It's nearly 2am here but struggling to sleep having spent most of the day slobbing around the apartment watching X Factor on the internet. It's a big day tomorrow as we're hoping to hear from two schools about jobs, so keep your fingers crossed for us!
It's been harder than we thought to find work because the work visa is a bit of a pain to sort out and it seems most schools can't be bothered to sort it out. It's pretty frustrating but we're starting to get used to the way things work here - slooooooowly. Really, really slowly. If someone says they're going to call you on Monday, what they really mean is that you should call them on Friday, at the earliest. If someone says they'll come to fix the AC in twenty minutes, read tomorrow. And, if someone says they want an English lesson at 1pm, expect them around 1.45pm. While i'm on the subject, here are a few other things we've learned about South America...
1. There is a shortage of bins, mirrors and toilet paper. In fact, if the teaching English doesn't work out, we might open a factory and make our millions!
2. Buses are COLD. Even if it's 100degrees outside it will be -10 on the bus. Never make the mistake of boarding an overnight bus in shorts and a t-shirt, you will freeze. Oh and the driving leaves a lot to be desired so it's best to just keep your eyes shut and hope for the best.
3. Watch where you're walking. Candice learned this lesson the other day when she was looking at something on the other side of the road and then fell down an open sewer. Luckily it wasn't full of poo water, but she did get a pretty bad cut.
4. People love to party! Especially here in Cartagena, everyday is like Saturday night and they love, love, love to drink rum...straight from the bottle.
5. Even more than partying, everyone loves to dance. In the street, in bars, on the bus - they just love it. And, everyone can dance really well. Salsa, of course, is the dance of choice and in Ecuador and Peru you can't sit in a bar for two seconds without being asked to 'vamos a bailar'! The only problem is that the people here are pretty short and you feel a bit stupid being flung around the dance floor by a 5ft man.
6. Street food is gooood. Personal favourite so far are fried churros covered in sugar in Lima and a snack here in Cartagena called papa con huevo which is a boiled egg surrounded by a ball of potato, dipped in batter and then deep fried. Yummy!
Some new pics are up on Facebook from our time so far on the coast and of our new friends!
That's all for now, I really need to try and get some sleep. x
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