Third Week In

We have all had a very busy weekend and our volunteer group has grown from three people to nine people which makes everything a bit more interesting!

The first project is now finished and I have pasted a photo of it above. She hasn't yet moved into the place as it still needs to be painted but all that is being done on the weekend. This means we can start another project and that looks like it is going to be a new kitchen for the Wawa Wasi's. There is one cook for all 90 kids in the seperate Wawa Wasi's in the slums. We are hoppign to build her a new kitchen with all the plumbing so she can have running water. There is also a little boy in Pachacutec who is eight years old and has Lukemia. His Mum is by herself, so we are hoping to do something for her and the boy although no thoughts as to what exactly yet.

All of these projects aside we have had a good past few days. On Saturday we went to a Japanese/Peruvian Festival, which was good fun. We all had a taste of some interesting foods that I dont think we will be trying again anytime soon. We went out on Saturday night and were given a good insight into the Peruvian nightlife. It was also really nice as I had the chance to catch up with Jess before she flew off to Cuzsco. We went out for sushi that was so so so so so good!! For those of you who don't know, Jess is a Melbourne girl who I met in Croatia on my sailing trip and she is now volunteering with the same program I am, except in Cuzco (it was a complete coincidence). We are also planning to do some trips together later in the month which is awesome!

As I mentioned there are now nine volunteers in the house, yet I am stil the token Australian. There is a token British person as well and the rest are American or Canadian. I hgave been taught the art of hair braiding (with teh pretty coloured string etc) and we took it to La Punta today and did a braid for all the girls there which was good fun. Still enjoying being with all the kids, especially in the Wawa Wasi, I get big hugs from all those kids and constantly asked if I have stickers or balloons for them as well.

Thats all for now. Just finished dinner and found out that I was eating cow´s heart. Bit of a surprise there but it tasted so good!!