The events of the day turned out to be a fairly typical depiction of life here in Peru, so we thought we'd share them with you.
7:30am - Leave the house in a taxi, and the taxi driver subsequently stops and uses our fare to fill his tank with enough gas to keep him going for the next leg of his trip
8:30-10:30am - Meetings and discussions at the orphanage
11:00am - Leave to run "a few quick errands" - turns out to be hours of running around just to mail a package, use the ATM, return a malfunctioning microwave (only to learn that we have to pay full price rather than sale price to exchange it), and finally attempt to meet with a carpenter who canceled but forgot to notify us of the change.
4:00pm - Leave for the carnival rides and discover that the price agreement that had been made with the park only applied to the children's rides, not the rides that all of the teenagers were eligible to ride. Negotiations ensue and we're told that for every 20 tickets we but we'll get 10 free - so we do some quick math and figure out a way to make this work, return to buy the tickets. We then learn that they will only give us 10 free tickets total, not actually 10 free for every 20. More math, we figure it out again, buy the tickets and then learn that the 10 free tickets aren't actually valid for every ride, only certain ones. All of this is happening while 23 teenagers are anxiously waiting to get into the park. Finally, the fun begins and everyone has a great time on the "juegos mechanicos."
Here are a few photos from the excursion to verify that fun was had by all, despite the stressful events of the day!
Benjamin enjoying the merry-go-round!
The teenagers LOVED this ride, The Samba.
A few brave girls tried this ride.
Jon and Rebecca (house parents at the orphanage) and their group of boys.
