¨Tu sabes, tu sabes, tu sabes....¨

Time seems to be flying by like anyone would expect when you´re spending your days on the beach. I have learned quite a bit already about the differences between the peruvian cultures and those I have already been aquainted with. It is a much poorer country than Mexico and the daily luxuries of Mexico are not apparent here or if so they are a reasonable traveling distance away. Sunblock, for example, if exists here in Huanchaco is quite expensive considering the natives have adapted into a much thicker outer layer and my freckled skin and I are quite a bit more sensitive to the onslaught. I have to travel to Trujillo for sunblock which is around a 10 minute drive by car but by bus is doubled. Time doesn´t exist here and the ocassional question of time is spoofed at and brushed off with their mellow laughs. Huanchaco is a quiet town and is quite religiously positioned with a church dominating the highest point of the town.
My direction of ¨Otra Cosa¨has been quite varied but I believe finally has been planted and I will be doing a cultural awareness project, creating packets for both the ¨Gringos¨and for some of the businesses that take the volunteers so that they can understand why the gringos are the way they are. Quite a narrow task but I accepted it anyways seeing that it would be beneficial to my experience.
I have been hanging out with the local artisans learning a bit of their trade and hoping I can get better at it with practice. Yesterday I helped a traveling Juggler named ¨mente perro¨(his actual name is Miguel) earn a few extra 'lucas' at the stoplight intersection in Trujillo. Mario was another one that was teaching me how to braid but sadly like the rest of the artisans they leave trying to make a few more soles in other places. Between the downed economy and the constant opression by the 'municipales,' the artisans of been struggling to even have enough money to eat sometimes though the money can slip into other ¨priorities¨which to me do not seem worthy of the exchange. The artisans tell stories though of places like Lima, Quito or other big cities where juggling can pay around $15 - $20 an hour. The necklaces may increase a bit in the price but the consumer unfortunately doesn't always consider the time and precision put into every detail.
I am now at a new place called ¨Hospedaje Camelias¨and it is a very passable place with a small indoor area garden, private bathrooms, a quaint little kitchen and a place to hand wash your clothes. I got it for around $70 a month because of la patrona´s caring and somewhat desperate heart. I promised that I would add her into the volunteer accommodation´s list. She is a very sweet and understanding woman around 30 with three little girls.
I am off to eat because my stomache cannot support only one simple banana and papaya sounds better considering my current stomache issues.