People and noise

Viva las ONGs

Shortly after launching this blog, I said to Helen “Now all I have to do is find things to write about regularly”.

“You could always make a post about your wonderful, amazing girlfriend,” she said.

So here is a post where someone raves about the astounding brilliance of my girlfriend. That someone isn’t me, but I’m sure that doesn’t really matter… (Read more)

You…

I wanna take you to a gay beach. (Read more)

Homesick

This morning I realised that I´d been in Peru for six months. Yesterday I realised that I might be going through my first(?) pangs of homesickness. (Read more)

National Identity

Peru runs an national identity card system, known as DNI (Documento Nacional de Identidad). I’m pretty sure the card doesn’t contain anything like the biometric data that people have been campaigning against in the UK, but nonetheless, it’s a pretty big deal. Ownership of the card is obligatory, and without it you can’t vote or legally get married, and a great number of companies will not employ you. There’s probably a bunch of other things you can’t do without it too. As a result, everyone has one.

Or so I thought. (Read more)

Harry Potter and the Hmnff Burphh Mnnsh

Going to the cinema is a decent way to break up the week. On Tuesdays there’s a special half-price offer, meaning tickets are approximately 70p, which the irrepressible tightarse within me finds almost impossible to resist. Add to this the fact that when watching a film in a foreign language even the most mindnumbingly stupid piece of cinematic trash can become a challenging educational experience, and it seems like you’re on to a winner. I even found “Hotel For Dogs” tolerable. Plus, imagine my joy at finding a situation in which Helen, normally vehemently against the concept, will agree to watch a science-fiction action movie (Star Trek). (Read more)