Wet n Wild Weekend o´Fun
This weekend was a blast. A group of us from the house decided to go rafting on a section of the Urubamba river, set in a beautiful valley. After some strife from a random local police station on the way, we set off on our paddle adventure through beautiful scenery and a max of grade 4 rapids. So much fun! Afterward we soaked up the sun on the riverbank. And yes, we all ended up in the river by the end of the journey! (Yes i know those sunglasses are awful.)
Somehow i found the energy to join the rest of the house in a big night out on the town in Cusco after we returned from rafting. It kind of felt like I was back at uni or something, and I definitely haven´t danced that hard since the days of 638 East 14th Street! We started at a Peruvian club which featured a great live local band. We were basically the only gringos there and much to the amusement of the locals, who seemed to know to wear darker colours, we all literally glowed white under the uv lights! Or maybe it was our dancing they were laughing at....either way, a good time was had by all and it was a few clubs later that I finally crawled into bed.
Sunday I went with a girl from the house to visit the market at Pisac (above) , a town up in the sacred valley. The view from our collectivo bus was stunning and we passed a bunch of Incan ruins on the way. The market was huge and full of amazing weavings and stuff. We strolled through the stalls in the sun and had fun haggling with the locals for shiny things :)
(Does anyone think my writing style is going weird? I feel like I´m now forming my English sentences in the same stunted way I form my Spanish ones....hm.)
Week 2 of classes has started and Andy arrives on Wednesday! I can´t wait. Some of us were having a conversation about homesickness and I realized that I´ve been experiencing this weird nebulous kind of homesickness, the kind that comes with the realization that I don´t really have a home right now to be sick for...its kind of strange. I´m a little people-sick though, I miss you guys!
Hasta luego,
Somehow i found the energy to join the rest of the house in a big night out on the town in Cusco after we returned from rafting. It kind of felt like I was back at uni or something, and I definitely haven´t danced that hard since the days of 638 East 14th Street! We started at a Peruvian club which featured a great live local band. We were basically the only gringos there and much to the amusement of the locals, who seemed to know to wear darker colours, we all literally glowed white under the uv lights! Or maybe it was our dancing they were laughing at....either way, a good time was had by all and it was a few clubs later that I finally crawled into bed.
Sunday I went with a girl from the house to visit the market at Pisac (above) , a town up in the sacred valley. The view from our collectivo bus was stunning and we passed a bunch of Incan ruins on the way. The market was huge and full of amazing weavings and stuff. We strolled through the stalls in the sun and had fun haggling with the locals for shiny things :)
(Does anyone think my writing style is going weird? I feel like I´m now forming my English sentences in the same stunted way I form my Spanish ones....hm.)
Week 2 of classes has started and Andy arrives on Wednesday! I can´t wait. Some of us were having a conversation about homesickness and I realized that I´ve been experiencing this weird nebulous kind of homesickness, the kind that comes with the realization that I don´t really have a home right now to be sick for...its kind of strange. I´m a little people-sick though, I miss you guys!
Hasta luego,
posted by millay at
21:32
1 Comments:
Missing you too m'dear. But looks like you're having an awesome time. Ian x
14 April 2008 22:15
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