Time on ma hands

     Sometimes you got it, and sometimes you don't. Anyways, someone suggested that I write about more of the little things, because I realize that there are MANY things here that you guys don't know about and are very very weird or strange or just plain different!

     First thing. Toilets. For some reason they don't know what toilet seats are? Toilet, no toilet seat. Also very hard to find toilet paper. You kinda have to bring around your own if you're really fussy about it. Yuck. Oh, and even if you're lucky enough to find toilet paper, (even in people's houses, which is weird...), you can't flush it down the toilet. Waste paper basket. And the showers are... better than the 0 star motel in Italy, but there's only water at certain times of the day, and some nights there's no running water at all. And you can't drink the water, whether you're Peruvian or not. Only bottled (oooh the environment!!! :( !) or boiled, or you'll get sick n die. Ha

     Dogs. Everywhere. Wild, beautiful dogs roaming and sleeping in and sometimes (but I haven't seen it often) fighting or humping in the streets. They're generally, depending on where you are, very calm and relaxed. They won't bite you or approach you unless you do something to them first. Not like the crazy, rampid hyena packs of starving, mean dogs in Mexico :S Most of the ones I've seen are well fed but it still makes me very sad to see them all homeless. Yesterday I saw a mostly hairless, starving and sunburnt dog and it kinda made me wanna cry. The Quezadas laughed. >.< When asked, everyone here is very surprised that the only dogs in Canada usually have owners and live with them!

     Terrorrrraffic!! Oh my. No wonder the exchange doesn't let you drive here. I've seen... three or four painted roadlines? Maybe? Not that it matters if they're there or not. Speed bumps every 20 metres, and always before crosswalks. People drive where they want and when they want. I'm surprised I haven't seen a dozen car crashes!! People seem to like it better driving in the middle of the highway, not using signals of any sorts, and cramming as many together as close together in one lane as they can. Oh yeah! The taxis!! In most places I've been, (make that all..) you get in a taxi, and the driver turns on/off (I can't remember) his light, to show he has a passenger, takes you where you want to go, and turns the light on/off again to show they're available. In Peru, they cram as many passengers into one trip as possible. I suppose it's more environmental? At first i was very confused!! And they don't use lights. They use horns and hands. Honking horn means that they have room for more passengers. A hand out the window shows how many seats they have. Ooooh my. I love it :D Get to meet a bunch of randoms hahaha the other day it was a 70 year old man. Nice guy. Kinda um. Not all there. But very harmless. :P Don't worry mother! Never in a taxi alone --or alone with a stranger :P You know what i mean.

      Oooh and at school, I have to wear a uniform, which I still have to buy, because none of the stores we went to had any for Sr de la Vida, or only have XL sizes. You also have to wear black shoes. And you're not allowed to dye your hair, or wear it loose. It has to be a certain length, not too long and not too short, and has to be tied back. You're also not allowed to wear earings of any kind, even though every single female teacher I saw was wearing them. Apparently I also have to take out my nose piercing every day. I really hope it doesn't grow back. Ugghh.

      And the schools are crazy. Every student has a student ID card with a bar code that they use to sign in and out of the school every day with a scanner. You're only allowed to enter between certain times, and if you're late, you cannot get in. AYAYAIII! No skipping classes for me man. Jajaja not that I would EVER! :O But that's a bit anal. And all the teachers are super business creepy like in professional suits and such. But then you talk to them and they're still mostly human, and pretty funny. The english teacher let us watch part of LEGION in spanish and once the old grandma in the diner went demon psycho, all the kids started screaming like little babies. Oh myyy.

     Can't think of anything else, and I dunno how many people actually read this haha OH and the other day we ate at an Asian food restaurant in Chimbote. Very strange mix of the two cultures. That is all. :)