June 2005

Aguas Calientes

June 28, 2005

For the first time since I left for peru two and a half weeks ago, I have a free day. It just so happens that my free day is in one of the smallest and most expensive cities in peru. Aguas Calientes is the only city that has lodging closer than the four hour bus [...]

Read the full article →

Tourist Trap

June 28, 2005

side note from dani: sorry for lack of update again. moved and didn’t have internet for a while.. ——- I am in Cusco, and have been for two days now. It turns out the Strike that I mentioned previous as being nation-wide, was in actuality limited solely to the city limits of Ayacucho. We can [...]

Read the full article →

Strike Once for Sound

June 22, 2005

It was an absolutely beautiful day in Ayacucho today. Today also began the first day of the nation-wide strike to protest free trade agreements in proposition by the U.S. and Peruvian governments. It is difficult to get all of the details talking with the people here in Ayacucho, but it seems as though they fear [...]

Read the full article →

Hello From Peru

June 22, 2005

I am still alive. I have another week here in Ayacucho. Life could not be better. Well, maybe if I had some rice and beans. I have many many many photos, most very similar to one another, but I will havemuch to share when I have more time to get things sorted out and my [...]

Read the full article →

no quiero helado, quiero fresco

June 18, 2005

Being around hospital patients has finally caught up to me. And what’s worse? Someone asked me to teach them how to count to ten in Portuguese, and it is so similar to Spanish that i had to say it out loud two or three times before i remembered. Yes, my language skills are improving. Sitting [...]

Read the full article →

← Previous Entries