Getting Andean High

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Howdy everyone!!

I made it into Cuzo in one piece...arrived this morning at 10, got settled, showered (my first HOT shower in days!) I will begin my volunteer work tomorrow, so I am pretty excited. So far I am getting by just fine with my portunhol (portuguese and spanish combined) and some English... it´s fun trying to talk to people here in Spanish...I just can´t stop doing it! I just took a Spanish placement test, I was told that I am in the intermediate level...yet I have to ask people to repeat themselves when I talk to them, I guess that I will just have to give it sometime to get used to the language

At any rate, here are some photos from Lima, Pisco and Ica

Later I will update more about Nazca and my 13 hour freezing bus ride from Nazca to Cusco

I am about to meet up with some friends (from Korea) that I met on that freezing busride to Cusco, and have dinner

See ya later

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Photos

ceviche!!!!
Yummay..this is my first dish here in Peru..it´s fish and red onion marinated with lime/lemon.... and there´s some other things in there (the photo) too of course

on the bus in Lima
I love the liveliness of the streets of South America....though dangerous, there´s always plenty of movements, be it on the road, on the street, on the sidewalks.....

Pizarro
Pizarron on my hand.....hehe

Ramon Castilla
Me standing in front of the statue the 4-time Peruvian president, the present who abolished slavery..so I guess he enjoys the same stature as Lincoln

Cathedral in Lima...oh, and palm trees :-)
been there since 1535......

Presidential Palace
must be a pleasure to stay there

Catatomb
This is the catatomb under Saint Francisco church... I wasn´t really allowed to take any pictures, but I took this one anyway. The place was used as a burial centre during a plague that took place a long time ago???

Post-Earthquake Pisco
almost the entire town was wiped out.... literally all the houses there are missing roofs and walls

Post-Earthquake Pisco
Kids running after buses asking tourists/ anyone passing by for help

Post-Earthquake Ica
This is Ica..a town about two hours away from Pisco...it's not as bad, but still it is heartbreaking to see

Post-Earthquake Ica
The earthquake didn´t even spare a local small church