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Wed, 26 Sep 2007 | By nigelb | Views [1702]
Nigel´s Prelude: Peru is home to a mysterious land and culture that had a great impact on us, both in a negative and positive way; but mostly the latter. Therefore we have written a relatively large amount about our unique experiences there. We ... Read more >
Tags: adventures
Tue, 25 Sep 2007 | By colleen_finn | Views [2723]
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: adventures, food & eating, sightseeing
Tue, 25 Sep 2007 | By colleen_finn | Views [2947]
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: adventures, food & eating, sightseeing
Mon, 24 Sep 2007 | By vietnamviking | Views [1068] | Comments [2]
Fuckityfuck. I just wrote about half of everything that I was going to write and somehow I deleted it all. I blame Nadja. HA! Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Ok. No more eloquence, I'm just going to get down to stuff that happened. Cuenca was our last ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
Fri, 21 Sep 2007 | By colleen_finn | Views [1047]
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 >
Tags: adventures, voluntourism
Wed, 19 Sep 2007 | By netsy19 | Views [522]
Day 1 We were told that this would be and easy stroll thru the mountains, going at our own pace, and easy 10km or so. It was all a lie. After waking up at 3:45am or so to get into a van and drive 3 hours we had a very nice breakfast at a really cute ... Read more >
Tags: The Great Outdoors
Wed, 19 Sep 2007 | By chrisbyrne6 | Views [633]
This is gonna be a short one! Well ive spent the last 9 days in cusco all on my lonesome... Its been good tho because i havent had a heap of stuff planned so ive caught up on some sleep, havent gone out drinking, and havent spent much money.. I took ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Wed, 19 Sep 2007 | By chrisbyrne6 | Views [1642] | Video
Click on the play button above to see a video of me and Sarah (the tour leader) on a Motorbike taxi ride which stops to refuel... Listen for the little girl at the house yelling gasolinnnaaa.. Its very cute! Punta Sol/Mancora, Peru In Punta Sol ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Tue, 18 Sep 2007 | By colleen_finn | Views [5837]
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: adventures, doctors hospitals & health, voluntourism
Tue, 18 Sep 2007 | By netsy19 | Views [610]
So, it’s day three in Peru... I think, they’re all merging into one big blur of colorful people harassing us (well, mainly Carlyn) to buy useless trinkets (not to say that we haven’t bought way too many alpaca items as is, but you know what, hats are ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Mon, 17 Sep 2007 | By netsy19 | Views [569]
I'll just hit the big points here. Day one, Sept 14, drove to the airport at 8:30 am with Donal (who by the way was an angel for not killing me durring the 10 or so days we spent together) Dropped off the car, had breakfast, got on a plane... 2h 55m ... Read more >
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Sat, 15 Sep 2007 | By colleen_finn | Views [912]
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: adventures, doctors hospitals & health, sightseeing
Sat, 15 Sep 2007 | By chrisbyrne6 | Photo Gallery
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Thu, 13 Sep 2007 | By colleen_finn | Views [2597]
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: adventures, food & eating
Wed, 12 Sep 2007 | By colleen_finn | Views [1127]
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 >
Tags: adventures, voluntourism
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