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SIT is EVERYWHERE!

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 | By saritaskr | Views [565] | 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 [345]

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

in MiraFlores
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So you think YOU can dance?

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 | By saritaskr | Views [893]

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

Playa Asia
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I think I threw up 40 times in my mouth

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 | By jssr18 | Views [333]

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 [1034] | 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 [390]

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 [646] | 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

our neighborhood
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South America

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 | By brikem21 | Views [1020] | 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 >