Lampa

We took a circuitous route from Nazca. We were trying to go straight to Juliaca, which would have taken about 16 hours. Instead, because roads were shut down (strikes), they took a southern road that goes far out of the way. We arrived in Desaguadero after a 22 hour bus trip. It was cool though, because we got to go to Bolivia. The hostel we stayed at was about 100 yards from the border. All we had to do was walk across the bridge, without showing passports, and we were in Bolivia. We walked around in Bolivia for about an hour, but it was honestly pretty boring. Everyone that lives around the area and sells cool stuff, like the stuff I would buy, sets up shop in Peru because they can make more money than in Bolivia. We left Desaguadero and spent the next night in Puno, a little closer to our true destination. Puno was cool because we were on Lake Titicaca, the highest-elevation navagable lake in the world. The next day, we finally made it to a village, Lampa. We had been trying to reach our next village for 8 days. The strikes shut down roads and crap, and we had to cut out two villages on our schedule and head to Lampa. Lampa is cool, and we're glad to be back in a village. It has been one of the easier stays. The town is larger than any we've been to, which means having all sorts of amenities: a bank, a tennis court, ping pong, internet, drug stores, and all kinds of shops and stands. The food here is the cheapest we've eaten. We eat lunch for 2.50 soles and supper for 2.00 soles. A meal includes soup, an entree with meat and rice, jello, and tea. All of this for less than $0.75! We haven't been able to perform our skits or puppets yet, because we usually do them in schools. The schools here are still shut down because of strikes. But, we're gonna try to perform in the plaza tonight. There's sure to be a crowd. People are everywhere at night. We've pretty much just been hanging out with the Peruvian believers in town for a few days. Tomorrow, we're heading to our next site, Nuñoa. I think I may have deleted a lot of my pictures by trying to load one, so I really need to get away from all things technology right now, before I turn green.

Judges 15:16