Blogs from Huancayo, Junin, Peru, South America - page 10

Well, after a seven hour flight to Miami, a 24 hour layover there, a 5.5 hour flight to Lima, a 6 hour wait at the bus station, and a 7 hour bus ride, I finally arrived at a city up in the Andes called Huancayo. For those of you who are a bit on the green side when you hear of my travels, please also remember how much the travelling portion sucks. I'm so sick of airports. I can't wait to come home and not see an airport for a long, long time. Anyway, on to Huancayo. Like I mentioned, it's in the Andes, so it's high up. How high? I have no idea, but I do know that I was in shock by how much the altitude has affected me. Luckily, I haven't had altitude ... read more

Huaytapallana, in Castilian means: Place where the flowers take shelter, derived from the etimología Quechua: Huayta: Flower, Pallar: to gather. Pertenciente to the Eastern Mountain range of Central the $andes. With 900 mestros of unevenness between the level of waters and the tip of the snowed one. The Made snow-white Huaytapallana, in principle is a body of great snow, much attractive the human being, wakes up its admiration and respect by the great amount of water and potential energy that keeps. According to the Andean sincretismo: It is considered like the dwelling of the Apus, make rituals of payment or offering there (the offerings are fruits, candies, flowers and licor). The Snow-covered Huaytapallana has the following tips: a) Huaytapallana, b) Chuspi, c) Cochas, d) the Tello, e)El Rangra, f) Talves, g) Putcacocha h) Archigrande. The following ... read more

I had made up my mind to leave this Saturday. I would have bought my bus ticket today if they let me, they only sell tickets the day before departure. That gave me more time to think, and now I am totally confused. Some guy (who was originally trying to sell me sunglasses) accompanied me for most of my walk home from the ticket counter. About ten minutes into our walk, some words came up that I didn't understand, and he said with surpise "ahhh, there are words you don't know..." There are A LOT of words I don't know. But, apparently I'm a good guesser. I don't like admitting when I don't understand something, so usually I just guess and throw out an answer to see if it works. If it does, and our conversation ... read more

Life in Huancayo is all about.... PEOPLE We have settled in great with our host family. Everyone is so friendly, the grandmother cracks me up for sure! She is such a sweet little old lady. The project (Tinkuy Peru) is family run, everyone is involved in helping out in some way or another, whether it is teaching English, cooking dinner, or taking volunteers on tours. We are living with the father mother, 2 aunts, cousins, grandmother, kids, other volunteers etc...so fun. MARKET The Sunday Market here is definitely worth a visit. There are tons of hand crafts, Alpaca sweaters, food, and pretty much anything you need, for so cheap! We spent Sunday afternoon at the orphanage, one of the girls has a baby who turned 1. We bought 2 cakes, some pop, and cheezies and spent ... read more

Well we have decided to take a not so used route from Lima to Cusco following the old Inca route. We have found a great hostal with a great suana but we now find out that it is a much more time consuming route. Luckily we now have time. We are heading out to Ayacucho soon and there are lots of interesting archeological sites there.... read more