Six of us decided to take a weekend trip to Lake Titicaca this past weekend. Several of the other volunteers had done this trip and recommended it so those of us...
Thursday in Spanish class we had a field trip. Ricardo, our Spanish teacher, offered to take Elizabeth and I (the only two in the class) on an excursion to the local...
On Sunday morning, the day after horseback riding in the mountains, I had originally planned to take a bus over to Pisac to visit the very large market that happens there...
We got up Saturday morning filled with anticipation. Today we were going to be horseback riding for the day in the mountains around Urubamba. After a wonderfully fresh breakfast with jam,...
Friday after finishing up at our project Carrie and I headed to Urubamba. Because she had asked earlier at the Maximo office where we to find the buses that we needed...
Thursday was Julie’s last night in the house and as is the custom she picked out a place for us to go have dinner. I had lent her my travel book...
My explorations have been curtailed a bit as I am nursing my foot-it has to be better in time to do the Inca trail in three weeks. Consequently I am not...
Today was Carnival and when I woke up around 6:30am and peeked out the window in my room near my bed I saw blue sky which, perhaps, was a good omen...
I had big plans when I left the house Thursday morning. My Spanish class had been moved to 11:30 thus I had an extra hour and a half in the morning...
Now that I have settled into a routine I thought I would share a typical day. I get up somewhere between 7-8am, depending on what time I went to bed the...