Peru
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Wednesday, 19 May 2010 | Views [309]
I forgot to back-log a story on Machu Pichu... so I'll post that soon!
Tuesday, 27 Apr 2010 | Views [346]
I'll have to write all about Machu Pichu once I get back to the U.S. because I don't have time right now. However, I just wanted to post a quick little update to let you all know that we are headed back to the USA tonight ! We finished our work with ... Read more >
Wednesday, 14 Apr 2010 | Views [364]
1. Our class at The Casita is pretty much just insane!!! Today was the first day the kids were actually relatively calm. Lorena teaches most of the class while I literally pull apart all of the boys every few minutes to keep them from killing eachother ... Read more >
Tuesday, 13 Apr 2010 | Photo Gallery
where we volunteer
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Tuesday, 13 Apr 2010 | Photo Gallery
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Tuesday, 13 Apr 2010 | Photo Gallery
weekend trips
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Monday, 5 Apr 2010 | Views [336]
Hello again folks! I hope I'm not boring you all to death with my stories ; ) I kind of figure that if I am, you'll just stop reading, lol... if you want to know about anything in particular, let me know!
But I want to tell you about the volunteer ... Read more >
Sunday, 4 Apr 2010 | Views [528]
Just got back from a great Easter weekend! I went with a group from the organization we're volunteering with here at IdukayPeru. There were 3 of us volunteers (me, Pear, and Lorena who is from Spain), and 4 Peruvians (Alex, the president of IdukayPeru, ... Read more >
Tuesday, 30 Mar 2010 | Views [730] | Comments [5]
IdukayPeru is the name of the organization Paris and I basically moved in with on Sunday afternoon. They are a local NGO in a district of Lima called Callao, and the organization was built around the premise of helping the poorest kids here in some ... Read more >
Friday, 26 Mar 2010 | Views [579]
We arrived in Nasca via bus (about 2 hours from Ica... oh, and Ica is about 1.5 hours from Paracas by the way) at around 10:30am on Tuesday. The big thing to see in Nasca are the Nasca Lines, which are lines in the sand that have been there for a really ... Read more >
Friday, 26 Mar 2010 | Views [578] | Comments [1]
We left Sunday afternoon for Ica, Peru via Cruz de Sur (again!). Like I mentioned, we met a guy named Silvestre from L.A. at the bus station and he had a reservation at a hostel in a town near Ica named Huacahina that we heard a lot about and we thinking ... Read more >
Friday, 26 Mar 2010 | Photo Gallery
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Thursday, 25 Mar 2010 | Views [647]
What a GREAT trip! We had the best time :) We left Saturday morning around 7am from the house and took a taxi over to the Cruz de Sur bus station. It was about a 3.5 or 4 hour ride to Paracas from there. The bus ride was really nice. We sat on ... Read more >
Friday, 19 Mar 2010 | Views [456]
Paris and i are headed away for 4 days to 3 different cities in Lima. One of the cities (Paracas) has beaches and national reservations with penguins, lagoons, sea lions, etc... and i'm REALLY excited about going! http://www.paracas.com/ Another ... Read more >
Wednesday, 10 Mar 2010 | Views [362] | Comments [1]
Today was our first official day of volunteering at the local library, and like I mentioned before, we just never know what we'll end up doing. Tonight was so cool. I got the opportunity to hang out with a group of adults who are blind, and one of ... Read more >
Wednesday, 10 Mar 2010 | Views [565] | Comments [3]
I have to make this a quick one today before my internet disconnects... I haven't been able to access the internet much lately. We've had some very RANDOM and funny experiences lately involving volunteering. As you probably know, we've been trying ... Read more >
Friday, 26 Feb 2010 | Views [612] | Comments [3]
I wanted to hit on food here for a minute. For the past year to year and a half or so I've kind of been weaning myself off meat. I never intended to be a vegetarian, and even in the past when I was around friends who were vegetarians, it's not like ... Read more >
Friday, 26 Feb 2010 | Views [352]
There's an interesting organization I stumbled upon during my quest for places to volunteer with. It's called SA (South American) Explorers. They have it in a couple different countries in South America and it has 3 different club houses in Peru, one ... Read more >
Tags: ngo in south america
Friday, 26 Feb 2010 | Views [436] | Comments [2]
Paris and I are taking Spanish classes everyday at a local language school here in our neighborhood. It's a very small school that isn't really geared toward tourists. Most of the students live here locally and study Portuguese, French, Italian, Russian, ... Read more >
Tags: the school for international training
Wednesday, 24 Feb 2010 | Views [761]
Wow, since I got so many requests for a description of our big Salsa night, I will appease you...lol. Okay, okay... I wanted to tell you anyway! Me, Paris, Giselle, Erik, and Mundo went out to Mira Flores last Thursday night (again, Mira Flores ... Read more >
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