Rajic Traveller

After leaving Huancayo, it was the beginning of my true experience of backpacking alone in South America. I had 5 weeks to do so before heading to the Galapagos Islands for the last month of my trip. Marcahuasi Hike (May 23 & 24) Leaving Huancayo, my first stop was Marcahuasi. To get there, we neede first to hire a private drive to Chosica (6 hours), then wait 4 hours in Chosica (not a problem as I had my first proper salad for months) and finally take a local bus to San Pedro de Costa. The ride from Huancayo to Chosica was crazy, as we had a typical Peruvian driver who was driving fast and dangerously. I did this trip with three American friends from Huancayo (Mary, Jen and Carmen) and we were also meeting my friend ... read more

Overview – Volunteering Experience So far, my volunteering experience is going pretty well. Initially, I was supposed to be on different projects, such as Microfinance and others. Due to circumstances, I ended up teaching English in an Elementary school for about 5 hours a day (2nd and 4th grades). With time, I got used to it and I like working with kids. However, I also realized that I am not very patient with them. As the kids didn’t really have any exposure to English language, I am pretty much teaching the same thing to both grades, and those things are very basic such as colors, greetings, etc. I have classes every day from 1pm to 6pm. My mornings are always the same: 1) Waking up at 7:30am (or earlier if one of the brothers put some ... read more

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J-15 9 février 2015 Bon, un dur réveil pour le corps après les dizaines de kilomètres qu’on a marchées le week-end dernier. Pour cette raison, je n’étais pas trop concentré durant mon cours d’espagnol … C’étais la fête d’une de mes sœurs de ma famille d’accueil, Jimena. Encore une fois, on était plus d’une vingtaine autour de la table (voir ma photo avec le gros chaudron). En après midi, j’ai pris quelques heures à écrire mon blog et à mettre des photos sur Facebook. La soirée a aussi été assez relaxe. Je suis allé manger dans le marché central avec des amis. J-16 10 février 2015 Durant mon cours du matin, je suis allé avec mon professeur manger des ''Saltenas'' de viande et de poulet dans le meilleur restaurant de ''Saltenas'' en ville. Comme le restaurant ... read more

My first blog post will be more like a diary because I will be living in Sucre for 4 weeks and live like a local. This also means that I won’t have 1000 of pictures as my goal is to not look like a tourist (which is hard). After those 4 weeks, when I will be travelling around Bolivia and Peru, I will write blog posts about places I visit (not on a daily basis) and I will have much more pictures … J-1: January 26, 2015 At 11 am, I got to Sucre from Santa Cruz where my host family was waiting for me at the airport with my name written in big letters on a piece of paper (you know, a touristic thing that we see in movies). It was a short 35 minutes ... read more