Heyy!
I’m on the Canary Islands! Ye-hey!
I'm staying in the house of a guy called
Lorenzo, along with my Dad, lil’ Bro and Stepmom <3
The house is situated in the middle of
nowhere, actually, but the closest town to us is called Tarajalejo. Oh, and
it’s in Fuerteventura!
We live here because my Dad and them lot
found this program thingy where you help people in their work, and, instead of
money, we get shelter and food! I think it’s a cool exchange :)
(Cuz, when you work, what do you spend most
of your money on? Food and bills and house-related stuff. And we don’t even
have to work for like 6 hours a day, just a little bit in the evening, when
it’s not scorching hot outside)
When I say ‘we’, yes, I mean myself too.
You won’t mind when you find out what sort of work it is. Don’t worry; it’s not
child labor or anything ;)
The work is in an Aloe Vera farm!! (Here’s
the website: www.absolut-aloe.com)
What we do is basically either: pull out
the baby aloes that grow by the big ones, as they muck up the other ones’ roots
and that sort of stuff, fix new aloes into the ground (my dad does that because
its dirty and tiring work), fix up the watering pipes or simply get rid of the
weeds.
It might sound drastic, but it’s easy
stuff.
*Oh my God, my computer has 1% of battery
left, better plug it in!!!*
Okay, I'm back ;)
Erm… what else? Oh yeah, the Lorenzo guy
cuts off the Aloe Vera leaves and sells them to a factory where they are made
into cream! And there’s also this essence thing that he makes himself and it’s
really good for soothing mosquito bites (I tried it out last night).
I don’t think there’s anything else I have
to write… not that I can remember, at least…
He has a dog, called Bicho (bicho = bug in
Spanish), who is a black German shepherd and has big scary teeth. He freaks me
out but is cute at the same time. I'm weird like that… I love big dogs but I'm scared of them at the
same time :D
Gotta go now, my little bro is nagging me
to play with him – plus I promised.
Bye xoxo
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