. So mom, you can stop worrying. Actually, since mom doesn’t know how to get on the computer to read this, I’m trusting one of my siblings to relay the message.
The fishing was also really fun, they just use some fishing line wrapped around a block of wood. I am really bad at fishing, but I already knew that. I did become the master of casting by the end but that was only after I threw in one of the blocks of wood. Apparently they’re so valuable that the son of the guy that took us jumped in after it; needless to say I kept the wood in my pocket after that.
The karate classes were taught by our roommate Lura from Colorado, she owns a Tae Kwon Do school where she’s from and just came to share her talent. I was designated the photographer for the class (probably after demonstrating a complete lack of skill) which was fun because I got to talk to the kids and observe thoroughly.
Speaking of classes, our “topic” this week for the students in the high school was sex health. Some classes were mature about it and others not. Let’s just say talking about STDs with a bunch of teenagers made me glad that I’m no longer in high school. I think we’ll do the same thing this week and I’ll probably be doing more teaching; I’m excited for the nutrition program to start in June.
Oh, I never blogged about the earthquake! We had an earthquake last week :D It was pretty fun, just long enough for us to realize what was happening, try to get out front, and realize we were locked out of the house. Nothing dangerous for us, apparently it destroyed a bit of road and such closer to Chiclayo.
So…hiking. Hiking Mount Moro. Craziest hike I’ve been on…but so fun and beautiful. Well, probably more beautiful than fun. It was all worth it though, we had about three hours hiking to/up the mountain about the same back. There was a bit of rock climbing, ducking under barbed wire fences, trying (sometimes unsuccessfully) to balance on logs through some water, and a lot of sun and exhaustion. At one point I had to do a headstand for a minute to get my legs to share some blood with my head.
Ok, that´s about all the news you can handle hearing. Love to all.