This is the main road which goes right up the valley of Canto Grande.
The parish church of Montenegro is the brick building on the right of lower the picture.
Two weeks ago the median strip was dirt - after two days and nights thousands of grass sods were placed courtesy of the local council. It has made a huge difference, however, when I turned one hundred and eighty degrees and faced south it is still dirt as shown in the top picture.
Now, if you have Google Earth you will be able to pin point where we live, the wonders of modern science!
Enter 'Canto Grande Lima' on the Google Earth search page and see the area for yourself. Follow the main two lane road up the valley past a big school with a pool on your left, and keep coming till you reach a park on the right hand side of the main road. There is a grass soccer pitch next to the road, a gravel pitch in the middle of the park and a playground with an oval concrete path at the top of the park. We live twenty meters from the bottom right hand corner of the park, next to where Ophelia sets up her fruit stall - the actual 'Google Pointer' should read - 11 degrees 56' 13.52" South, 76 degrees 58' 08.06" West. The Montenegro parish church and our class room are at the top left hand corner of the park.
Now scroll further up the valley to get an indication of the area which is rapidly developing.
