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Spent morning poottling over to peninusla in a very slow boat on Lake Titicaca,not the one in the picuture but a 21st century boat with a slow engine... at the peninusula we were introduced to our host families who we were to stay the night with. Dan and I were with Matilda, a 37 year old woman and her two children,Salymer aged 11 and Selinda aged 9. Our group had a football match with some people from another Gap group and some locals, We were still at altitude of about 3000m so running was so hard but it was goodfun. Then we were collected by our hosts and taken to their homes. We took them some rice and spaghetti and colouring pens, pencils and exercise books as presents, oh and some toilet paper (we tend to take some of that everywhere these days!). Their home was very basic, a small room about 5m x 2m where they cooked on small fire and had a table for eating around. Dan and I played Uno with the girls then a game of catch with the football we had also bought them. The meal Matilda had made was lovely, a spicy hot vegetable soup, followed by a noodle stir fry dish.. After dinner we were dressed by the girls in Peru traditional dress and went to the school hall for a traditional dance evening. It was great fun and so nice to be welcomed into a small community whose values are so honest and simple. AFter the dance it was back home. Our family, unfortunately, lived at the top of the hill so again we were affectedby the altitude . It is hard to describe how hard doing anything is when you are so high up. These people who live here must be very fit. Our guide told us that people who live at high altitude suffer similar symptoms to altitude sickness when they go to sea level, and they say they feel heavy too.
We had a good nights sleep in our own room with a toilet en-ssuite, again basic but comfortable nonetheless. Then left in the morning after a breakfast of fried nam bread like rolls. Loved the homestay. Really eye-opening.
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Leo Hi Anne. I click on to your adventures from time to time and have been catching up on some of what you've been up to.....WOW !!! No words can say what I think, just that this round the world thing your on has got to be one of the most amazing things that anyone could ever do.. WOW!!! Take care keep well. Leo xx
ann Hello Anne, I don't seem to have received your blogs for ages, and here they arrive all at once. Peru sounds really exciting. Machu Pinchu is another visit on my "to do" list - it sounds amazing! Interesting to hear your comments on walking at alltitude - I find it a bit concerning, hopefully I'll feel drunk as well! It's lovely that the "natives" are so welcoming and hospitable - especially when they have so little - in the material sense. Take care and ENJOY! Love, Ann x