March 2012
12 posts
My Blog Worthy Day
So today was a very interesting one, and I figured it was worth sharing. After my class I went to work out at the new gym on the UPC campus. Not knowing that bringing a towel was required, I was running on the treadmill for about 20 minutes(at a fast pace, of course) and the lady at the front desk came over and told me “no, you can’t workout unless you bring a towel”(but in Spanish) she then...
Ica/Paracas
This last weekend (well, Sunday-Tuesday) was a blast! It made me realize how much there is to do in Peru, and I enjoyed it very well. My fellow campañeros and I took about a 5 hour long bus ride on the PanAmerica highway which goes all the way to Alaska in order to get to the city of Ica, where we stayed at our resort. I have never stayed at a resort before, but I am almost certain that nobody can...
MACHU PICCHU!! (God bless you)
There is nothing like waking up at 3am to catch a bus at 4am to take us to catch our train, then to take another bus to THE Machu Picchu. At least I got a nice hot shower in the morning to wake me up(my first hot shower in Peru, might I add)! Our bus ride to the top of the mountain was crazy! We took a route that zigzagged it’s way up to the top, on a very narrow road. There was a point that a bus...
Llama land
Before leaving for Cusco on Friday, I was full of nerves. I was also more worried about getting altitude sickness more than anything. I never ended up getting horribly sick, yet on my first day I felt as if were to faint and had to sit down for a good half an hour. I also took a tea, made from coca leaves that is meant to cure altitude sickness. Along with that, I chewed on coca candy which is...
