Destination: Peru

Pachacamac

Thu, 25 Mar 2010 | By fieldnotes | Views [483]

Despite my atrocious Spanish we were able to negotiate a reasonable fare for drive to the ruins of Pachacamac and have the driver wait for us.    The 30 km trip took us along the coast and gave us a different view of the area around Lima.   ... Read more >

Lima

Wed, 24 Mar 2010 | By fieldnotes | Views [532]

When you are hung-over from 24 hours of sleepless travel, dehydrated and stomach queasy from airport food and are surrounded by people speaking rapidly in a language that you don’t understand it can be difficult to recall what it is you love ... Read more >

Photos: Peru: Lima to Pisco

Tue, 23 Mar 2010 | By fieldnotes | Photo Gallery

A look at the world

Sun, 21 Mar 2010 | By just_around | Views [576]

Like most of the people than love to travel i was looking some different way to do it and make my life part of this, always traveling and learning from others cultures and like 10 years ago i started to travel around the world like a nomad changing ... Read more >

Paracas-Ica-Nasca

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 | By saritaskr | Views [536]

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 >

Cuyi with the Chilli’s

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 | By jssr18 | Views [745]

After prouncing around town all morning with Hector we decide to go back to his house and have some lunch (this was by 4PM and this is when they eat lunch).   So, of course I’m famished by now; I am losing energy and all I can dream of is delicious, ... Read more >

Volunteering part 2

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 | By saritaskr | Views [472] | 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 >

Volunteering part 1

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 | By saritaskr | Views [655] | 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 >

You Know you are in Cuzco when...

Mon, 8 Mar 2010 | By jssr18 | Views [261]

1. Every 5 minutes you are kissing someone you do not know:   Ex. I am walking with a Peruvian who meets a friend who is passing by on the way to an appointment.   He quickly kisses my friend and then me (never asking my name) ... Read more >

Photos: Perú - Cuzco - Valle Sagrado / Maras / Salineras

Sun, 7 Mar 2010 | By david_w_360 | Photo Gallery

Introducing Peru

Mon, 1 Mar 2010 | By travel-tips | Views [6904] | Comments [4]

You say Peru. I think alpaca. I can count on one hand the number of things I know about the country. I only learned of the alpaca connection since arriving in New Zealand in August. By September I was obsessed with a pipe-dream to chew straw, grow leeks ... Read more >

Tags: ant stone, peru, travel peru, travel research

The Beginning of New Era

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 | By jssr18 | Views [341]

Michelle left.   She stayed with me and the hombres suelos for about 2 weeks.   We hared a bed, we shared our sicknesses (we were known as the pitri dish) and we shared all of our roller coaster of emotions.   But, like all good things, new ... Read more >

Photos: Perú - Ciudad de Cuzco

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 | By david_w_360 | Photo Gallery

Food

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 | By saritaskr | Views [688] | 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 >

SA Explorers

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 | By saritaskr | Views [438]

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