sábado, 26 de mayo de 2007

Update from Peru/Last Day in Cuzco

It is 12:57am here and I have to get up at 5:30am tomorrow as we are going to depart the amazing city of Cuzco in order to travel to Chijnaya, the village I will be staying in for the next six weeks, so this entry might be a little short. Hopefully, in the next entry pictures will be included. I have been having lots of fun hanging around the city of Cuzco. It is such a historic city and has so many sites to see. Yesterday we went to Incan ruins called Sawaksyroman (sorry if my Quechuan spelling is not perfect) and took a tour to this other ruin and got to see how amazing of a civilization the Incans were. It was an awesome experience. Cuzco is such a fun city I could spend weeks here seeing everything. I am in great health and great spirits as I leave Cuzco for a four plus hour bus ride to Chijnaya where I will meet my host family and have celebrations and start my work on Tuesday. I will be teaching english and also trying to get a tourist project off the ground (something that could really go a long way for the self-sufficient goal of this community.) I am excited to actually get down to business, although being a tourist in Cuzco is hard to beat. The city is filled with amazing cathedrals, monuments, ruins and has yet a modern aspect to it as well. I have so much more to tell but I really need to get some sleep so I can be ready for tomorrow. I am sorry that I have not individually emailed some of you but if you send me an email first I will be sure to get back to you as soon as I can. The internet in the village I am staying at is currently out of service but hopefully will be up and running soon. Therefore, my messages might not come as often. I hope that you all are well and are having a great summer.

4 comentarios:

chuanoplast dijo...

I hope you're having a great time JP! Cuzco sounds awesome and so does Chijnaya. My dad wants to know if you've eaten mimmee pigs yet.

patrickpete dijo...

Hi Jonathan

I'm trying to write you! Love Mom

patrickpete dijo...

Hi Jonathan

I think I'm on now! I'm thankful you're having a great venture!!! Be careful not to drink the water! I was wondering how do you take a shower?? Love you, Dad and Mom

SubRosa dijo...

Yeah! sounds like your having a blast!

-Pablo