partido de fútbol

The 47 PC volunteers are divided among tour towns: Huascaran, 3 de Octubre, Chacrasana, and Yanacoto. In 3 de Octubre, there is a fútbol tournament currently going on. The PC volunteers were invited to form a team for the tournament. However they were warned that the “gringo team” never wins. In fact, they usually lose pretty badly. The other night I went to one of the games to cheer on the fellow gringos. We heard that girls can’t really play because these games are really aggressive and intense. When we got to 3 de Octumbre, we saw that this was in fact true. Our gringo team was playing the taxistas (cab drivers) of the town. It was a great game, and, as forewarned, very aggressive and intense. Unfortunately, we lost (but we won the next night!). Afterwards, a group of us went over to a fellow trainee, James’, family’s house to hang out. Here are some pictures of the fútbol game and hanging out on James’ roof after the game…