Peru

Let´s talk about differences
July 4, 2008 - Lima, Peru
Let´s start with the differences in language, and by that I don´t just mean that they speak spanish and we speak english...there are some minor differences in their spanish here than what I´ve learned up until now to say ´´here´´ they use ´´aca´´ whereas I use ´´aqui´´, same for ´´there´´ ´´alla´´ vs ´´alli´´ also they...
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Cuzco Part I and Arequipa
June 30, 2008 - Arequipa, Peru
Next it was onto Cuzco in Peru which is kind of like the cultural capital of south america - it was the centre of the Inca empire, its located near the Sacred Valley (Urubamba Valley) which contains many historical Inca Sites of which Machu Picchu is the most famous. The Inca civilisation was a relatively recent civilisation whose downfall...
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Working in the hospital. Sort of.
July 1, 2008 - Lima, Peru
1) Sorry for not updating recently; my last entry was deleted two sentences before the end and I was too bummed about it to retype it. Fortunately for you all, that means that this version will be shorter! 2) In my last entry I noted that I ate some Picarones from a vendor in Lima. I was wrong; they made me extremely sick. Jenny asked what I...
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Like Sands Through the Hourglass
June 28, 2008 - Lima, Peru
So I realize I haven´t said much about what I´m actually doing with my volunteering time here so... I´m working in a medical center in the triage/nursing area.  It´s more or less nothing, at the beginning the nurse was letting me weigh people and take their blood pressure although she did recheck everything I did she finally trusted me...
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More of the hospital and Central Lima
June 26, 2008 - Lima, Peru
  First: Thanks everyone for the comments and e-mails! I really enjoy hearing from you all, mostly because I miss you, but I also like to see your interpretation of this picture I'm trying to paint of my experience. Second: This is very long.  Feel free to skim a lot of it.  My main work at the hospital is detailed in the next entry.   I...
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