海外旅行 (1)
2007/5/24 1：03
PERU 3 <Cuzco> Part 1 -English- ペルー2007/PERU
March 31, 2007 (Sat)
Since I don't have Spanish lessons till Monday, I've decided to go visit a small town near Cuzco with Lucy, Ricardo, and Karl. They have an organization to support kids in a poor community, and have established 2 "comedores"(places as cafeterias/dining rooms). The three of them visit those comedores every week.
We crammed into a small taxi, and left the city of Cuzco. Many cars and buses go up and down on this causeway between Cuzco and Lima. After 30 or 40 minutes, we arrived in a small town by the railroad for Machu Pichu.
On the main street of this town, you can see lots of shops. Lucy and I went into the bakery to buy about 90 pieces of white bread for the children. Lucy said, "I always check who is attending the shop before entering, because the owner of the bakery always gives us extra bread, but his wife never does!" ^0^
After that, we took a "motocar"(motorcycle taxi) on the smaller, bumpy road for about 5 minutes into the country side, and we arrived at the 1st "comedor"! Suddenly, we were in a meadow surrounded by several cows. As soon as we started walking toward the classroom-like building in the field, several kids ran up to us calling "Hermana!!" (Sister!!), and greeted us with hugs and kisses on the cheeks. There were some shy kids looking at us from the distance as well. I soon noticed that all these kids have rough, dark, sunburned skin, and rather shabby clothes and shoes. I saw some kids without shoes, too...
We gave the kids and their parents the bread we bought, and at the same time, Lucy put sunblock lotion on the faces of them. Where they live is very high, so the sun is very strong, but they just don't know how to treat their damaged skin from the sunburn...
After a while, I started playing with some of the children. ^0^ (I know how to play with kids because I have taught kids at school before and now I play with my little niece & nephew all the time.) Even those shy ones joined with big smiles! ^0^ With younger kids, I plyed hide-and-seek. To the older ones, I taught a few basic Japanese phrases, and wrote their names in Japanese. They were so facinated to see their own names in those strange looking letters! And they kept giggling looking at each other. ^0^
They also liked the stickers of cartoon characters I brought from Japan. Kids are the same everywhere. ^0^
After that, I went to the field behind the building to meet the parents. They were growing potatos and corns. One of the mothers gave me a cup of "chicha", fermented rice beer! (Since I had wanted to try it in Peru, I was pretty excited when she offered me the cup. ^0^) Well, the taste was...interesting. It's very sour and has a light beer taste. I sipped a few more times, and returned the cup to the lady respectfully. They bring the chicha in a big plastic tank, and drink it while working in the field. The mother drank up the rest of my chicha in one! Very impressive!!
Later, we were offered lots of boiled potatoes and corns with cheese for lunch. Everything was fresh and yummy!
*To read more, go to Part 2.*
Since I don't have Spanish lessons till Monday, I've decided to go visit a small town near Cuzco with Lucy, Ricardo, and Karl. They have an organization to support kids in a poor community, and have established 2 "comedores"(places as cafeterias/dining rooms). The three of them visit those comedores every week.
We crammed into a small taxi, and left the city of Cuzco. Many cars and buses go up and down on this causeway between Cuzco and Lima. After 30 or 40 minutes, we arrived in a small town by the railroad for Machu Pichu.
On the main street of this town, you can see lots of shops. Lucy and I went into the bakery to buy about 90 pieces of white bread for the children. Lucy said, "I always check who is attending the shop before entering, because the owner of the bakery always gives us extra bread, but his wife never does!" ^0^
After that, we took a "motocar"(motorcycle taxi) on the smaller, bumpy road for about 5 minutes into the country side, and we arrived at the 1st "comedor"! Suddenly, we were in a meadow surrounded by several cows. As soon as we started walking toward the classroom-like building in the field, several kids ran up to us calling "Hermana!!" (Sister!!), and greeted us with hugs and kisses on the cheeks. There were some shy kids looking at us from the distance as well. I soon noticed that all these kids have rough, dark, sunburned skin, and rather shabby clothes and shoes. I saw some kids without shoes, too...
We gave the kids and their parents the bread we bought, and at the same time, Lucy put sunblock lotion on the faces of them. Where they live is very high, so the sun is very strong, but they just don't know how to treat their damaged skin from the sunburn...
After a while, I started playing with some of the children. ^0^ (I know how to play with kids because I have taught kids at school before and now I play with my little niece & nephew all the time.) Even those shy ones joined with big smiles! ^0^ With younger kids, I plyed hide-and-seek. To the older ones, I taught a few basic Japanese phrases, and wrote their names in Japanese. They were so facinated to see their own names in those strange looking letters! And they kept giggling looking at each other. ^0^
They also liked the stickers of cartoon characters I brought from Japan. Kids are the same everywhere. ^0^
After that, I went to the field behind the building to meet the parents. They were growing potatos and corns. One of the mothers gave me a cup of "chicha", fermented rice beer! (Since I had wanted to try it in Peru, I was pretty excited when she offered me the cup. ^0^) Well, the taste was...interesting. It's very sour and has a light beer taste. I sipped a few more times, and returned the cup to the lady respectfully. They bring the chicha in a big plastic tank, and drink it while working in the field. The mother drank up the rest of my chicha in one! Very impressive!!
Later, we were offered lots of boiled potatoes and corns with cheese for lunch. Everything was fresh and yummy!
*To read more, go to Part 2.*
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