{"id":107,"date":"2022-05-11T15:33:52","date_gmt":"2022-05-11T13:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.loulou.plet.org\/?p=107"},"modified":"2022-05-11T16:44:34","modified_gmt":"2022-05-11T14:44:34","slug":"premiere-semaine-a-mandor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.loulou.plet.org\/index.php\/2022\/05\/11\/premiere-semaine-a-mandor\/","title":{"rendered":"Premi\u00e8re semaine \u00e0 Mandor \/ First week in Mandor 11.-21.02"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Arriv\u00e9e \u00e0 Mandor \/ Arrival in Mandor- 11.02<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Un r\u00e9veil \u00e0 4 h du matin et un d\u00e9part en bus \u00e0 4:40 pour Ollantaytambo. Voyage de 3h avec petite halte Lama entre temps et nous voila devant le train de Perurail direction Machu Picchu ! De magnifiques paysages ont accompagn\u00e9s ce voyage de 2h. Arriv\u00e9e \u00e0 Agua Calientes \u00e0 9:45.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

De l\u00e0 1h20 de marche le long de la voix ferr\u00e9e (les trains sont r\u00e9serv\u00e9s aux locaux) et des montagnes. Une v\u00e9g\u00e9tation \u00e0 perte de vue, des papillons de toutes les tailles et couleurs et des oiseaux qui chantent \u00e0 tue-t\u00eate, tout simplement magnifique !<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ce fut une autre histoire en arrivant \u00e0 l’endroit o\u00f9 je suis cens\u00e9e vivre les 6 prochains mois…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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An alarm clock at 4 am and a bus departure at 4:40 am for Ollantaytambo. Trip of 3 hours with small stop Lama in the meantime and here we are in front of the train from Perurail to Machu Picchu! Beautiful landscapes accompanied this 2-hour trip. Arrival at Agua Calientes at 9:45.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From there 1h20 walk along the railway voice (trains are reserved for locals) and mountains. Vegetation as far as the eye can see, butterflies of all sizes and colors and birds singing loudly, simply magnificent!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a different story when I arrived at the place where I am supposed to live for the next 6 months…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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D\u00e9couverte de Mandor \/ Discovery of Mandor<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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En arrivant \u00e0 Mandor, qui est une propri\u00e9t\u00e9 d’environ 248 hectares, je me suis s\u00e9rieusement demand\u00e9e: ” Qu’est-ce que je fous ici ?”. Question renforc\u00e9e par la visite des lieux de vie. Ma premi\u00e8re r\u00e9action f\u00fbt : Croisement entre le Moyen-\u00c2ge et une maison dans un arbre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Non pas que je m’attendais \u00e0 un h\u00f4tel 4 \u00e9toiles, mais les photos de pr\u00e9sentation ne montrait que la face visible pour les clients, et non le v\u00e9ritable logis de la famille et  des employ\u00e9s. De ce cot\u00e9 l\u00e0, je n’ai pas \u00e0 me plaindre, ma chambre, bien que pr\u00e9caire, est situ\u00e9 dans le parc, loin de l’agitation. Les employ\u00e9s du parc (cuisini\u00e8re et jardiniers) ont une chambre relativement miteuse accol\u00e9e … \u00e0 l’atelier. Donc beaucoup de bruits pendant la journ\u00e9e et le soir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

