Quick Update...

Hola!
I have computer for about 10 minutes so I´m going to do a quick quick update, because I´m not sure when I´ll get to again!
Yesterday, we went back to Chocco and visited a family in their house. Honestly, it was like going back in time... their stove was made of rock... they put giant sticks of wood under a rock with a hole in the top and light them on fire, and that is their stove. There were guinea pigs running all over the room, the clay room with no chair, no table, and a few holes in the walls (literally) for shelves. It was crazy... and the craziest part is that the family who lived there consisted of a twenty year old mom, a twenty three year old dad, and their 8 month year old baby. But honestly, the mom was the nicest (she made us lunch!), happiest, most optimistic person I have ever met.
The school was crazy too, and the kids have so much energy! They loved trying on our sunglasses, and doing our hair haha. On the way back to Cusco, a few of them hopped in the taxi with us! They were so sweet, and kept hugging us and just non-stop smiles.
We figured out what we are going to do here... we´re planning a conservation program in the schools, where we teach them the importance of not littering (their land is beautiful, but they litter like crazy, which is hard because they´re trying to attract tourists), as well as planting trees (they use wood for everything, and so cut trees down all the time, but never re-plant them)... we will also be teaching the children a little English (which will help them get jobs in the future, as well as help with tourism), and are planning a photo project with the youth. It´s comming along really good, and we´re all super pumped. It may not sound like much, but I´ll explain it better when I´m back in Canada!

As for family life, Marcela taught us to dance last night! So fun! And today we went to a little cafe that had the BEST juice and desserts, but they gave us complementary candies that tasted like fish. So we wanted to be polite but could not force them down... so when they weren´t looking I shoved them in my camera case and they didn´t know any better haha...
Anyways, that´s all for now but I will do my best to write as often as possible!