A few weeks ago I finally moved host families. So far everything is great, and I even have a stove so I can cook omelettes, because that is pretty much all I know how to make. I'll try to take a picture and post it when I get back from my trip. Speaking of trip, I am currently in Lima. We had our Close of Service (COS) conference this week because my group officially ends their service this August. It's the last time that everyone from Peru 9 was together as a group. Before the COS conference started, 10 of us went down to Huacachina in Ica, a 5 hour bus ride south of Lima. Huacachina was a natural oasis in the desert but now all of the wells have depleted their natural water so they have to pump the lake with water. It is basically gringo land but it was nice to spend a day in the sun and by the pool. The main attraction there is to go out on dunebuggys and go sandboarding. Sandboarding is the same concept as snowboarding but we all heard it was quite hard and dangerous, so almost all of us just went down headfirst on our belly, which was a lot of fun! The COS conference was spent about half an hour south of Lima and it addressed the logistics of the process of finishing our service. After the conference ended we all get to spend one last night in Lima together. I am still in Lima because tomorrow I will be spending 3 days working on editing the Peace Corps Peru magazine, Pasa La Voz, and then I will hop on a plane to the US to go to my college reunion!
The dunebuggy
I love sand
It's like sledding!
Sanboarding
The oasis of Huacachina
After our guide took 3 failed jumping attempts, I took over the camera.
The entire Peru 9 group
