Tuesday, November 17, 2009

End of the Road



Well, my Peace Corps service has come to an end. It's been sad to have to say goodbye to all of the friends I made while in Arequipa, but I know that I will be back to visit some day.

Rather than head straight home, I'll be traveling around south america, getting home just in time for Christmas. It's strange to be leaving the Peace Corps and starting a new stage of my life. In the words of Bob Dylan, "The line it is drawn / The curse it is cast / The slow one now / Will later be fast / As the present now / Will later be past / The order is / Rapidly fadin' / And the first one now / Will later be last / For the times they are a'changin'."

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Halloween!


This year for halloween, the Peace Corps - Arequipa volunteers dressed up in the typical peruvian outfits from the department of Ayacucho, and we were a huge hit. People were asking to take photos with us all night, and Shannon and I gathered a crowd of over 100 people when we started dancing in the Plaza de Armas, and even made some tips doing it!