 | Things that will kill you
2008-03-15, Chiclayo, Peru. By: fizzlepops | | There are a lot of superstitions about food in Peru which I have broken. Since many end in death I thought I would write abut them before I kick the bucket. It started in Lima when I ate my dinner c... |
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| Refridgeration
2008-02-26, Chiclayo, Peru. By: fizzlepops | | This story is a little late in being posted but it is a big change in my life in the campo so I had to write about it. I bought a fridge! Instead of paying my family for living with them every month... |
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 | Rainy season in the Sierra
2008-02-19, Chiclayo, Peru. By: fizzlepops | | As I am sure you have figured out by now by looking at my pictures, my site is not in the beautiful sierra o Peru. Nay it is actually dry, dry, dry forest. SO why does it matter if it is the rainy s... |
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 | Facts of life
2008-02-15, Chiclayo, Peru. By: fizzlepops | | I put some new pictures up including some before pictures of my room, pre-cement floor. The building guys came at 6 am to start. They first removed the adobes above my door so they could move it up ... |
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| Solid, Liquid, or gas
2008-02-01, Chiclayo, Peru. By: fizzlepops | | I couldn´t stop myself from using this title. It you have ever lived in or visited a developing country then you can understand and sympathize with the meaning behind these words. The thing about li... |
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| Room for change
2008-01-28, Chiclayo, Peru. By: fizzlepops | | It has been almost two monthes since I have been in my site and my family is still wavering on where I will live in the house. I thought I would elaborate the saga for you all. My family has a brick... |
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| Lost in translation
2008-01-22, Chiclayo, Peru. By: fizzlepops | | There is a tourist restaraunt in Chiclayo that we weht to and they gave us their english version of the menu. Karen and I laughed for about half an hour reading these tasty sounding meals:
Fish at... |
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 | Christmas, new years and a festival of kings
2008-01-12, Chiclayo, Peru. By: fizzlepops | | Hola!
I feel like I have so much to write and no computer time to do it. It{s not that I don't have oodles of time...I do. I just always have other things to do on the computer that always seem t... |
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| So it begins
2007-12-19, Chiclayo, Peru. By: fizzlepops | | I have been in my site for exactly 15 days and have had my ups and downs be overall I think it is going to be a pretty good two years. My family is nice but they struggle with the fact that I am a ve... |
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 | The Last ACTION-PACKED Entry for Year 1
2007-11-26, Chiclayo, Peru. By: djtwist0 | | For my First Year Survived In Peru, I am done working. On November 27th, I’ll hit 1 year in site and then the countdown begins to that inevitable time when I have to go home. Or, I’ll stay and marry... |
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 | Site visits
2007-11-20, Chiclayo, Peru. By: fizzlepops | | I got back from my site visit on Sunday but was to tired to write. I really like the two sites where I will be working. I had already seen the place where I would be living during FBT but I got to g... |
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 | Brian experiences a busy week with ups and downs
2007-07-06, Chiclayo, Peru. By: DJTWISt0 | | I’m really becoming a super clothes-washer, not necessarily in terms of getting rid of stains and getting all the soap out, but man I’m FAST. Granted, there is a pile of soap suds dripping down from ... |
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