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So, now we have spent a couple of weeks here in Trujillo. And yes it has been very quiet in on the Blog, have had to much things to adjust to over here! Well, as I said in the last entry, was that I live with a woman called Doris. In my house there was two other girls (from USA) who was sharing a room, but one of them (Andrea) left this morning to go back home. What's nice though is that we have a new girl here now (also from the states) which is sharing my room. Chris has his own room out in the garden of his family's house, and his own bathroom. It's a nice place. His house is much bigger than our apartment, and they have a really ugly rooster (tupp), which ... read more

The lady of my house is Doris. I don't know how old she is, but she has a son who is 36 and a son who is 26. In the apartment there is three bedrooms, one for two volunteers from USA who arrived a week before me, one room for me and then one for Doris and her son Lino. The apartment is of course very different from anything at home, and there is not even a fridge, but it's homie and the area where it is seems fine. And the best of all, it's actually just by the neighbourhood where Chris is gonna live! Well, going back a bit in time.. to tell you about Colca Canyon and if I have time, Nazca Lines: We arrived in Arequipa (the biggest city close to Colca ... read more

Finally we have visited the old Inca town of Machu Picchu. After a trek (not the 4 day one though) of 5-6 hours we got to this wonderful place, and it was truly magic. Huge ruins in the middle of a valley with enormous mountains around it... beautiful! But before we talk about Machu Picchu we still have to mention our trip to Mendoza in Argentina. We went there after Bariloche, and we ended up on the same bus as Sean (the guy with whom we rented a car and went to El tronodor) who was going back to Mendoza where his wife's family live. This was on the Sunday and he invited us for a lunch barbeque the same day. Me and Chris arrived at our hostel quite early that day and it turned ... read more

So, time for another little update! I am a bit after with my writings, but it's much more fun doing stuff than writing about them! But it's nice to let all you guys know what we are up to, and see some pictures.. and its nice for reading it myself later too! So, know we are actually in Bariloche in the South of Argentina, and it's beautiful! But COLD. Or, well, at least 13 degrees, which for us is very cold, because until now we've had at least over 20 everyday! But, I haven't gotten so far that I can actually write about Bariloche yet, cause I still haven't written anything about Uruguay and Buenos Aires!!! So... URUGUAY The crossing over to Uruguay was something special. We went on another night bus, and this one wasn't ... read more

Now we have been in Brazil for almost a week and its great!! Rio was such a wonderful city and I didnt feel unsafe at all. But then I didnt bring anything more than what I was planning on using that moment either. We stayed in Ipanema which is one of the nicer beaches in Rio. Much nicer than Copacabana, which does feel a bit dodgy at some points. Our hostel was really cute and just a road in from the beach, but we didnt go a lot to the beach anyway cause it so many things that we wanted to to while in Rio! We went to see the Christ Redeemer (kristus statyn) and it was cool, the view over the city was probably cooler than the statue though! It was of course very touristy ... read more

Finally have we arrived at the beautiful city of Rio De Janeiro! We´ve had so many troubles on our way here, with planes being cancelled, missing check in, stressing on and about... that it has been a crazy day. So finally getting here is such a relief! When we arrived at the airport in Rio, we were sure that the airport transfer that we´d orderd wouldn´t be there, since we hadn´t given them a new arrival time after our last was cancelled.. but luckily they stood there waiting for us anyway! Cause they just gessed that we would be there a day later but with the same flight! So I´m happy we chose the Rio transfer. Our hostel is nice, we´ve got a little room with bathroom next to the garden, it is very small but ... read more

Ok. Så våran resa har börjat så pass trevligt att flyget är försenat med minst 8 timmar! Flyget har inte kunnat lyfta i New York pågrund av dåligt väder, så det har inte ens kommit till Sverige än. Men så fort det kommer så får vi förhoppnings hoppa på. Vi har fått lite gratis frukost och sen får vi lunch också.. så det är väl snällt! Nåväl inte så mycket att göra åt i alla fall, vi får slå död på några timmar här och sedan bär det i alla fall av. Så, så mycket fanns det att updatera med så länge!!! Hoppas att nästa gång vi skriver är från Brasilien!!! /Rosanna å Chris... read more