PERU | Wednesday, 3 Oct 2007 | Views [469]
Today was the last day at the Pumamarca school for many of us volunteers. Knowing this would be the last time that I would see the school and the children (for now, anyway), I was plagued by a feeling of melancholy from the moment I woke up in the morning.... Read more >
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PERU | Tuesday, 2 Oct 2007 | Views [782]
Day 1 The day of our Inca Trail trip had finally arrived. The first day began in the Sacred Valley about 40 minutes outside of Ollantaytambo where there is a checkpoint at which you present your ticket and your passport. This may sound a little odd, ... Read more >
Tags: sightseeing, adventures
PERU | Wednesday, 26 Sep 2007 | Views [283]
Today we had a full day working at the school at our various duties (for me, that meant English grades 5 & 6, then assisting with hygiene), and then we went to work on Hernan´s house. For those of you who are actually reading all of these entries, ... Read more >
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PERU | Tuesday, 25 Sep 2007 | Views [668]
So maybe the idea of alpaca steaks, alpaca diane, and alpaca carpacchio was too much to endure. If so, perhaps you´ll find cuy—another regional favorite—more palatable, no? I took this photo outside of Pisac when we stopped at a traditional chicha house ... Read more >
Tags: food & eating, adventures, sightseeing
PERU | Tuesday, 25 Sep 2007 | Views [784]
I just returned last night from a long weekend in Puno and Lake Titicaca with two other volunteers, Genelle and Claudine. It was a little vacation from vacation, if you will. A week ago a meteorite crash-landed outside the city of Puno and soon thereafter ... Read more >
Tags: sightseeing, adventures, food & eating
PERU | Friday, 21 Sep 2007 | Views [263]
The other day we conducted our first home visit. A home visit is when the volunteers, along with Ginny and Iris (the organization´s social worker), visit a home in the Pumamarca village to check on their progress. These are typically families who have ... Read more >
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PERU | Tuesday, 18 Sep 2007 | Views [529]
Sometimes food poisoning isn´t merely food poisoning when it´s...well, you´ll see. After three days of illness, Ginny (our volunteer coordinator) took me and two other sick volunteers to see a doctor in Cuzco—someone the organization trusts and works ... Read more >
Tags: doctors hospitals & health, adventures, voluntourism
PERU | Saturday, 15 Sep 2007 | Views [270]
It isn´t all about work here in Peru. In fact, our first full week contained plenty of sightseeing as we eased ourselves into being in Peru, being together as a group, acclimatizing to the altitude, and becoming accustomed to the Pumamarca school in general.... Read more >
Tags: sightseeing, adventures, doctors hospitals & health
PERU | Thursday, 13 Sep 2007 | Views [770]
Okay, we didn´t eat the exact one in the photo, but alpaca is a popular regional dish in the mountainous areas for obvious reasons: it´s what´s available. Despite the fact that the “cute factor” might make this meat unpalatable for us Westerners, I am ... Read more >
Tags: food & eating, adventures
PERU | Wednesday, 12 Sep 2007 | Views [238]
Our comings and goings to the Pumamarca school are both exciting and bittersweet. When we arrive in our combi van, there are already children at the gate awaiting our arrival and welcoming us with hugs, kisses, and a resounding chorus of “hola amigos!” ... Read more >
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