Hi! Sorry its been ages and ages since the last time I have written despite the fact that there really is nothing to do here in the evenings!! The second week of teaching was really hard, not being usesd to the way things work here and the language difference makes things a bit tricky! On top of this the frustrations of uteachings are now starting to grate, the english teachers really are pretty terrible and the fact that one of them doesnt want to learn or acc...

The first week of teaching is over and it has all gone surprisingly smoothly! The little rural schools ahve been lovely to teach at as there are very few pupils therefore classroom control is much easier! Monday began with an early start and an earth tremor which was quite exciting however I then spent about three hours sitting in the Plaza in Pisco Elqui as no one had thought to let me know that the english teacher did not come into school until 11:00 on mondays...

Hi Everyone! I have started up ths new blog as the otherone was a bt of a pain to use and ths has a good photo application which I wll use as soon as i locate my computer lead that should connect my Camera up to the computer! Havng spent a couple of days in Viña del Mar when Sophie and I first arrved in Chile we are now in the Elqui Valley and are staying in a little town called Paihuano wth a lady called Señra Nena and her husband, Gilberto. Their hou...