Day 3: August 7, 2006
Arequipa
After eating breakfast at Martha's house, we left for a missionaries' (van Pelt's) house for a meeting with other missionaries from England, Germany, Switzerland, and Canada. Then we had a game of "The Amazing Race: Arequipa Edition". We were divided into teams of 3 or 4, and raced through the city in tiny taxis. Once again traffic was crazy, as there are no traffic signs or lanes on most roads, so anything goes. Pedestrians do not have the right of way, so crossing the street is like the old video game Frogger. We saw several beautiful stone cathedrals, and I got to feed a llama. After lunch I had an extremely close call with Montezuma's Revenge, but I somehow managed to pull through.
Camp la Joya
The trip to Camp la Joya was an hour long ride in a rickety old school bus. The winding, narrow roads ran alongside deep canyons for most of the trip, and only rarely were there any guard rails. Not to mention our bus was passing other buses/cars/trucks on hairpin turns, with only a few feet separating us from the steep drops. For somebody who was afraid of heights like Sari, it was a rather nervous adventure. However, we made it to Camp la Joya safe and sound.
The camp is much greener than the desolation we drove through on the way to the camp. Although in the middle of the desert, along with random large billboards, there were many small brick or thatch shacks that were smaller than my bedroom back home. How those people survived out there on so little, I have no idea. The camp is located in a valley by a river, surrounded by steep cliffs/mountains. At night, the stars are simply breathtaking, as we are so far from any major cities and there is no pollution.
Some funny/interesting things that happened today:
1) I got to drink coca tea (made from the plant we get cocaine from). There is also another type of tea called anis tea.
2) Found a dog sleeping in Newman's bed in our cabin, with its butt sticking out from under the sleeping bag where a pillow should be.
3) Chris got yelled at for farting in public (it was absolutely hilarious!).
After eating breakfast at Martha's house, we left for a missionaries' (van Pelt's) house for a meeting with other missionaries from England, Germany, Switzerland, and Canada. Then we had a game of "The Amazing Race: Arequipa Edition". We were divided into teams of 3 or 4, and raced through the city in tiny taxis. Once again traffic was crazy, as there are no traffic signs or lanes on most roads, so anything goes. Pedestrians do not have the right of way, so crossing the street is like the old video game Frogger. We saw several beautiful stone cathedrals, and I got to feed a llama. After lunch I had an extremely close call with Montezuma's Revenge, but I somehow managed to pull through.
Camp la Joya
The trip to Camp la Joya was an hour long ride in a rickety old school bus. The winding, narrow roads ran alongside deep canyons for most of the trip, and only rarely were there any guard rails. Not to mention our bus was passing other buses/cars/trucks on hairpin turns, with only a few feet separating us from the steep drops. For somebody who was afraid of heights like Sari, it was a rather nervous adventure. However, we made it to Camp la Joya safe and sound.
The camp is much greener than the desolation we drove through on the way to the camp. Although in the middle of the desert, along with random large billboards, there were many small brick or thatch shacks that were smaller than my bedroom back home. How those people survived out there on so little, I have no idea. The camp is located in a valley by a river, surrounded by steep cliffs/mountains. At night, the stars are simply breathtaking, as we are so far from any major cities and there is no pollution.
Some funny/interesting things that happened today:
1) I got to drink coca tea (made from the plant we get cocaine from). There is also another type of tea called anis tea.
2) Found a dog sleeping in Newman's bed in our cabin, with its butt sticking out from under the sleeping bag where a pillow should be.
3) Chris got yelled at for farting in public (it was absolutely hilarious!).
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