Day 5

So today was a rest day, so me and the other volunteers went to the local Sunday market. It was awesome! there were people all over the place, shouting and bartering prices and people were everywhere, pushing and shoving through the small isles haha. Every one is really nice though, and most of the natives were willing to work with me since I didn't know very much Spanish. I did a lot of pointing and gesturing haha, but I got my point across eventually. and everything is really cheap. We got about 15 kilos of food for about 30 dollars US.

After the fruit market we went to another market across town that sold everything from electronics to cloths, to hardware and building supplies, to black market DVDs haha. It was a very interesting and enlightening experience to see how the rest of the world lives.

After that we just came back to the house and cooked dinner with the food we just bought. Liz made a chicken stir-fry, and rice. It was fantastic. Tomorrow we are starting work. The community we work with is about 30 minutes away up on the side of the mountain. and speaking of mountains, it is amazing how much Cusco is like Utah during it's dry season, the city is surrounded by mountains and from a distance they look just like the Rocky's. the ground is just like if you were out in Canyonlands the air is fairly dry. During the day the weather is very nice, in the sun it gets to about 75 or 80 degrees, and at night it can fall to just about freezing. I thought I was coming to the jungle haha, nope just another desert.