A really big rock...

There’s this really interesting rock that I went to visit last week, it's about an hour away from Abancay. It’s called Saywite and shows the Incan empire: coast, mountains and jungle, as well as representations of animals and important places like Machu Picchu. Lynda (short-termer from NZ) and I got dropped off on the highway and walked down into the valley... and there it was, this big rock in a cage... It made for a good day-trip to find out more about Peruvian culture.


And today is a public holiday because we celebrated Independence Day on Saturday 28th July. I went with Diana to watch her dad march in the parade and help raise the flag... it was interesting for the first couple of groups but then it seemed like we were watching the whole of Abancay march past and it took ages and got a bit cold and boring.

Anyway, all is going well with my family. Diana and Javier didn’t have class for about 3 weeks cos all the teachers were on strike but they started school again last week and won’t have mid-year holidays because of they have to make up all the classes that they missed. After moving back in earlier this month, praise God that we've been getting along really well and as my Spanish improves, I've been able to have some really cool conversations.

Sometimes on the weekends, we got on paseos, where we all pile into the car and drive somewhere or visit someone and then come back. Last week we went with another family and they have 2 little girls... so here's Diana and I mucking around with my camera.