Futbol y Motos

Ok everyone, you can stop the hate mail... I have not eaten any more household pets since the last email and I don't plan on it either. I'm sorry for offending so many of you! But really, its normal here!

So I have about a week and a half until I head out on the Inca Trail and in the mean time I am finishing up my commitments to the hostel, the kids, and now teaching English. Yes I am teaching English to teenagers and young adults in a nearby school that needed a little extra help while I'm still here. I had two classes last week, and already all the boys in the class are asking me out on dates in broken English! It's quite entertaining!

Let's see, what's new here..... I did get my stitches out. I took a picture of what my cut looked like after the stitches (quite an improvement from the initial cut) so that's online in the Motorcycles file. Other than that nothing TOO exciting is going on; Life has taken on somewhat of a normal aspect since staying in one place for a long time, but we have managed to pack a little bit of excitement in every now and then.. The other weekend three boys from the hostel and I rented motorcycles for the day and headed out of town. We had the bikes for 6 hours and it was like no other bike ride I have ever experienced. We were surrounded by enormous green mountains that were covered in specs of Inca Ruins. The curved roads reminded me of the ride up to Sedona. We stopped in each little town to do a little exploring, but mainly just spent the day enjoying the amazing scenery with the wind in our hair. The ride home was a little uncomfortable in a couple ways.... it was night time by the time we headed home, so 1. it was absolutely freezing. I think I was warmer while swimming in the glacier water!!! and 2. Peruvians don't understand the concept of turning off the brights while passing other vehicles... so taking the curves while blinded by the light of the oncoming traffic was a bit frightening.... but we made it home safely; and have amazing memories (and pics) from the day!

A couple of days ago was a big day in Cuzco in the world of soccer, or futbol. Cuzco's team, Cienciana, played the all time famous Argentine team- Boca Juniors. So our hostel got 45 tickets and everyone staying with us and all the workers headed to the game decked out in red in support of Cuzco. Once again I am amazed by the passion that soccer brings out in people in Latin America. It is unreal to watch an entire stadium jumping up and down chanting for the entire game! Not to mention that they arrive at the game 2 hours in advance just to get seats. There is no alcohol allowed in the stadiums here... I can't even imagine what kind of riot would break out if these people had one ounce of liquor in them! The fields were lined with police, especially when Boca came out on the field. Boca was favored big time in the game, as they are one of the top teams in South America, and much to our surprise and excitement.... Ciencianna was able to take the game 3-0. I thought the fans were crazy to begin with.... I hadn't seen anything until I saw our team score, then score two more times. Absolute insanity spread through the stadium and continued on through the night.

Aside from that its work, volunteer, watch LOST (dvd's are CHEAP here, so I have now gotten myself addicted to the first two seasons of LOST!), and exercise with my new workout partner- Nacho. Yes, his name is Nacho.... they don't really understand why that is funny to us though! Not too much is going on within the next week, so I suppose the next mass email will be after the Inca Trail has whooped my butt. Until then... I hope all is well with everyone. Have a great weekend. I miss you all.... and can't wait to see everyone!