April 26th and 27th **I am truncating this post as it is quite long with lots of pictures. Please read on to see more! On Saturday the 26th, we had a free day in Cusco. We had planned to go to the orphanage, but the kids had a field trip, so instead we just had … Continue reading Days 14 and 15 in Peru: Free day in Cusco, Pikallacta, Tipon
April 20th-25th **This post is truncated because there are a lot of photos. Please read on to see more! We returned to Cusco just in time for Easter Sunday. We hadn't really packed church-appropriate Easter attire, so we decided not to try to go to a local mass. Instead, we walked around some. We actually … Continue reading Days 8-13 in Peru: Cusco, Orphanage, and Peruvian Lit Class
**I am writing these posts quite a bit after the fact, now that I am home. This post is about April 15th and 16th. We got up really early (3:00 AM) on Wednesday the 16th to board the bus for a very long bus ride on a very windy road to the place where we … Continue reading Day 4 and 5 in Peru
**I am back home now, so over the course of the next several days I will be catching you up on my trip- I never realized this post wasn't published (oops!), so I wanted to note that this is about April 15th, not yesterday. The rest of the posts will likely be a bit shorter, … Continue reading Day 3 in Peru: Chinchero, Ollantaytambo, and Pisac
**I am truncating this post due to the large amount of pictures. Please read on to see more! Well, I have to say the last three days have been both very busy and full of interesting adventures (to say the very least). On Sunday evening, we walked around Cusco a bit, mostly in the Plaza … Continue reading Evening of Day 1 and Day 2 in Peru
The Oke Den 