So I won't see you Minana!

There is this man at work named Apdias. He doesn't speak an ounce of English, means well and is the "contractor" for our banos (bathroom we are building). He is frustrating, annoying and called me Chris for an entire day. Yesterday he had a tiny hole in his shirt right on his nipple. Fantastic. Note the sarcasm. We are pretty sure that even if we could understand what he was saying he would anger us to no end.
So on Wednesday, we made a concrete roof. We put in a wood base, laid out the constructed rebar pillars, tied the rebar ties, made a frame for the entire thing and then hoisted buckets of concrete up onto the roof to pour into the frame. Of course, I spent the whole day on the roof, we all were covered in concrete by the end and I strained muscles that I didn't even know I had. Good day. Sarcasm again.
But it got so much better. Apdias then told us we didn't have to come in the next day because the roof had to dry. Hell yeah I say! No sarcasm there, just pure excitement.

And we took advantage of the day off. We went and sang karaoke on Wednesday night. Oh fun times. We sang all the English songs and the only other table in the place sang all the slow Spanish ballads while sounding like a very small Asian man (their star singer was the tallest Peruvian woman I've seen so definitely not Asian). Thursday brought on Paragliding, which was amazing, beautiful and the best way to understand the expanse of a city of 8 million people. Gorgeous views of the coast line, ocean and Miraflores made it fantastic. We then found a very cool cafe for lunch, which we are going back to today, and then the group split up - some went to the market, others went to the beach.
I went to the beach. Shocked?
We talked to a very friendly surfer man who told us the "hang loose" sign is universal and found out that the beach is where all the young gringos hang out. We carried on, checked out the restaurant we're going to on Wednesday for our project end dinner and then just sat on the beach enjoying the waves and the surfer boys that rocked them.
So that was pretty much Thursday. Awesome day off. Friday I started painting the mural we are giving to the school to commemorate our time there. Jen, Kristine and Leah helped out. It looks so fantastic and by the end of the day we were covered in paint. After bathing in terpentine, we played an awesome game of soccer - round 2! And then headed out to a Peruvian house party of a friend of a friend. Interesting week all around.

The end is getting so close its shocking. I'm going to miss this place.