Lima and FBT

John da paul John da Paul
Haha
Wow this is hilarious. A robocop manaquin
mountain in the distance of lima
These things guard the president´s house haha

the marriot on the beach
chris snuck in my photo
im an odd person...
little walkway in lima with shops and such
plaza mayor...thats Presidente Garcia´s house behind me

cool fountain in lima
the beach!
tim
stores which are normal looking!
really odd face haha

snoozing
me and my host bro
me and jasmin
ivan my language teacher
hooray for starbucks haha

I guess we can start off with last night. Last night we went to another neighborhood which is a lot nicer than mine for a party at this guy’s house who has a PCV photo shrine on his wall. It was pretty fun. I might have drank more than I had liked to but I ended up waking up on time today.

Today was the big trip to Lima. We left here around 8am. My group went into Miraflores. A pretty safe and touristy part of Lima. There we pretty much did some stuff with community analysis and just talking to the people on the streets. Then, we walked to the beach where I had KFC!!! It was so good. The beach was pretty cool. Apparently you can’t swim in the water because its so dirty haha. It was actually brownish. Then, we practiced bartering with taxi drivers. It’s rather ridiculous. We asked them how much it would be to get a ride back to our town. They said 80 soles when it actually should be 30, but they know people in that area will still take their cab so they wouldn’t lower it. You can pretty much barter for things anywhere in Peru and you should! Then we went into the center of the city where the President lives and such. There were a lot of small stores and stuff similar to what Sevilla was like. It was a good day but definitely tiresome.

Oh, also this week we went over Field Based Training. This takes place in week 6. We leave on Sunday and are gone the whole week until Saturday. The small business group is going to Cajamarca for field based training into the “campo” or rural areas. We’ll be in the mountains which is exciting. Cajamarca is a 15 hour bus ride away or so then like 4 hours in a tiny combi to the campo.

So what is FBT? Our group will be divided into two groups which will go to two different spots in Cajamarca. In these two different spots we will go to a technical/business school. At the business school, we are divided into groups of 3 and each group of 3 will teach about 25 students of age 18-24 about business and such. The first 3 days will be all day lectures about starting and running a small business (like accounting, finance, marketing, etc.). The semi intense thing about this is that we will be lecturing the students for 3 days in Spanish! Then, we teach them how to create a business plan and they make a business plan for a microempresa(small business). After that, they submit the proposal to the PC bank to receive a small loan to start their business. Once they receive the loan, they go out for the day and run their small business (aka selling food, bingo, delivery service, etc.). During the day they have to make enough money to pay back the loan and the interest. At the end of the day, they keep the extra money they make. It seems like its going to be a great activity for us and them and fun as well.

Personal feelings right now? Everything is going well. Lots to look forward to. I really just want to know where I´m going for the next 2 years right??? In time. I think most people want to go to the coast bc its a bit easier to adjust and find food to eat that you like instead of just potatoes and rice. It´s rather funny actually. Peru has a national potato day. I think that everyday is a national potato day so i wonder what they actually do. Maybe they dont eat potatoes?

So that’s that. I posted some more pics from Lima. Write me comments if you want I enjoy them!!! Hasta.

PS this kid in the internet place just is blaring freakin sum 41 ¨perfect¨as well as singing it. AHHHH