With little down time, I’ve been using what valuable time we have between traveling and matches to sleep. Just the thought of writing a blog was too much effort. And besides traveling and playing, I’ve little else to tell. Or maybe you’d like to hear about the food we eat, the food poisoning people have gotten (knock on wood, I haven’t been sick yet), our traveling conditions, etc.
Since I just heard you all say yes you’d love to hear all my random stories, I’m going to ramble on for a few paragraphs.
The airports are interesting in the fact that our boarding cards always say the departing time about 45 minutes earlier than we actually need to be at the gate. We’ve yet to take off on time, either traffic or one time there was a helicopter accident at the airport we were to be traveling to. This doesn’t help with our strict schedule since we travel the day we play. On Monday, our game was changed from 6pm to 8pm which meant that the 1,500 fans waiting 2 hours for us to show up. They were more than welcoming when arrived. Last night, Tuesday, our game was changed from 7pm to 8pm. It’s amazing that they can just change the time of the game, especially when the whole town of Moquegua was waiting to watch us. Total of 3,000 or so fans last night.
Moquegua is a city north of Tacna about 3 hours by bus. We drove through desert and more desert to get to a desert town full of green landscape surrounded by sandy mountains. Buildings are all mud/stone looking and don’t look nice outside but inside they all seem very modern. The city is provided water by a nearby river and is know for growing avocados and grapes. Fact of the day, tell your friends.
Tacna is the most patriotic city in Peru, located in the southern most part of the country 40 km from Chile. Also a desert city but not as desolate as Moquegua. I was able to sneak a photo (I should be a spy) of a Peruvian cowboy sitting drinking a beer with his sunglasses and cowboy hat on. It was exciting.
We’re heading back to Lima now. I’m sat again waiting for our flight at Tacna airport. I’ve had a great time so far being in South America, playing for Great Britain, and experiencing memories I will never forget.
To be continued...
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