Cuzco, Peru

Part 2 of .... Taxi ride down the mountain
June 15, 2008 - Cuzco, Peru
Part 2 of … Taxi ride down the mountain Hi everybody, some more of our experiences. Following our trip to the College with Iris – social worker, and Ernistina it was arranged that we would also buy some clothes for her on Sunday. At the right markets clothes are extremely cheap here in Cusco. We were to meet Iris and Ernstina at 9 am at the...
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Taxi ride down from mountain
June 11, 2008 - Cuzco, Peru
Taxi ride down from the mountain, Thursday 5th June Last Thursday we had a most interesting taxi ride from Pumamarca down to Larapa - the area near where we live. Ernistina had indicated that she would be interested learning about cosmetics and hair grooming as a way of earning some money.  Unlike most things getting done very slowly here in...
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Puno and Lake Titicaca
June 5, 2008 - Cuzco, Peru
Puno and Lake Titicaca Tuesday 3rd June We arrived back from Puno – P and Lake Titicaca – LT – last night about 6pm by the Andean Explorer – a very modern train – first class travel from P having left Cusco last Friday 29th May. So here is part one, rather long as is part two, but we hope not to bore you. Friday, 29th, up at 5.30am to...
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Whistlers of the night in Cuzco - take two
May 11, 2008 - Cuzco, Peru
Hi everyone, if you were wondering what happened to the other blog under this title, nothing there as a result of a power failure just as we finished writing. So here goes again. Andrea had written a quite long blog so she will need to find time to do it again. I just wanted to tell you about the whistlers of Cusco or at least those here. All...
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The village of Pumamarca
May 6, 2008 - Cuzco, Peru
Hi everyone, we have had an amazing past 36 hours, following our arrival here in Cuzco. A rest day on Sunday meeting the other volunteers, then at 9.30am on Monday we headed off uo into the Ande mountains to the village. The road was no more than a dirt track. twisting and turning. From a distance the village looked neat, clay brick walls with...
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