Británica arrived in Peru for 10 days and stayed for love: she lives without drinking water and among insects | the Chronicle

Was it Cupid? A moving love story was recorded in Peru when a young British woman visited the Inca country, for a 10 day stay to teach yoga, but she was struck by a local boy who conquered her and now they live together.

The protagonists of this romance are Caroline knight , 33 years old who traveled from London to Puerto Maldonado, a few days before the first quarantine and there I met a 19 year old chocolate maker named Rómulo who captured her heart.

In this way, Knight gave up his luxury and comfort to live with his new partner in the Amazon rainforest. Of course, without drinking water and among insects, although inside a cabin.

As the British-born woman told the local press: “With British colleagues, I came to a camp, I thought I would stay ten days, but I found love and 326 days have passed and a confinement (…). Despite the jungle heat, voracious insects, lack of sanitation and exhausting work, waking up next to him every morning to the magical sound of howler monkeys is well worth it. I feel safe and loved “.

He also assured that “Rómulo is shy, affectionate and hardworking”. And that he lives in an unusual way, in addition to the conditions mentioned because “he does not have a cell phone, but he managed to find me on Facebook”.

Then she recalled that he “doesn’t speak English, but I know enough Spanish” and when asked he said that “we talked a lot. We had only known each other for days, but we felt love. ” Rómulo invited her to live together.

Now they live together “with abundant fruit to eat” around them, and financial support from her family.

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The cabin where they reside is made of wood and has no civilization for 100 kilometers around. She washes clothes in the river while together they cultivate and process the cocoa beans by hand.

Finally, Caroline confessed that she wanted to introduce her family to Romulus and take him (along with his family) to England.