Sorry that it's been so long again but there have been some factors such as working overtime to try to get this movie shot, electricity was down one day, the internet was down another, but anyways here's me update for today.
On monday I went with 5 other volunteers to visit a cross on the top of a mountain. There is this lit Cross that you can see from pretty much everywhere in Ayacucho and we heard that it was a great view so we decided to go. I followed Matt because he said he new how to get there but when we got off the bus we found out that we were a little over 2 hr hike from the cross but then we were pointed to another wooden cross that was only about a half our hike. So we decided to hike up to see this cross as well as the view. It was quite a trek and was very dusty getting up there and the dust, altitude, and being out of shape were getting to me because once we got up there I felt like that cross was for me. Anyways, we got to the top and the view was amazing and the sun was setting over the other side of the mountain so it gave it an even better look.
In other news, there has been some unrest the past couple of weeks because some agreements with the US have opened up the amazon for energy research and bio development and the native Peruvians are not happy about that so they have been setting up road blocks as well as running cables across the rivers so that boats can not pass. Well last week it got violent and about 30 were killed and again a couple of days ago some police officers were being help hostage and in the process of freeing them around 35 more were killed and somewhere around 150 were injured. As a result, the whole country is on strike indefinetely so the markets are closed (and markets here does not mean stock market) as well as some other places here and there. I haven't checked the bus stations yet but if they are closed then that will mean that I wont be able to get out of Ayacucho.
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