PERU | Wednesday, 22 Dec 2010 | Photo Gallery
Kuelap, Huacas, and Chan Chan
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ECUADOR | Wednesday, 22 Dec 2010 | Photo Gallery
Our volunteer home in Ecuador
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USA | Monday, 20 Dec 2010 | Views [356]
Our flight landed in Minneapolis around 11PM Sunday night, returning us to a familiar, frozen land. I'll add another update about our last few days in Peru sometime this week, but wanted to let everyone know we've made it home safely. Happy Holidays! ... Read more >
PERU | Wednesday, 15 Dec 2010 | Views [785]
We last left you in Lojas, or that's where you left us. From there we bused to Piura, Peru. As we arrived at midnight, we decided to stay the night. Our cab driver told us we could get a direct bus to our destination of Chachapoyas at noon the next ... Read more >
ECUADOR | Thursday, 9 Dec 2010 | Views [500]
After Cuenca, Eric and I bused down to Vilcabamba, a small town a hour and a half beyond Lojas. I thought we were going to go to Lojas because from what I had heard from another traveler, I thought it was a smaller tourist town like BaÑos. Lojas ... Read more >
ECUADOR | Monday, 6 Dec 2010 | Views [590]
Eric and I left Salaska on Saturday morning. It was a sad departure as we had formed some great relationships with the kids and other volunteers. Hopefully someday our adventures will take us back to Salasaka. We've already invited plenty of people ... Read more >
ECUADOR | Monday, 29 Nov 2010 | Views [647]
For the rest of our first week at Katitawa School, Eric continued with the manual labor (or "trabajo duro") of leveling off the front school yard, planting new grass and pouring some new concrete edging to finish off the path. After my day ... Read more >
ECUADOR | Tuesday, 23 Nov 2010 | Views [1488]
Eric and I arrived on Saturday morning in Salasaka, Ecuador, a small village located between the cities of Ambato and Baños. Several months ago we found a volunteer opportunity online at Sumak Kawsay Yachay or SKY Ecudaor, a privately-funded Ecuadorian ... Read more >
ECUADOR | Sunday, 21 Nov 2010 | Views [375]
Tuesday at 3PM we boarded another Crus de Sur bus, heading out of Lima toward Tumbes, the border town between Peru and Ecuador. Roughly 26 hours later we arrived in Tumbes, Peru, collected our bags, used the bathroom, went four blocks down to the ... Read more >
PERU | Monday, 15 Nov 2010 | Photo Gallery
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PERU | Monday, 15 Nov 2010 | Photo Gallery
2 day trek
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PERU | Monday, 15 Nov 2010 | Views [428]
Like I said before, I am totally losing track of days... Thankfully, my watch shows days of the week, which is sort of helping. It's great though. Really great. Weekends and weekdays are no different. Sometimes we notice that a town is busier, ... Read more >
PERU | Thursday, 11 Nov 2010 | Photo Gallery
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PERU | Wednesday, 10 Nov 2010 | Views [573] | Comments [2]
Early Monday morning (I think... days are slipping away from me) we headed out of Cusco by bus to Puno, the main Peruvian city on the shores of Lake Titicaca. Lake Titicaca is considered the largest high altitude lake in the world. Puno is described ... Read more >
PERU | Wednesday, 10 Nov 2010 | Views [923]
Day 3: The third day of the trek contains the second and third passes, as such, for much of the day you're still at a high altitude, going up a bit and down a bit, but never as steep as Day Two. Much of this day follows the original Incan road ... Read more >
PERU | Wednesday, 10 Nov 2010 | Views [625] | Comments [1]
Some background: The Inka Trail is a 45 k, four day-three night hike that climbs over three mountain passes, follows sections of an original paved Incan road, and concludes on the fourth morning at the Sun Gate overlooking the ruins of Machu Picchu.... Read more >
PERU | Sunday, 7 Nov 2010 | Views [267]
Just wanted to let everyone know that we made it back safely from our hike on the Inka Trail to Machu Picchu. It was a difficult and rewarding trek with a great company and guide, a great group of other hikers, and unbelievably perfect weather the entire ... Read more >
PERU | Tuesday, 2 Nov 2010 | Views [584] | Comments [7]
Well, friends, to be honest, life in Cusco has been a little rough. But we leave on the Inca Trail bright and early tomorrow, so let us consider that a positive at the moment. [Assumed Editor's Note from my Mother: Please remember as you're reading ... Read more >
PERU | Friday, 29 Oct 2010 | Views [361]
We safely arrived in Cusco a little after nine this morning, meaning that we we nearly two hours ahead of schedule, and THANK GOD! Twenty hours in a bus was absolutely no fun. I definitely got motion sick during the night, but Eric saved me with some ... Read more >
PERU | Friday, 29 Oct 2010 | Photo Gallery
Out and about around Lima
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