Sunday, May 6, 2012

Peru: Land of llamas and ruins

    I really wanted to do something fun after taking boards, a sort of "last hurrah" before starting third year.  So last year, I told my sorority friend J (who I have traveled with in the past to CaboVegas, etc) that I wanted to go on a big trip.  She has traveled a lot, so she has been to tons of places all over the world.  I told her I didn't really care where we went, I just wanted to get away - FAR FAR AWAY - after boards were over.  We decided on Peru, which wasn't exactly a lay-on-the-beach-with-a-cocktail kind of trip, but it was a blast!

Carpooled to the airport with A and Y (who went to Taiwan)







Had to pee REALLY bad on a 2 hour taxi to Ollantaytambo, so pulled over on the side of the road.  Thanks, J, for capturing the moment...









Incan healer at work

Mirror where we could see eachother laying in bed. We thought it was funny.























This is from a cooking class we took.  After she cut up this raw beef, she just put the knife right back into the knife block without even rinsing it... I thought, "I'm gonna pretend I didn't see that."






Llamas errywhere



My favorite pic from the entire trip




Look how tiny I am!








Part of an odd painting I saw in a museum












Llama three-way














8 comments:

  1. Looks like an incredible trip. Did you use a tour group, or did you plan the trip on your own?

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    1. We planned the trip on our own. And when I say "we", I really mean my friend planned it all. I was too wrapped up in boards studying to want to think about any of it haha. I'm lucky she did most of planning. I just showed up, lol

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  2. your post step 1 trip was the exact opposite of mine lol- all i did was lie on the beach and read. looks like an amazing vacation!

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  3. Looks like a great trip! The Lawyer is pushing for Peru as our post-Boards trip, so I am handing him the computer to look at these pictures as soon as finish writing this comment :)

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  4. P.S.- The Lawyer loved your pics...I may be contacting you by email for details!

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  5. This looks amazing! I'm going to Peru in July for three weeks. You will have to tell me where to go! :)

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  6. You take the best photos - this looks like an incredible trip! ahaha and is it wrong that literally lol-ed at the llama three-way?

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    1. Not as wrong as the fact that J and I stared at the llama three-way for a good 15 minutes....

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