I'm sorry it took me so long to get back to writing again. It's got mostly to do with the non existence of good WiFi around here. Uploading pictures still seems to be impossible, but I'm keeping an eye on which ones will go where and as soon as I can I will upload them. Also I keep a diary, so no stories are lost, it just takes a while for them to get to you all.

So dancing last Wednesday was really really fun, and funny, and just all around pretty awesome. I didn't realise how much I had missed dancing until just then. Even though the Peruvians are really small (read boob height), they dance really well. There were so many Dutch people as well ... I think I found all of the Dutch people to be found in Urubamba. One of the guys (the guys were mostly Peruvian) brews his own beer that he was giving away. Yes, giving away. It was really nice beer too, so I had a good night.

On Thursday the strikes were still going on, and we were advised to stay in our houses, if we didn't live close to the office. The people in Urubamba were angry. All around the sacred valley, the mayors of the towns had been joining in the strikes. However, there was a whole thing here because the mayor had been spotted going into a bar instead of protesting with everyone else. The atmosphere around town was a little more threatening, but luckily we were able to avoid the crowds on the way to the office. In the morning Juan had opened the shop, but there were people who came at the door shouting for him to close up. Most of the stores around here seemed to be open, but they closed when there were a lot of people in the streets. We spent the day at the office with our supervisor. We found a game that would be nice for the kids to play in school, but it was only made for four players. So we photocopied it, and cut out all the individual cards, glued them to pieces of black cardboard and laminated the whole lot with tape. At night, my left hand still cramped up just thinking about it. We went home for lunch after our little arts and crafts session, we had potatoes, chicken, lettuce, and rice. I was home for the rest of the afternoon. That Thursday I have come to appreciate the existence of windows. My room has no window in it. So whenever I am in there reading or writing, it's a little disorienting to be without sunlight. Especially because I wasn't really used to the time difference yet, so it just felt like 10 in the evening the entire time, even though we hadn't even had dinner yet.

So there's more in my diary, which I will type out for you tomorrow, and tonight I will still try and upload some pictures.