 | Chiclayo
2009-06-15, Chiclayo, Peru. By: rossnkaren | | We decided to get off the 'gringo trail' and head north in search of a beach to relax on after our treks. En route we stopped off in Chiclayo to see some pre Inca history. The Sipan people built pyr... |
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 | Itinerary of the trip
2008-10-13, Chiclayo, Peru. By: Fizzlepops | |
Here is a very detailed breakdown of the places we went and the sites we saw on our trip. It was written in part by my father and is filled with phrases such as "and now we will be looking out over... |
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| Mis Padres
2008-10-13, Chiclayo, Peru. By: Fizzlepops | | Sorry to all of you who have been reading my blogs to try and keep up with my goings on. It has been a while since I have written. I recently returned from vacation with my parents to wee some of th... |
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| Things that will kill you
2008-03-15, Chiclayo, Peru. By: fizzlepops | | There are a lot of superstitions about food in Peru which I have broken. Since many end in death I thought I would write abut them before I kick the bucket. It started in Lima when I ate my dinner c... |
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| Refridgeration
2008-02-26, Chiclayo, Peru. By: fizzlepops | | This story is a little late in being posted but it is a big change in my life in the campo so I had to write about it. I bought a fridge! Instead of paying my family for living with them every month... |
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 | Rainy season in the Sierra
2008-02-19, Chiclayo, Peru. By: fizzlepops | | As I am sure you have figured out by now by looking at my pictures, my site is not in the beautiful sierra o Peru. Nay it is actually dry, dry, dry forest. SO why does it matter if it is the rainy s... |
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 | Facts of life
2008-02-15, Chiclayo, Peru. By: fizzlepops | | I put some new pictures up including some before pictures of my room, pre-cement floor. The building guys came at 6 am to start. They first removed the adobes above my door so they could move it up ... |
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| Solid, Liquid, or gas
2008-02-01, Chiclayo, Peru. By: fizzlepops | | I couldn´t stop myself from using this title. It you have ever lived in or visited a developing country then you can understand and sympathize with the meaning behind these words. The thing about li... |
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| Room for change
2008-01-28, Chiclayo, Peru. By: fizzlepops | | It has been almost two monthes since I have been in my site and my family is still wavering on where I will live in the house. I thought I would elaborate the saga for you all. My family has a brick... |
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| Lost in translation
2008-01-22, Chiclayo, Peru. By: fizzlepops | | There is a tourist restaraunt in Chiclayo that we weht to and they gave us their english version of the menu. Karen and I laughed for about half an hour reading these tasty sounding meals:
Fish at... |
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 | Christmas, new years and a festival of kings
2008-01-12, Chiclayo, Peru. By: fizzlepops | | Hola!
I feel like I have so much to write and no computer time to do it. It{s not that I don't have oodles of time...I do. I just always have other things to do on the computer that always seem t... |
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| So it begins
2007-12-19, Chiclayo, Peru. By: fizzlepops | | I have been in my site for exactly 15 days and have had my ups and downs be overall I think it is going to be a pretty good two years. My family is nice but they struggle with the fact that I am a ve... |
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 | Site visits
2007-11-20, Chiclayo, Peru. By: fizzlepops | | I got back from my site visit on Sunday but was to tired to write. I really like the two sites where I will be working. I had already seen the place where I would be living during FBT but I got to g... |
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