http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Elena-and-Tom/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Elena and Tom en-us Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:56:36 +0000 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:56:36 +0000 Ok Irsquoll try to tackle some of the questions posed though Irsquom not sure I can answer them all some are probably better left for our roundtable.Why are there so many more orphans in Peru than in the United States. The most apparent reason for the amount of orphans is of course poverty. While perhaps not qualifying as a third world country Peru is definitely quite impoverished i http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Cusco/Cusco/blog-137983.html Ok so this is what we have been doing since we got back from our trip to Lake Titicaca and La Paz. We have moved into the Family House which is awesome. We have amazing food prepared by an actual chef women who come and clean the house and a rapid named Pepe. We feel a little spoiled. We are taking Spanish lessons at the same organization that organizes our orphanges Maximo Nivel. We http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Cusco/Cusco/blog-134994.html Hey everyone sorry for taking so long to write. Were actually going to post two blogs one about our trip and one about what weve been doing since we got back. Here is a summary of our tripFriday Feb. 9thWe left for our Lake TiticacaLa PazCopacabana trip. We got up at 5 am hopped on a bus and headed out for Puno a city on the shores of Lake Titicaca. On the way we stopped at variou http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/blog-134348.html Hey everyoneWe just got back from Manu which was fantastic. We will look more in depth later on in the blog. Herersquos a recap of the past weekTUESDAY We continued our last week of Spanish classes while we were both sick. Elena had to get some shots and Tom had to take lots of medication but everything is fine now. WEDNESDAY classes againTHURSDAY more classes Elena went to play soccer http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Cusco/Manu-National-Park/blog-126723.html Hey Everyone Tom finished this last blog and I was gone or sleeping or had Spanish classes at a different time...or soemthing... so I'm goign to add a blog of what I did the past week too. Here's the run downMonday through Wednesday I had my Spanish classes which are going great I can almost always understand the basic idea of what people say and always am able to respond. Not much else happe http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Cusco/Cusco/blog-123745.html Hey Everyone Sorry for taking so long to post again we're too lazy to go to an internet cafe and Rafo's computer was having some trouble running Travelblog. How is everything in your parts of the world Peru is as gorgeous as ever we've had mixed weather a little bit from everyone. Here's a brief overview since we last postedSATURDAY January 13th Elena took a two hour bus ride and half h http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Tajikistan/blog-121024.html Whoa itrsquos been a little while since wersquove written. Wersquove been here a week it seems like so much longer. Herersquos a rundown of the past weekSATURDAY We slept from 5pm Friday until 9am on Saturday. We got up cooked breakfast with Rafo and headed off to see the Plaza De Armas. We visited the Cathedral and we saw the painting of the ldquoLast Supperrdquo with the Gu http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Mauritania/Trarza/Nouakchott/blog-118769.html We made it Were currently sitting in an internet cafe reveling in the beautiful sunny weather and heat. Cuzco is fantastic the scenery is incredible Rafos wife Monica picked us up at the Cuzco airport and brought us to their house which is awesome. There is also a Russian man staying there and this weekend a girl our age and an older man are coming we think. So the part youve a http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Cusco/Cusco/blog-116516.html Hey Tom http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Maine/Kennebunk/blog-115906.html Day Negative 2Weather is calm. Not a cloud in the sky or as far as I Elena can see from the computer lab window. Supplies. We need some. Specifically a water bottle jam and maple syrup for gifts we don't just enjoy these things. Besides that though we're set to go. Yay PeruElena and Tom http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Maine/Kennebunk/blog-115901.html