I am very, very, very far behind in my blog. Schnell schnell!
These pictures we taken when the two other exchange students - Gabriel and Erin - arrived.
Above: My room - all the houses here are so colourful!
The
vista outside of my room.
This giant water bottle only costs about 56 Canadian cents.
The beach at
Boca del Río - a town at the pacific ocean, around 45 minutes from Tacna.
Why do I look like I am squinting even though it's overcast? Because I am.
Above:
Boca del Río
These little beans are served in all restaurants as pre-meal snacks - they taste a bit like popcorn.
Ceviche - Raw seafood (mainly octopus) served in a lime and tiger-milk sauce with a side of choclo and sweet potatoes, with exquisitely fine onions diced on top ... definitely my new favorite meal, ever. Absolutely phenomenal.
Above: Fish with pieces of pea-pods , potatoes, carrots, and peas. Sounds gross? No way - it's delicious.
Celebrating Keegan's birthday over skype.
Roasted Chicken with a side of salad, sweet potatoes, potatoes, and choclo. Mmmm....
The view outside my window.
Below: the bottom floor of my house.
A parade which the exchange students had to participate in.
Ape (
ah-pay) -
I like to think of this as a Peruvian version of a beaver-tail (a Canadian pastry). Both sound like they're made from animals, and both are delicious pastries and VERY fattening.
Chicha Morada - a drink made from purple maíz. Delicious!
The fields in the valleys between Tacna and Moquegua.
Above: We travelled to Locumba for
Señor de Locumba - a Catholic holiday.
An odd type of pastry; really crumbly, but with a pumpkin paste in the inside. It has the texture of short-bread cookies. Yummy!
A brothy soup with potatoes, carrots, and bits of spinach. Bonus points if you guess what that purple stuff is.
Below: the center square - la plaza de armas - in the small village of Ilabaya.
Above: "Municipal Tribute, District of Ilabaya, A.L. Colonel Alfonso Ugarte Bernal, Hero of the Pacific War".
It looks like I'm hiding a baby in my belly :D
Above: my host parents
Above: Chifa - that is, Chinese food. The only thing is, they cooked it from scratch. Absolutely taste-bud-blowing.
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