Me and My Big Head

Day 18 (1-28-10)

Today I actually got up and headed to the Peru Rail office. There, I was the only person so I walked up to a desk. When I asked if I could move my ticket to the 6th, the guy told me to just get the refund since they have no idea when it will be open. I guess I will wait and see what happens next week. I then headed back to my hostel.



I relaxed, read, watched some tennis and other stuff with the other guests. I talked to Abbey. I then grabbed some food. There was a lot of things going on in Plaza de Armas. So I observed. Most of it was to get people to donate. It seemed like it was worth it. After getting some food, I walked back to my hostel. I hung out for most of the time trying to figure out what to do about my costume.



We all headed to the school. I started to take pictures of the kids. Like at Glenhaven, the children love to be in front of the camera. Eventually I got them to understand that I wanted them to continue what they were doing. I took photos of them playing games, bonding with the volunteers and other stuff. It was a lot of fun. We finally our group to know the dance but they are still out of control. After, I went into the costume room, and couldn´t find anything supermanish. I instead found a big head like from a person at amusment park of a Peruvian boy (hard to explain without seeing it). So I decided to go as a Super Peruvian. I have my Cusco pants on, pan pipes, my head and a pancho.

All the kids loved my costume when I was walking down the street. Adults kind of just stared at me. The dinner was really good food. It was great to see the people´s costumes. We had cheap drinks. We talked and posed for goofy photos. Then we started to play games. It was a lot of fun. We then danced and played limbo. One of the Argentine girls tried to teach me to dance which was a lot of fun. After a couple of hours at the resturant, some of us went to the club. It was an electronic club that brought me back to high school memories. It was a lot of fun. I was even able to check in my big head at the coat check and get it back. It was pretty much amazing. We were there for a few hours and then headed to the hostel. It was a really fun night.

Sad news. J.D. Salinger died.

Howard Zinn R.I.P

After I posted, I saw that Howard Zinn died. What a brilliant man. Defintely one of my heroes. I plan to read all of his books throughout my life. May he rest in peace while his words and wisdom last forever.