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My confession

PERU | Friday, 5 Feb 2010 | Views [691]

So being in Peru is helping me to learn a lot, not only about Peruvian culture but about those things that I really love and miss about my own.   Peru:   obviously this isn’t an exact science since ive been here a total of 3 weeks, ... Read more >


The almost but not quite yet drug-free Jessica

PERU | Friday, 5 Feb 2010 | Views [270]

So its been a few days since I last wrote and I am feeling a hundred times better.   Im off the antibiotics, the allegra, the fever meds and the cough medicine (which I never actually took) and im 2 days away from being off another cough medicine, ... Read more >


Burning within.. literally

PERU | Sunday, 31 Jan 2010 | Views [261]

So I woke up the next morning after taking my meds feeling all peaceful.  Rhianna left and I was looking forward to starting on my own.  That night there was a sudden change in my condition as I found myself doubled over grabbing at my stomach to try ... Read more >


giving myself time

PERU | Friday, 29 Jan 2010 | Views [214]

as you may have read (or not read) the transition here has been tough for me.  then again, it usually is the first few days/ weeks.  i received some amazing emails from people who gave me some great advice: "give yourself time. you've just leaped ... Read more >


Could have been Worse

PERU | Wednesday, 27 Jan 2010 | Views [486]

soo..  on monday 1/25 i met my spanish teacher, wendy, and we had lunch together.   i was feeling really shitty afterwards and went back to the apartment for a nap before yoga at 6.  i woke up an hour later and went to get up and fell back into bed..... Read more >


false sense of security

PERU | Thursday, 21 Jan 2010 | Views [228]

January 20th.  I met some interesting people here who I have been spending most of my days with.  They are locals which made me believe that this would help me create some sense of stability.  Most other people come and go from Cusco in 2-3 days and ... Read more >


the beginning...

PERU | Thursday, 21 Jan 2010 | Views [222]

this is what ive learned so far....   1.  i really really like to take hot showers, if not luke warm, anything but FREEZING (even if that means i have to turn the boiler on in the bathroom by putting my hand with a lighter through a hole that was ... Read more >


View from Above

PERU | Monday, 18 Jan 2010 | Views [210]

Today is my birthday.  I spent the morning walking to the top of Cusco so I can spend some time alone with myself and try to make some sense of the world in which I am situated.  This is what I see... I look down upon the occasional church steeple ... Read more >


What I need...

PERU | Wednesday, 13 Jan 2010 | Views [157]

Hot water A bathroom that flushes Water in the evenings Warm floors Internet connection A place to go to during the day to rest Space to do what I need to do without having to feel like I have to walk on egg shells ... Read more >


Arrival

PERU | Monday, 11 Jan 2010 | Views [157]

  I arrived in Cusco.   I left the house at 8:30 on Sunday, took 3 planes and 24 hours later here I am.   In between the 2 nd and 3 rd flight, from Lima to Cusco, I met Diego.   He sat with me for 4 hours as I grew more and more delirious ... Read more >


Before I chose to come to Peru

USA | Thursday, 10 Dec 2009 | Views [315]

An amazing teacher once said to me: do not believe in your happiness or what will bring you happiness, or your god or your values. Belief means that you are putting your trust in someone else’s message. Instead, experience your happiness, your god ... Read more >


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