I started working this morning at the main health clinic here in town. Two volunteers from Awamaki are working there as medical assistants. One young man is a premed student and the other is in medical school now. I photographed and filmed them at work all morning. They seem to be a real help to the understaffed clinic and both are dedicated, kind people. Tomorrow I go to another health clinic outside of town to film-photograph two other volunteers.
There is a major transportation strike scheduled for Monday, so I am going to go to Machu Pichu on Sunday before all the action starts. The strike is in support of the struggle for land rights in the Amazon. Hopefully it will be over, or at least suspended, by the time Mariana and I head back to Cusco a week from this Sunday.
My homestay is great. I live with Petronilla, a grandmother of 72, her daught Rene who is a primary school teacher and drama coach, and a charming little girl they have taken in, Rafaella. I have three meals a day with them and have learned a lot about the joys and struggles of life here in Ollantaytambo and Peru. Petronilla is a fabulous cook which makes the homestay extra special!
It´s near lunch time so I will end here though there is still a lot to talk about.
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