Day 10

24-10-09

Lovely lie in today before we all met at 10am to go to Lima. 2 and a half hours and various bus connections later and we were there, shopping in quirky markets, haggling or getting ripped off. Was great to spend a whole day with the whole group together. And it was also really really great to enjoy the hot sunshine down from the mountain! At first it was quite strange being back in a bustling, thriving, more wealthy, and more familiar environment. Initially it felt rather estranged as the quiet, pitiful, crumbling shanty towns that were just last week culture-shocking and devasting to see, were now what we see as our home; our home which was are all extremely happy living in. Despite the hustle and bustle, we all enjoyed a laid back day slowly meandering through the markets, having lunch, and seeing more of Lima.

When we got home it was just Carla in as Mama Ulee was next door hanging out with a group of pals. She came in briefly when we got back to feed us bless her; she was sooo happy! She was bouncing around the kitchen making as much conversation as our coherence could suffice before she headed back next door. Of course because next door is only made of wood, and our walls don´tclose all the gaps between it and the roof, we could totally hear her and her friends laughing away and having a really good time. Was lovely to see and hear Mama Ulee so hyped up! Me and Millie spent some time with Carla and have arranged to go down to the market with her tomorrow.

Later on me and Millie were just hanging out in our room and just talking about how much we love everyone in our group, and the conversation also went on to discussing if everyone in the group were all animals what they would be. Further down our random conversation we decided that the dictionary we bought together the other day needed a name.....of course it did. Millie made the clever connection that he (yes it seems obvious to us that he is indeed a he) is full of words.....so the name Steword seemed fitting....but not quite. So i looked up the Spanish word for steward which is Mozo, THUS "The Holy Book of Knowledge......and Lard" was born, otherwise known as Mozo. The lard part is really about me and Millie wanting to get fit and healthy so we´ve forbidden eachother from snacking so that we don´t look like lard.....obviously. If we see eachother going to the shop for snakcs we have to shout out MANTECA!!!!! which is the Spanish word for Lard. Doesn´t really have anything to do with the dictionary right enough, but it made sense at the time. I actually had SUCH a laugh with Millie tonight; couldn´t breath for laughing. Brilliant times.