This week has been a proper week of work. I have been working with a tough wee class of 4 boys. It is a very different experience when it isnt your class, you dont know the kids yet, you dont know exactly what they are saying to you or whether they make sense in their own language, you cant communicate properly with the staff and they are worried you cant cope with the behaviour :-/ Challenge! I tried to reassure them that we have kids with very similar behaviour...

First week has flown in. We spent a couple of days in Cusco getting over the jet lag and the end if term. We headed out to the school on Tues, met Celeste, who runs the school, and had a tour round the school which is basically a house with small rooms made into classrooms. We are staying in the volunteer flat where Celeste lives with her Peruvian partner Calline. Hes an artist who plays lots of loud music. He cooked for us and we even had some salsa dancing in t...

Hi everyone :) Im back out on my travels again. After a few crazy weeks and some last minute madness (as usual!) I made it on to 3 planes for 30 hours of travel and finally made it :D Sleeping on a cold floor in Lima airport was the low point (they dont do seating areas :-/) and the sunrise as we flew into Cusco was a big high point :D Now stting in a wee hostel with lots of character drinking coca tea, showered and rested (its the little things that are so good ...