Modern Inca graffiti overlooking Cusco
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Thursday, June 23, 2005
Thursday, June 02, 2005
Home Sweet Home
Even though it was rather sad for all of us when we left Peru, I think it is safe to say that it feels good to be back on American soil. I think I can speak for everyone when I say that this was an experience that I will never forget and feel truely lucky to have been able to do the things that we were able to do! Hope everyone made it home safely and that everyone has an amazing summer and I'll see everyone in the fall!
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Friday, May 27, 2005
Chari experience
Well as you can see from the pictures that Dr. Hassell put up, we took a day trip on Wednesday to the small town of Chari. This was def. an experience that I will never forget. It was so amazing to be able to go somewhere that there wasnt a whole bunch of tourist or touristy things, it was just us and these extremely sweet women of the town that attempted to teach us how to weave...the only problem was that they all only spoke Quechua, the laguage of the native people of Peru. Luckily we had a translator that was able to help us. At one point the women talked about the different festivals that they had and then we had the opportunity to do the same thing adn we each we able to talk about where we lived. It was funny at one point, there was one women who was the oldest of all of them and after we were talking, she said something to the translator about not being able to understand what we were saying, she didnt understand that the translator was saying the exact same things we were saying. It was interesting to watch the women understand things as the translator told them about them...I especially enjoyed watching their faces when they realized how much snow most of us get in the winter, they thought that it was absolutely nuts! Well today is our last full day in Cusco, last night the Acadamia had a nice little going away party for us and gave us our diplomas. We leave for the Inca Trail tomorrow morning at 6am...I think that most of us are excited about it but equally as nervous about it as well. I think that in the end, we are all going to find that it was a very rewarding experience. Well that is pretty much all that is going on here, we all have a free day today, so we can run around and do any last minute shopping that we need to do or what not and then, at least for me, it will be off to bed nice and early to try to get as much sleep in as possible before the trip. See everyone in less than a week! We cant wait to be able to tell you guys everything in person! Later!
-Megan
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Thursday, May 26, 2005
Corpus Christi procession
One of the patron saints in procession around the Plaza de Armas.
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Monday, May 23, 2005
Well It has been a while
Im so sorry that I havent been able to keep everyone updated...Im sure it was frustrating to be checking everyday and not have anything new to read. As you can see we were able to get quite a few pictures up I hope everyone enjoyed them. This last week was absolutely crazy. We started our volunteer program last week in the mornings. We were there from 9am to noon everyday last week, came home, ate lunch and then were off to the Academia at 2pm for classes that went until 7pm then home for dinner and then most of the time we went straight to bed after our homework because we were just so tired from the long day. The school that we volunteered at was a kindergarden for 4 and 5 year olds from the town of San Sabastien. There are a few pictures of some of us with the kids. The first few days were a little slow going, but then a lot of us were able to connect with at least one of the children and that really changed the whole experience. It was interesting to see how little these kids had, but there were still as happy as could be. One thing that struck all of us is that nearly everyday the kids did rompecabezas (puzzles). They each had there own puzzle that they had brought in to stay in the classroom. They did the same puzzles everyday probably 5 or 6 times in a row and when we tried to get them to switch with eachother so that they could do a different puzzle, most of them didnt want to. It was also interesting, there is an airport fairly close to the school and when we had them outside to play on the playground ( a few sea saws and a slide) there would be planes taking off in the distance, every one of us looked at every plane with awe because they were so close and fairly loud, just like most of us did anytime we saw planes when we were kids, but the planes did not get any attention from the kids. The last day, the teacher told us we were going to take the kids on a field trip to the airport. To me that meant we were actually going to be going to the airport and maybe seeing a plane up close and maybe talking to a pilot when in actuality, it meant going to the field next to the airport and playing games and having a picnic of types in the field with a flock of sheep. They kids were so excited to have this much grass that they could run and roll (they really seemed to like this) around on. Seeing these kids have some much fun in just a wide open field really reminded me how little kids really need to have fun. They dont really need all these expensive toys, they just need an imagination! We walked the kids to the field and it was really interesting to see the area. It was the first time that we had been able to walk through the poorer parts of the city. It was really an eye opener to see what things fased the kids and what things didnt. For example, there was a dead rat in the road, most of us saw it and I only saw one kid that saw it. And even after he pointed it out, none of the other kids were interested in it.There was also a river that we saw that had SO much garbage in it, it smelled horrible, there was even a dead dog in it...but yet again...not a thing from the kids. Speaking of dogs, there are two dogs that follow the kids everywhere, they not only come into the school yard with them, but right into the classroom and lay under the tables. These two dogs walked the entire way to the field and back with us. I think over all this experience was a real eye opener for most of us, def. something that I doubt any of us will ever forget.
This week is also rather crazy, we have the remainder of our weaving lessons in the morning, and we still have classes in the afternoon-evening. On top of that everyone is trying to finish up any last minute shopping that they still have to do. It is really hard to believe that we only have the rest of this week with our families because this Sat., we leave for Machu Picchu, something that everyone is both looking forward to and dreading at the same time. Unfortunatly, most of us seem to have been able to come down with some sort of cold, which is making it rather hard for us to breathe, so the Inca Trail should be extra interesting, I know that all of us are hoping that we get better before then...keep you fingers crossed for us! Well that is pretty much is and I will try to put more up on Friday before we leave! Hope all is well at home!
-Megan
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Friday, May 20, 2005
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- Modern Inca graffiti overlooking Cusco
- Andean landscape near Moray
- Las Salineras
- Cusco: shopping for dinner at the Mercado Central
- Asha & Lori along the trail
- Our two guides on the Inca Trail
- One of the porters at an Inca Trail camp
- EC group on the Inca Trail: having fun
- EC group on the Inca Trail - Lunch break
- Lori with the weavers of Chari
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