Peru is only five days away! I leave early friday morning and will be arriving in Cusco around 8am sat morning. For the first four weeks of my trip I will be volunteering with Global Volunteer Network where I'll be spending about 4 hours a day at a small local clinic in Cusco (specific details to come). During this time I will also be participating in a language exchange program with a Peruvian student learning English, while teaching me Spanish. After these four weeks my itenerary is pretty up in the air. The only trip that is planned is a five day hiking trek from Salkantay to Manchu Picchu. After this the plan is to head down through Puno/Lake Titicaca and into Bolivia, most likely La Paz, although nothing is mapped out yet. All I have ... read more