Destination: Peru

Food

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 | By saritaskr | Views [671] | 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 [416]

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

SIT is EVERYWHERE!

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 | By saritaskr | Views [520] | 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

Melt Down (is this #2?)

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 | By jssr18 | Views [323]

  It has been almost 2 weeks since I began working at the school.   The parents arrive Monday and the kids arrive Wednesday.   We have been spending the past 9 days in meetings learning how to fill the necessary forms for the government, ... Read more >

Photos: Salsa Night

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 | By saritaskr | Photo Gallery

So you think YOU can dance?

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 | By saritaskr | Views [840]

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 >

Photos: The Beach

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 | By saritaskr | Photo Gallery

I think I threw up 40 times in my mouth

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 | By jssr18 | Views [311]

Hector picked me up at 3 in the morning and we headed over to his house where his mother, father and 3 of his mothers’ students waited for a mini van to come pick us up.   I was headed to the jungle.   No, it is not as exotic as it sounds, ... Read more >

Shocking Showers

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 | By claire_agni | Views [999] | Comments [3]

My shower here in Cusco litterally shocks me everytime I use it. If I get too close to the head (meaning I lift my arms any), or touch the knobs in the wrong place. It's crazy. The first time it I happened, I was like, what the hell was that?! But now ... Read more >

Nothing to do and no time to do it

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 | By jssr18 | Views [363]

It has been an absolute whirlwind here.   Cusco is this super tiny play with really nothing to do and for some reason, I find myself struggling to fit everything in.   Like I said earlier it’s a place of many contradictions.     ... Read more >

Feb. 18th

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 | By saritaskr | Views [600] | Comments [3]

Paris & I have been trying to keep ourselves occupied by looking for places to volunteer here.  Since we decided not to come here using a big volunteer organization to plan everything for us (it's super expensive to do it that way!), we are having ... Read more >

Photos: San Borja

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 | By saritaskr | Photo Gallery

South America

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 | By brikem21 | Views [961] | Comments [2]

Arrive at hotel in Santiago (Holiday inn at airport)   to find that our travel agent despite my emailed request) had failed to reinstate our reservation ; and guess what – no room at the inn. BK however remains sanguine and then they manage to find ... Read more >

Photos: Perú - Cañon del Colca

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 | By david_w_360 | Photo Gallery

Photos: Perú - Arequipa + Monasterio de Santa Catalina

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 | By david_w_360 | Photo Gallery