Blogs from Ayacucho, Peru, South America - page 9

Where in the world do I currently live? My final destination in Peru is Vista Alegre, a village on top of a mountain near the city of Ayacucho (10-min bus ride). I am not sure where the 'happy view' (vista alegre) is, but there is a mirador (panoramic viewpoint) where you can see all of Ayacucho, below. It is a lovely place for photo-taking, as you know how much I love taking photos :) For me the main center of Vista Alegre is a large square-like clearing where the bus runs through. The clearing has a playground and soccer/basketball court. Eight different roads lead to and from the clearing. It is the closest thing to a town square here but the difference is that it is not paved (except for the basketball court). When cars and ... read more

Well last week was a pretty chilled out week, which I was definitely in need of after my crazy weekend! On monday we returned from our weekend at the coast and so on tuesday I was pretty exhausted still. I went to work in the morning, and had fun playing with my wawa's. Laine also came with me as she does not want to go back to her clinic for her last week, and it was nice to have someone else there with me. Apart from anything else its really nice to have someone that I can actually talk to! My spanish is improving I think, and me and Gloria are now able to have some conversations, and I can understand most of what she asks me, but we still struggle sometimes. We had a new ... read more

Hi everyone. I'm really sorry that I haven't written sooner but its abeen a bit crazy this week, we've been really busy, I've been ill and I'm getting really pissed off with the internet connection here, which is so unreliable you wouldn't believe it! I've been able to check my bank balance for the first time this mornng, normally it just won't open the pages, very annoying! My first week in Ayacucho has been good. Like the start of my Lima placement, our first day consisted of an orientation meeting followed by a brief visit to some of the work sites and, after lunch, a tour of some of the city. Ayacucho is absolutely beautiful and it is so nice to be away from the noise, traffic and stress of Lima. We visited a couple artesans' ... read more

Um 8h morgens ging unser Bus nach Ayacucho. Diesmal bin ich nicht zu spaet aufgewacht. Diesmal habe ich alle eine Stunde zu frueh aufgeweckt. Statt um 6h um 5h! Leider haben wir es erst bemerkt, als wir alle fertig geduscht, angezogen und gepackt waren und uns gewundert haben, dass es ja fast 7h sein muesste und die Familie immernoch nicht aufgestanden ist. Es war auch noch sooo dunkel! :-) Ja, leider war es erst 6h... Die Fahrt dauert 9 Stunden und die ersten 6 Stunden waren der Horror! Die Strasse war nur die ersten 50km asphaltiert, danach gab es nur einen engen, steinigen und staubigen Weg. Wir sassen an der rechten Seite des Busses. Wegen der schoenen Aussicht. Hier konnte man aber auch den Abgrund sehen! Oft kam es vor, dass man mit der Backe am ... read more

Another traveler, Ed, and i hired a taxi to drive us 8 hours over a bad dirt road to get to this town of ayacucho. the place is supposed to include an artists enclave where textiles are created...see attached photos. also, i decided to try Cuy, which is guinea pig. it was actually pretty good, although there wasn´t very much meat on the little guy....see attached photos.... read more