La chambre qui m’a \u00e9t\u00e9 attribu\u00e9e est assez grande mais a \u00e9galement des trous partout, permettant un acc\u00e8s libre \u00e0 tout type d’insectes, pour mon plus grand bonheur. Et bien entendu, salle de bains partag\u00e9e et ouverte (sans vitre dans les fen\u00eatres). L’installation aura \u00e9t\u00e9 compliqu\u00e9e et l’acclimatation encore plus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apr\u00e8s une tr\u00e8s bref visite des lieux, une petite introduction \u00e0 mon nouveau travail (du moins en partie) et nettoyage intensif de la chambre. Pas le temps de visit\u00e9 le parc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Le repas du soir s’est pass\u00e9 sans un mot devant une t\u00e9l\u00e9novela \u00e0 laquelle je ne comprenais rien, bref tr\u00e8s solitaire.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Arriving in Mandor, which is a property of about 248 hectares, I seriously wondered: “What am I doing here?”. Question reinforced by the visit of the places of life. My first reaction was: Cross between the Middle Ages and a house in a tree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not that I expected a 4-star hotel, but the presentation photos only showed the visible face for the guests, not the real home of the family and employees. On this side, I do not have to complain, my room, although precarious, is located in the park, far from the hustle and bustle. The park employees (cook and gardeners) have a relatively seedy room adjoining … at the workshop. So a lot of noise during the day and in the evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The room assigned to me is quite large but also has holes everywhere, allowing free access to all types of insects, to my delight. And of course, shared and open bathroom (without glass in the windows). The installation will have been complicated and the acclimatization even more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a very brief tour of the premises, a small introduction to my new job (at least in part) and intensive cleaning of the room. No time to visit the park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The evening meal passed without a word in front of a telenovela to which I understood nothing, in short very lonely.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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12.02<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Le silence est de mise:  La cuisini\u00e8re et le jardinier ne me parlent pas. Apr\u00e8s quelques explications suppl\u00e9mentaires sur mon r\u00f4le ici: Tenir la r\u00e9ception, aider au restaurant et trouver des id\u00e9es pour am\u00e9liorer l’aspect et la visibilit\u00e9 de l\u2019h\u00f4tel et du parc, j’ai commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 douter pas mal de mon utilit\u00e9 ici. Le dernier volontaire avait construit un dispensaire d’eau, une autre avait r\u00e9pertori\u00e9 80% des plantes pr\u00e9sentes dans le parc… Bref la barre est assez haute. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Relativement peu de clients ce jour l\u00e0 et, malheureusement peu de conversation avec les gens d’ici aussi. Vers 17h, E. m’a emmener visiter le parc, constitu\u00e9 d’un jardin botanique, suivi d’une foret vierge, le tout menant \u00e0 la fameuse cascade de Mandor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Avec plus de 300 sortes d’orchid\u00e9es, des oiseaux rares, des plantes avec des feuilles plus grandes que moi. Et la cascade, une beaut\u00e9 impressionnante !<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Le soir : t\u00e9l\u00e9novela ! Alors si j’ai bien compris, il s’agit d’un chirurgien autiste super intelligent et il y a un probl\u00e8me avec une fille qui joue super mal… Mais j’ai pas compris plus …<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Silence is in order: The cook and the gardener do not talk to me. After some more explanations about my role here: Holding the reception, helping at the restaurant and coming up with ideas to improve the look and visibility of the hotel and park, I began to doubt quite a bit about my usefulness here. The last volunteer had built a water dispensary, another had listed 80% of the plants present in the park… In short, the bar is quite high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 
Relatively few customers that day and, unfortunately, little conversation with people here as well. Around 5pm, E.m to visit the park, consisting of a botanical garden, followed by a virgin forest, all leading to the famous Mandor waterfall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With more than 300 kinds of orchids, rare birds, plants with leaves larger than me. And the waterfall, an impressive beauty!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the evening: telenovela! So if I understand correctly, this is a super smart autistic surgeon and there is a problem with a girl who plays super badly… But I didn’t understand more…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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13.02<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Sensiblement comme hier, toujours pas tr\u00e8s \u00e0 l’aise avec la famille ou les employ\u00e9s. Pas beaucoup de clients. J’ai fais une petite liste de projets \/ id\u00e9es pour ici, \u00e0 voir ce qui est faisable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

La nourriture est bonne, mais c’est toujours la m\u00eame chose: soupe avec l\u00e9gumes, viande et patate, puis plat chaud avec l\u00e9gumes, viande et patates. Et ce matin, midi, et soir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Le chirurgien autiste a une copine (je crois) …<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Noticeably like yesterday, still not very comfortable with family or employees. Not many customers. I’ve made a small list of projects\/ideas for here, to see what’s doable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The food is good, but it’s always the same thing: soup with vegetables, meat and potato, then hot dish with vegetables, meat and potatoes. And this morning, noon, and evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The autistic surgeon has a girlfriend (I think) …<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Fanny est arriv\u00e9e ! Apr\u00e8s une journ\u00e9e quelque peu solitaire, la nouvelle volontaire fran\u00e7aise est arriv\u00e9e ! \u00c7a fait de bien d’avoir quelqu’un \u00e0 qui parler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elle non plus ne comprend pas le probl\u00e8me du chirurgien…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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RAS, on instaure une routine tout doucement \u2026<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ana arrive ! Nouvelle volontaire d’Espagne. Elle parle vraiment vite et avec un accent tr\u00e8s diff\u00e9rent d’ici, un peu dur \u00e0 comprendre. Avec Fanny, on pr\u00e9voir d’aller au Machupicchu ensemble pendant nos jours libres, Ana aimerait y aller aussi, mais E. ne veut pas qu’on parte toutes les 3 en m\u00eame temps\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Fanny has arrived! After a somewhat lonely day, the new French volunteer has arrived! It feels good to have someone to talk to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also does not understand the problem of the surgeon…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nothing new, we slowly establish a routine \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ana is arriving! New volunteer from Spain. She speaks really fast and with a very different accent from here, a little hard to understand. With Fanny, we plan to go to Machu Picchu together during our free days, Ana would like to go too, but E. does not want us to leave all 3 at the same time\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Un peu h\u00e2te de finir la semaine, comme on doit attendre Ana pour partir, \u00e7a fait un peu long, mais \u00e7a vaudra le coup !<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On a finit la peinture et commencer avec la construction des \u00e9tag\u00e8res.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On continue les baignades le matin (Ana et E. n’ont pas os\u00e9 entrer dans l’eau).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nous avons \u00e9galement perdu un fier combattant: le PC de Fanny nous a quitt\u00e9 malgr\u00e9 les nombreuses tentatives de sauvetage de personnes clairement pas techniciennes … Rest in Peace…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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A little haste to finish the week, as we have to wait for Ana to leave, it’s a little long, but it will be worth it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We finished the painting and started with the construction of the shelves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We continue the swims in the morning (Ana and E. did not dare to enter the water).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We also lost a proud fighter: Fanny’s PC left us despite the many attempts to rescue people clearly not technicians … Rest in Peace…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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