The Halfway Mark

In some ways, it doesn't feel like we've been here for 5 weeks. 3 months sounds like a very long time, and it doesn't feel like we've lived half of that already. But aside from a week and a bit of frantically hitting the major tourist stops after we compelte our project, we're officially at the halfway mark.


I say "in some ways", because in other ways it feels like we've been here forever. This isn't a holiday, where every day you're going somewhere different and doing something different. No, we're following the same routine every day, just like if we were at home. So after a while, you get used to it and come to expect it. For a short while, it is our new life.


A lot has happened in the past few weeks. But rather than listing it in a single undigestable form here, stay tuned for a wave of posts covering the latest from the school, Chile, and the world's deepest canyon (except for the deeper one that is harder to get to :).

The one thing I will mention, because it doesn't really warrant its own post is horseriding - Peruvian style. You see, in Peru they don't believe in safety equipment such as helmets, and the fact that we had a first-timer only seemed to inspire our guide to give her the fastest first ride in world history. Don't get me wrong - it was heaps of fun, although I felt a tad guilty when my horse began hauling me up really steep hills scattered with rocks.

And to finish, a few pictures of Arequipa by night.

That's all for now.

Chris