Hi all! We spent today with the Buktas in downtown Trujillo. Taxis came and picked us up mid-morning (it was really nice to get some extra sleep) and we headed into town. We quickly observed that pedestrians do NOT have the right of way in Peru. They get two brief honks and that is their only warning to dive out of the way of the speeding cars. The moving vehicle doesn´t even slow down. Also, stop signs are optional and the painted lines to indicate lanes are merely suggestions. It´s crazy. (And you thought Arizona drivers were hectic...)
In anycase, we got there in one piece via taxi and then came our next challenge: being the pedestrians. (We did a LOT of walking today!) It was a little bit of an odd adjustment but we avoided any kind of collision and had a nice day visiting El Centro and La Plaza de Armas. We were finally able to exchange some money, so when we visited some touristy shop areas I was able to pick up a few things.
Also, we got to see the new office building for Project New Hope, which was pretty cool. They are renting out a three-story house and the second and third stories on one side are being made into a women´s shelter, which looks as though it is going to be very nice.
Finally we headed back to Mike and Danell´s to hang out and have pizza. Pizza Hut is delicious here, which is funny because I can´t stand it in the states.
We got back to the hostal in one piece, did our devotion, and now it´s off to bed. Tomorrow is another day in the barrio!
Send a few prayers our way! Thank you!
Spanish of the Day = rotisserie (like chicken) is ´asador´
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