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Keep 'em doggies movin'!

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 | By abcarlson | Views [763]

Brandon's parents, brother Dustin, and Dick helped us move our furniture out of the apartment and into Dustin's spare room for storage Monday night. It was about 9 degrees outside as we loaded and unloaded the Budget truck. We were so incredibly greatful ... Read more >

Day 20: Temples of the Sun and Moon, Trujillo, Peru

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 | By anijensen | Views [1238] | Comments [1]

Today we saw another major adobe temple site, Temples of the Sun and Moon, Trujillo, Peru. The Temple of the Sun has not yet had any restoration work begun, but it looks like a hill unto itself. It was the largest mud brick structure in the Americas, ... Read more >

Day 19: Chan Chan, Peru

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 | By anijensen | Views [907]

Today we saw an enormous complex of adobe buildings, which made up the capital city of the Chimu culture (just prior to the Incas), with an estimated 80,000 inhabitants. The main buildings of the city were the temples, which were the homes of the royal ... Read more >

Day 18: Trujillo, Peru

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 | By anijensen | Views [718]

Today was a very short touring day. We went to see the Sapin artifacts at the museum. It was a great stop, not to be missed. The pieces were fantastic. It is difficult to imagine the workmanship that went into each piece. Jose, our guide ... Read more >

Chiclayo, Peru

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 | By anijensen | Views [813] | Comments [2]

7:00 am 1/26/2009: The flight into Chiclayo was smooth and non eventful. As we approached the valley the mountains receded into the background and fields of glistening green stood out. You could see that the fields were wet, as we got closer ... Read more >

Ft. Kochi: Short and Sweet

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 | By loveandjoy | Views [983]

Ft. Kochi is a simple place and goes along well with Kerala's laid back environment that is built around tourism . When I arrived here after a neasy going -figure out the train - experience I find a cute little room/homestay/guestlodge and made my ... Read more >

One More Week

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 | By nncysf | Views [419] | Comments [3]

It's actually LESS THAN 1 week until my departure - 5 minutes past midnight on February 1, which has me in a quandary about when to say Rabbit (possibly part of me being so lucky is that I learned from Peter in college to say Rabbit first thing in ... Read more >

Expedite

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 | By abcarlson | Views [891]

To speed up the progress of; accelerate. To execute quickly and efficiently To make less difficult: ease , facilitate . Idioms: clearpreparethe way for, grease the wheels, open the doorforto. See easy/hard . To increase the speed of: ... Read more >

Lima, Peru finally....

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 | By anijensen | Views [628]

Arrived in Lima on Friday but we were too sick to do too much. Day one: took a trip to the much famed Museum of Archeology and Anthropoly only to find out that our cab driver had dropped us at the wrong one...instead we got to view erotic art of the ... Read more >

Nelson Wedding

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 | By abcarlson | Views [903]

We had such a wonderful week with my Mama! I was so glad she could come out and visit before we head out! Tough to see her catch the plane back to PA, but we're looking forward to seeing her on Skype soon. This weekend we attended a beautiful wedding ... Read more >

Kovalam post Kurtis - some things worth mentioning

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 | By loveandjoy | Views [1023]

I admit I was very sad when Kurtis left - my heart felt like it was ripped out when he turned away and got into the rickshaw. Kovalam was a place to regroup, nurse a cold, and have a few moments to remind me of the magic of India and the wonders of traveling ... Read more >

Sunday Morning

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 | By denise_b | Views [536] | Comments [1]

Good Morning to you all, Yesterday was another full day. We finished the health & hygiene seminar in the morning. The Cambodian students went out into the neighborhood surrounding the church. There purpose was to meet people and assess the needs for ... Read more >

A few random notes about India....

Fri, 23 Jan 2009 | By loveandjoy | Views [801]

before I head back out into the real India world When you order food expect to have a plate for every item, glass, all your 8 pieces of silver wear, and you napkins too. Going to see a bollywood film is an adventure in itself. Kurtis and I found ourselves ... Read more >