Today I experienced the true Peruvian community at its best. Raquel, Joshi, and I met Vanessa, Carol, Kelsey, and Joshua and walked over to Juan Carlos and Sandra’s home (two teachers from Davy). We crammed 4 adults and 3 children into a taxi while Juan Carlos’s family piled into another for a Mother’s Day outing. We first went to La Querencia, a huge outdoor restaurant with games for the children and a live band. The place was packed and our table alone ended up being 25 people. As we ate traditional food the kids played on the playground equipment and the adults chatted animatedly and drank happily. The atmosphere was very warm and full of energy and felt like one big Peruvian family.
After lunch, our original entourage went for a hike through the local village of Llacanora in hopes of finding the waterfalls. We were lucky enough to find one beautiful waterfall and the younger kids had a blast playing in the pool below. On our way back to the center of the village, Vanessa and Joshua were on a mission to pick up all of the garbage they came across. They were successful and filled two bags worth. Vanessa is such an environmentalist and let the locals now verbally of the disgrace their filth city was. I’m glad that I don’t understand Spanish that well. :)
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