Life in Peru: Things we see

The day-to-day:

• Because Sarah and I are here to work on data, it automatically means that we are experts on all things technology. Problem in the clinic, call on us, apparently. This includes refilling an ink cartridge with a 5mL syringe. Oh, and the computers will have an error everyday. Somehow, error messages in Spanish are scarier than errors in English. I maintain Macs are the way to go.
• We eat A LOT of quinoa and carrots.
• There are more dogs than I knew possible. Most look like mops.
• Said dogs wear more sweaters here than in LA.
• You do not, and will not have the right of way.
• The sun comes up at 5:30am.
• Water smells like sulfur. Surprisingly enough, not the shower. Just the tap. So bathing is good. Washing hands, ehhh.
• The rooster will, like clockwork, say hello from 5:30am until 7:00am.
• The illegal parrot next door says “hola” whenever you walk by.
• We have 3 iron gates that require turning the key 3 times and opening a latch to get through. Don’t forget locking it back. That means 18 turns and several latch pulls.

More to come.

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