{"id":390,"date":"2011-02-27T03:27:11","date_gmt":"2011-02-27T13:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blakeboles.com\/travels\/2011\/02\/the-best-photo-ever"},"modified":"2011-03-03T08:32:39","modified_gmt":"2011-03-03T13:32:39","slug":"the-best-photo-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.blakeboles.com\/travels\/2011\/02\/the-best-photo-ever","title":{"rendered":"The Best Photo Ever"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sunday, February 27-<\/p>\n

Our two homestay organizers and Spanish teachers are Malena and Pepe of Juanjo Spanish School. They lead classes in two downstairs rooms of their multi-story house in the Yuanahuara neighborhood of Arequipa. Somehow they juggle having four kids, teaching hours of Spanish each day, and running a business. Malena told me that she hasn’t taken a vacation in 10 years!<\/p>\n

I caught the students looking a bit weary after their first afternoon of Spanish class with Pepe:<\/p>\n

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\nAnd Malena:<\/p>\n

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\nBefore our meeting on the roof of Pepe and Malena’s house, I snapped this photo of the group in the light of sunset. It’s my favorite picture from the entire trip.<\/p>\n

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\nThe full resolution photo is available here: https:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/blakeboles\/UASouthAmerica2011<\/p>\n

Finally, we found this little bugger on the walk home. Looks like he had a run-in with someone’s boot. I’m glad it wasn’t with my flip-flopped foot.<\/p>\n

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