Friday, May 28, 2010

Thursday 27th May 2010

No Pumamarca today.
Volunteer meeting at 10.30 am (much talk of pooh).
Everyone has now been tested and and everyone has at least one of the bugs going around and there are 5 people in hospital and a couple more ready to go.
Not looking good for the Machu Pichu trek this weekend. Some will miss out. This is no place for diarrhea.
Vickey went to hospital this afternoon.

Community work this afternoon was at Quilla Huatta. I swapped with Stefan and he went to Talleres with Jo and I went with Ray to the construction site.

We erected a temporary wall to the side of the leanto the family is living in while they wait for their house to be rebuilt. To keep the family a bit warmer on these very cold nights in the mountains. We had to move lots of their crap away to get to the wall. I noticed that under all the junk there was a cupboard being used as a chicken coop with chooks inside leaning up against the hessian wall of the bedroom. Then I heard some more cheeping coming from inside only to discover a cage with, not more birds but guinea pigs, in their kitchen area. It is an unbelievable situation. At least the kids will be warmer tonight.

We´re packing tonight for the Machupicchu trek. Up early tomorrow.
Everyone is getting very excited. I hope we all make it. Don´t want to be carried out.

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