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Peruvian Home Stay

Saturday, August 7th, 2010

It amazes me that months after I stopped updating this site it still gets a lot of hits. So I’m going to mention my new venture here too (originally posted on my shiny new blog site; Tuisligh.com. This entry can be viewed there with added photos.

And now onto today’s topic….

Back in 2007 I spent some time living in Peru. I had an adventurous few months there during which I survived an 8.0 Earthquake, performed a baptism and ate a chicken that was swimming in its own blood.

And how could I forget, accidentally brought the kids to a torture museum.

Along the way I also befriended a Peruvian family. Kelly and her crew brought me to lots of fun places I would never have heard about from a guidebook. Like the water fountain park that had just made it into the Guinness Book of Records (don’t know why because I was only learning Spanish at the time – I just about understood the Guinness bit).

Kelly and her family have now extended their house and are taking lodgers. This is a great (and cheap) way to live in Peru and get to know the local culture. Whenever people ask me which were my favourite countries on my trip it’s always the countries I spent at least 2 or 3 months in. If I’d stayed in a hostel in Peru, I would have missed out on most of the really incredible experiences I had there.

To help them make the most out of the interweb I’ve set up a little website to get the word out there.
It’s www.homestayperu.net.
If you know anyone who is looking for a place to stay in Lima, please, spread the word!

I’m now on Twitter. Feel free to follow me @clairecanning. I also Tumblr as Gaeilge (in Irish); http://tuislighbeag.tumblr.com.

New Blog!

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

It’s not quite ready yet, I’m trying to get my old posts from here switched over.
But pretty soon my new site – Tuisligh.com – will be ready to go!

Since I last blogged I handed in my masters thesis, finished the research for UNICEF, moved back to Ireland, taught some Irish, started climbing mountains, visited Moldova and am now about to move to Kosovo to work for a little know UN agency called UNIFEM.

I’ll post a bit on this until that is fully set up and then it’s bye bye to the Claire who wanted to take on the world after 3 great years of intermittant blogging.

Delhi: Sweaty but Sweet

Sunday, July 12th, 2009
I've decided I really like this city. I always knew I liked it, but while strolling around yesterday evening I decided I really like it. It's like a year round carnival here; people are pushing around carts with umbrellas selling ... [Continue reading this entry]

Someone call for a Toilet Duck?

Sunday, May 24th, 2009
I got people very excited over the last while. I got my UNICEF mission - I'm working in their Water and Sanitation department. That to me meant toilets. And in India; extremely hot toilets. I spent some time last year ... [Continue reading this entry]

Here we go again…

Saturday, May 2nd, 2009
Hello world. I've decided to get back to this blogging thing. I'm four weeks away from another summer in India. Except this time it won't be in the comfortable surroundings the Himalayan Foothills. I've no idea where I'm going yet. ... [Continue reading this entry]

Why I love Jet Airways

Sunday, March 29th, 2009
I've been back in Ireland almost 7 months now. I still jump sometimes if I've been daydreaming and then suddenly hear an Irish accent. Hearing that accent was a big event for me for over a year, it's hard to ... [Continue reading this entry]