Let´s Talk About The Weather!

From your comments and questions, it seems that I have lead some of you astray. We are freezing! It is WINTER here in South America. June and July are their coldest months. When we were researching our site, we discovered that the temperatures would be in the 60´s through June. What we weren´t told was that it only reaches those temperatures for about 10 minutes in the afternoon, IF the sun is shining! It´s mostly in the 50´s-60´s but the temp starts dropping about 4 pm and it is completely dark by 6pm. There are no heaters (or air conditioners) in houses or buildings so whatever the temp is outside, it´s about 10 degrees cooler inside the concrete walls. Most buildings, including our house and the church have a part that is open to the air all the time, as well. Somebody please slap Kyle Graham for telling us we only needed jackets! We wear our heaviest jackets from breakfast to bedtime. If the sun shines in the afternoon, we step outside the church entrance for 5 minutes in between readers to soak up some warmth.

The jungle parts of Peru, along the Amazon stay warm all year long but Lima is pretty much desert. There are a lot of cactus growing in our neighborhood and the mountains are ¨naked¨, not a tree in sight!

We are doing okay, wearing layers and such but on cloudy days, we get pretty chilled! Just wanted to set the record straight for those of you who thought we were enjoying a tropical vacation!