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Sun, 4 Apr 2010 | By fieldnotes | Views [555]
In
retrospect we probably could have done it on our own but sometimes a tour is
the easy way, even if it costs more.
We were the first to be picked up so we sat in the front of the
bus. Not only was the view better,
we didn’t get vertigo ... Read more >
Sun, 4 Apr 2010 | By jssr18 | Views [652]
My
current status: decisions,
decisions, decisions
Apartment
in Brooklyn: I have to resign my lease for May 1 st . However, my landlady just found out
that I am subletting my apartment.
(Mary!!!) ... Read more >
Fri, 2 Apr 2010 | By fieldnotes | Views [751]
Our
bus was the “earliest we have been late” and we arrived in the seaside town of
Mollendo just after lunch. Our cab
driver agreed to meet us at 6:00 AM to take us to Sancturio Nacional Laguna de Mejia
before we even checked into La Posada.... Read more >
Tue, 30 Mar 2010 | By saritaskr | Views [779] | Comments [5]
IdukayPeru is the name of the organization Paris and I basically moved in with on Sunday afternoon. They are a local NGO in a district of Lima called Callao, and the organization was built around the premise of helping the poorest kids here in some ... Read more >
Tue, 30 Mar 2010 | By jssr18 | Views [386]
Over
the past few weeks I have been teaching my students about patterns. First they have to learn the word in
English, then they have to learn Circle, Triangle, Square, etc. in English. Then they have to learn pencil, trace,
draw, ... Read more >
Tue, 30 Mar 2010 | By fieldnotes | Views [441]
The Nasca probably knew what they wanted to accomplish when they began etching lines,
geometric designs and giant pictures into the desert soil. Heck, they worked at removing the dark
oxidized rock to expose the light sand from 200 BC until ... Read more >
Mon, 29 Mar 2010 | By fieldnotes | Photo Gallery
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Sun, 28 Mar 2010 | By jssr18 | Views [180]
Benefits of being illegal (really, benefits of being English speaking in a non-English speaking country, a little different): 1. Get paid more to do less
2. Do not have to sign in and
out for roll call, ... Read more >
Sun, 28 Mar 2010 | By fieldnotes | Views [626]
The only reason to travel to Pisco is to visit the Islas de Ballestas in nearby Paracas. Pisco is dirty, dusty and not even actually on the bus route. Buses drop you off on the Pan American . . . unless they have forgotten you. In that case you ... Read more >
Sun, 28 Mar 2010 | By evi | Views [653] | Comments [1]
1. I wish that I had spent more than two days working through my ´30 days to great Spanish´ book. Language is proving to be a challenge! 2. I wish that I had spent more than a week working out to my 6 week excerise DVD. Our first 3 day hike almost killed ... Read more >
Sun, 28 Mar 2010 | By fieldnotes | Photo Gallery
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Fri, 26 Mar 2010 | By saritaskr | Views [621]
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 [634] | 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 [338]
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 >
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