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Fri, 26 Mar 2010 | By saritaskr | Views [643]
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 >
Fri, 26 Mar 2010 | By saritaskr | Views [671] | 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 >
Fri, 26 Mar 2010 | By saritaskr | Photo Gallery
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Fri, 26 Mar 2010 | By jssr18 | Views [351]
I
take a taxi with 3 people in the morning on the way to work. Crisitina, 26, from Lima (she teaches
pre-K English); Suzanne from London, 24, (she teaches 2 nd grade
English); Lawrence, 47, (he teaches 6 th grade English). ... Read more >
Fri, 26 Mar 2010 | By fieldnotes | Views [476]
The ticket
office at Wong Department Store seemed like a good place to buy bus tickets but
their prices were double what we expected and their bus didn’t go to Pisco but
to nearby Paracas. So we taxied
directly to the Ormenos bus terminal ... Read more >
Thu, 25 Mar 2010 | By saritaskr | Views [743]
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 >
Thu, 25 Mar 2010 | By fieldnotes | Views [457]
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.
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Wed, 24 Mar 2010 | By fieldnotes | Views [499]
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 >
Tue, 23 Mar 2010 | By fieldnotes | Photo Gallery
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Sun, 21 Mar 2010 | By just_around | Views [568]
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 >
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 | By saritaskr | Views [514]
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 >
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 | By jssr18 | Views [710]
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 >
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 | By saritaskr | Views [452] | 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 >
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 | By saritaskr | Views [630] | 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 >
Mon, 8 Mar 2010 | By jssr18 | Views [247]
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 >
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