Hi, I'm Camille. My mom and I recently got to go to Peru after we took a year of Spanish classes. This blog documents our trip so you can see what we got to do. Our first week we stayed in Cusco. Then we stayed a week in Taray, which is about 45 minutes away from Cusco in the Sacred Valley. Next we returned to Cusco for another week, and finally we went on a 4-day trek from Lares to Machu Picchu. The whole time (with the exception of the trek) we took Spanish classes for 4 hours each day. While in Cusco we lived with a Peruvian family and communicated with them in Spanish. I hope you enjoy our blog.
(Check out our previous trip to Peru here.)
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Saturday, June 13, 2009
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Cows herded down the main street of Pisac. See the ancient Incan drainage channel.
Variety of dried corn at market
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Drying fava beans
Cactus walls at adobe house
Basketball court with terraced seating
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Cute baby at the market being watched by his brother
Interesting doorway
Pretty building
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Rock pattern in courtyard of Incan Museum
Many buildings in Cusco are built right on top of the ancient Incan foundations
The Plaza de Armas and the cathedral
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Fruits for sale around the corner from our house (chirimoya is the green one front right)
A cambio loaded up
16. Every morning when we walk to school we pass the fruit and vegetable market, the butcher, the place where they are plucking and cutting up chickens, bakers, etc. The people shop every day or two and always eat fresh, like in Europe.
17. People walk everywhere. There are also cambios which are like large minivans, where for 20c you can hop in and get off wherever. Apparently they have set routes. After school they are completely packed with 20+ people. We saw a compact car with 9 children in it coming out of school, too. We usually walk to and from school (25 minutes or so) but if we do take a cab it only costs $1.
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