I recently decided to finish blogging about my adventures in Peru last spring (spurned on by procrastination and my upcoming trip to Peru this spring). So here it is straight from my journal...
Today started out slightly rushed, I think we were still making up for days past. But we managed to get up, packed, eating breakfast, and then out the door in time for our flight. After navigating all the way through the airport we had sometime to play some rounds of 5 Crowns. Everyone got into the game (who wasn't napping) including Dr. Lewis who had no problem dishing out a lot of trash talk. Good thing we have no problem giving it right back. The plane ride to Cusco was short and gnarly. (I'm from California, I can use that word.) Cusco is so high (and in such a steep mountain range, the urupampas) that we literally had to fly through the mountains, as in the peaks were above us, to land. The whole process seemed a bit sketch (what else would you call it when you look out your window and feel like you could touch the mountainside) but worked out in the end. Cusco is relatively small but extremely packed. Everyone has something to sell, and they aren't afraid to put it under your nose and ask you to buy it.
After arriving we had a little meeting in which Dr. Lewis explained all of the good places to go for practically everything (grocery stores, restaurants, souvenirs, and building supplies). Following the pow-wow we went out to exchange our dollars for sols. The moneymen here were a little grumpy about taking our money (they all took their sweet time to look over our money as if it could possibly be counterfeit, but the rates were better than national average) but a week later we found out they could be significantly grumpier. Around dinner time we all reconvened in the hotel lobby to check in on everyone. Dr. Lewis pulled out his handy pulse monitor to check our heatrates and oxygen content. Those of us who were a little off had a few glorious minutes of oxygen blowing in our faces. It really did feel good, kind of like Dr. Pepper but not quite. Next up, dinner!
We (Whitney, Katie, Kristen, and myself) set out for a place to eat. We wandered around Plaza de Armas for a while before our stomachs led us to a nice restaurant overlooking the plaza. Following a delish meal of pizza and some quality company we walked back to the hotel for rest before our first full day working on our projects.
Today started out slightly rushed, I think we were still making up for days past. But we managed to get up, packed, eating breakfast, and then out the door in time for our flight. After navigating all the way through the airport we had sometime to play some rounds of 5 Crowns. Everyone got into the game (who wasn't napping) including Dr. Lewis who had no problem dishing out a lot of trash talk. Good thing we have no problem giving it right back. The plane ride to Cusco was short and gnarly. (I'm from California, I can use that word.) Cusco is so high (and in such a steep mountain range, the urupampas) that we literally had to fly through the mountains, as in the peaks were above us, to land. The whole process seemed a bit sketch (what else would you call it when you look out your window and feel like you could touch the mountainside) but worked out in the end. Cusco is relatively small but extremely packed. Everyone has something to sell, and they aren't afraid to put it under your nose and ask you to buy it.
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| Towel figure awaiting us on our beds in the hotel. No you may not judge me on my selective picture taking. |
We (Whitney, Katie, Kristen, and myself) set out for a place to eat. We wandered around Plaza de Armas for a while before our stomachs led us to a nice restaurant overlooking the plaza. Following a delish meal of pizza and some quality company we walked back to the hotel for rest before our first full day working on our projects.
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