Oh Peru!

So i am finally getting around to my 'hello ive arrived in Peru blog' only 3 weeks too late, but considering my track record for blog neglect, i havent done too bad, so lets begin...

The beginning
So after a mammoth 20 odd hour door to door voyage, i arrived in Lima airport bricking myself, not of what was to come but the fact that I had been waiting over half an hour for my suitcase to worm its way around the baggage turnstile, oh whatever we call those things. I was sure that all the new summer clothes / half of primark would never see the light of day. but of course they did eventually. panic over!

You know you see those T mobile adverts of about 100 people waiting at the arrivals, well its true, that does actually happen! Sooo many people with sooo many signs, however, the girl from the volunteer organisation thankfully enough had a bright pink dress on so i spotted her straight away!

then for my host family to arrive...
the most worrying thing was knowing that i'd have to speak spanish, a skill that requires alertness and knowledge, the two things i was definately lacking after a pitiful amount of sleep.
However, thanks to a english-speaking neice, we arrived home to a large chocolate cake to celebrate my arrival which i thought was really sweet!!

The school im volunteering at is pretty sweet too, modern, snazzy and the teachers are well friendly!! Classes start properly this week (its the beginning of a new school year) so im actually pretty looking forward to helping out, though the talk of the children learning from my pronunciation is humourous with my scouse twang still lingering despite my best posh voice, oh well!

All in all im getting more settled now, despite the craaaazy bus system (jump on jump off bascially anywhere) and the constant hustle and bustle, im quite enjoying it!! Im definately getting my bearings alot more now, so i can go wander and discover a bit more especially in the big gringa area (gringa = foreigner) of Miraflores, where i dont feel as though i stick out as much.

Ive discovered starbucks and alot of amazing food so far.... let the discovery continue....