Today was my first day at school. I don’t think my brain has been this tired since I did math at engineering school. Come to think of it, calculating how much things cost here is pretty complicated math. Who would have thought that a bottle of water cost 350? it’s pesos and works out to about 75 cents but still. Lunch costs 3000. I’m not used to working with so many zeros!
The teacher to us to a small farmer’s market (feria) where we learned how to ask for fruits/vegetables and negotiate cost. I only humiliated myself a few times! Instead of saying “smoked salmon” I said “the salmon smokes” and instead of asking if it was a “chirmoya” (a local fruit) I asked the merchant if it was a bad cheque! ha ha!
The school had an available excursion to a hot springs in the Andes called Thermas de la Collina. 90km along a dirt road, I think we found quite possibly one of the least habituated places on earth. Seriously, look at this picture… it could be Afghanistan! Osama bin laden could be hiding in that cave!
Once we got there, I have to say it was one of the most unique places I’d ever been to. We were at about 10,000ft elevation and the peaks of the mountains you see were probably 7,000m (don’t make me do more math!)
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