Szymon w Peru

Maybe this event is not related to Peru, but look at the surprise which my friends did to me last friday when I was comming back from Germany:

Katedra przed trzęsieniem ziemii/Before earthquake:

i po/after:

In the second week of january I decided to go to the jungle. Unfortunately noone of my frinds could go with me so I went alone. And you know what - it was not so bad, actually - it was great! Czytaj dalej ‘Jungle and mountains’

Ica is situated on the north of Lima. The climate over there is very dry and the city is surrounded by a desert. However, the river passing through the city and the irrigation system allow to grow plants. They plant mangos, papayas, bananas, ananases, and above all Czytaj dalej ‘Vino’

At 19th of December we were celebrating a kind of Christmas Eve. Some trainees are leaving Peru and it was the last possibility to meet together. Everyone celebrates Chrismas differently in his coutry, so this dinner was definitely not a traditional one, however it was a good possibility to show a traditional food from our countries. Czytaj dalej ‘Christmas dinner in Pipas’

Kilka fotek dzieci z wycieczki do Huaraz i Matucana. Właściwie nie chciałem nic komentować, ale powiem tylko, że dzieciaki różnie reagują na aparat fotograficzny. Niektóre się chowają, inne z kolei wręcz domagają się zrobienia fotki i nawet same się ustawiają. Tylko popatrzcie… Czytaj dalej ‘Dzieci w Peru’

In Poland Santa Claus gives a presents at 6th of December. He goes to your house at night and when you get up you find a gift. In Peru not! Despite of it he arrived to Pipas Maypas Czytaj dalej ‘Santa Claus’

How Polish are you? Just a tad? Or even more Polish than the Poles? Take this quiz and discover your rate of Polishness Czytaj dalej ‘How Polish are you?’

For the second weekend in Peru I went to Huaraz, a city in a valley between Cordillera Blanca and Cordillera Negra. For me it was a first contact with a mountains here. I wanted to see the highest mountains in Peru and get used to the altitude. Czytaj dalej ‘Between Cordilleras’

During the first week in Lima I looked around to find anyone who would like to go somewhere in the weekend. I was lucky, because two other trainees planned to go to Ica, Paracas and Islas Ballestas and I could join them. It was just 3 hours away from Lima. Czytaj dalej ‘Weekend in the desert’

Here I am. I arrived to Lima 2 hours later, because o the weather condition. We were flying against the 360 kmph wind, so that Lima appeared to be 3000 km further. As a result we had to make a quick pit-stop in Brazil in Fortaleza. Now I can say that I was in Brasil! We stayed in a plane, so the only thing which I could see was a great amount of places with playing football. I arrived to Lima at night. From the plane the city looks great, and the stars… Czytaj dalej ‘Lima - first impression’

We arrived at Barcelona. Everything went well, but check-in lasted very long and we have heard our names in “last call” communicate many times. If I woke up at 3:30, as I planned, it would not be a problem, but I slept a bit longer.

We get to our place and Alinka served a delicious lunch. We had to go to the shop to buy what we needed, and then we observed something interesting. If you ask Spanish people Czytaj dalej ‘Before arriving to Peru - Barcelona’

Tommorow I will leave Poland. My luggage is still not ready, I have all the staff on the bed and I wonder if I have enough place in my backpack. The other question is how heavy would it be… Czytaj dalej ‘The last day in Poland’