Vilcabamba, Day 3

Hello darlings, Vilcabamba is as wonderful as ever, and though I haven`t been doing much as I am waiting for a sore foot to heal, I have enjoyed doing nothing. The nothing includes playing cards, plotting my gangster story, doing some internet research, reading my Che Guevara biography (it`s true, I still haven´t finished it), trying out new restaurants, and soaking up the delicious views of the green valley. Today I walked up to a book exchange I heard about and swapped my James Bond thriller for a collection of short stories and plays by Chekhov. I read recently that any aspiring writer should know him.

Anyway, tomorrow I head to Never Never Land, an organic farm at which I will be volunteering for about a week. It`s part of the WWOOFing thing I signed up for before I left (Willing Workers On Organic Farms), owned by a woman named Tina. The work involves anything from working on the gardens, improving the irrigation system, tending to the animals, or helping Tina, a local midwife, with births (this is only occasional). I`ve heard only positive things from people who`ve been there so I`m looking forward to the experience and to being a part of a small, laid back community of people for a little bit.

And so, my next entry won`t be until I get back. Until then!