Jungle Love

I came to Moyobamba this past weekend for the boda (wedding) of Janet and Ludving. (Ludving is my friend Lenny´s brother and Janet is the younger sister of my friend Sonia). It was so fun getting to help with the wedding and experience a bit of real life here instead of just visiting as a tourist. I am staying in Sonias parents house and really enjoyed getting to know her family (which is huge!) and learning all sorts of interesting jungle customs, jerga (slang) an other tidbits. This week I have gotten to eat so many new foods and fruit and learned how to cook a few things! :) OH and how to drive a moto/motorcycle!

I love visiting the selva (jungle) but need to get back to work! But right now we are stuck here because there is a paro (24 hr strike) nationwide and until that gets worked out we are going nowhere! We thought about leaving today with th tickets we had bought but that would have put us smack in the midle between Moyobamba and Trujillo sitting in a hot bus hungry and tired at best, and at worst well who knows. But apparently how it works is there is a temporary strike (paro) and if thinkgs get worked out everything goes back to normal. There are a few rocks thrown and some burning tires/road blocks but thats about it. But if it is longer its is called a huelga.