| | |  | Sacred Valley
2007-05-27, Urubamba, Peru. By: adsdan | | We arrived at Cusco at midday, taking a transfer to Urubamba, located in the Scared Valley. It was a long drive to our accommodation, stopping at many photo opportunities along the way.
The view of ... |
| | | |  | Urubamba Days are Winding Down!
2005-12-02, Urubamba, Peru. By: cbrubaker | | Wow, I just looked at a calendar and realized its December...and I am wearing a Tshirt and I am finding it a bit toasty outside. Although, I am leaving just in time, the rainy season is definitely st... |
| | | | | Monkey Stuck In My Hair...
2005-11-28, Urubamba, Peru. By: cbrubaker | | So, yes, I had a monkey stuck in my hair today. After our project, Anna and I stopped at Javierīs house to see his little pet monkey Junaita...his sister found the monkey on the street last year and ... |
| | | | | Thanksgiving!
2005-11-24, Urubamba, Peru. By: cbrubaker | | Thanksgiving was lots of fun, a few of us got together last night and cooked some good olī American Thanksgiving staples, ensuring a good meal. Our food was succesful, although entirely improvised wi... |
| | | | | New Pictures
2005-11-23, Urubamba, Peru. By: cbrubaker | | Lots of new pictures...random project pics, hike to Choquequirao, Manu trip, Machu Picchu...check em out and have an awesome Thanksgiving.
http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=9yfph0r.148yjkhj&x=0&y... |
| | | | | Macchu Pichu manana!
2005-11-17, Urubamba, Peru. By: cbrubaker | | I leave for Macchu Pichu tomorrow morning, so that is super exciting, I will be back Monday night with lots to report on I am sure. Have a good weekend everybody! |
| | | | | Random Commentary
2005-11-16, Urubamba, Peru. By: cbrubaker | | My Random Urubamban Commentary:
The most popular stores are barbershops and movie rental/sale places...on each block, you can find probably 7 of each, if not more, no exaggeration. And Urubamba is... |
| | | | | Some Random Things...
2005-11-15, Urubamba, Peru. By: cbrubaker | | Of course, the Stove Team canīt avoid the randomness Peru has to offer. Lots of crazy adventures. Yesterday, we helped a farmer plow his fields with a wooden plow and two oxen and a whip. Tough stu... |
| | | | | Well, I ate a termite...
2005-11-14, Urubamba, Peru. By: cbrubaker | | I just got back from Manu last night, it was a great trip. Tons of fun from the start. We took a convy for many many many hours from Cusco, it seemed like we were in that stupid thing forever! Very... |
| | | | | TRIPPPP!
2005-11-09, Urubamba, Peru. By: cbrubaker | | Well I am leaving tomorrow super early to go to the jungle, yay I am most excited. I felt better today, although I did pass out because I didnt eat anything when I was sick, and they thought I was jo... |
| | | | | SICK =(
2005-11-07, Urubamba, Peru. By: cbrubaker | | Today was the sickest I have been here. It is a nice relief to know that if you are sick, you are only sick for about 24 hours. I feel better now but I am kind of wanting to puke from sitting here, ... |
| | | | | Festival de Amor
2005-11-05, Urubamba, Peru. By: cbrubaker | | Saturday night we had a going away bonfire party for Belgium Lydia, and I made key lime pie, which turned out really well despite all the improvising I had to do.
Yesterday was the Festival de ... |
| | | | | Cute Little Kids
2005-11-05, Urubamba, Peru. By: cbrubaker | | I went to Cusco with my mom yesterday to go food shopping, very exciting (not really). The biggest super market in Cusco is smaller than ShopRite in Flemington, much smaller. Crazy. I hung out with... |
| | | | | Halloween in Cusco
2005-11-01, Urubamba, Peru. By: cbrubaker | | Well, Halloween in Cusco was indeed an insane event. For hours, there was a huge parade on the church steps on the main plaza, and after that, fireworks until the wee hours of the morning. There wer... |
| | | | | Weekend Adventure
2005-10-25, Urubamba, Peru. By: cbrubaker | | We are heading to Cusco tonite to buy our food and rent some camping stuff, and leaving from Cusco tomorrow morning to go to this random little town whoīs name I canīt pronounce...you can get guides t... |
| | | | | SHOWER! HOT SHOWER!
2005-10-24, Urubamba, Peru. By: cbrubaker | | I have been getting covered in mud from head to toe this week working on the stoves. Coming home on the bus this afternoon, no one would sit next to me. You know when people on a Peruvian bus find y... |
| | | | | Cusco Weekend!
2005-10-24, Urubamba, Peru. By: cbrubaker | | Well the wedding was interesting. Very much like going to church that one day...a lot of singing and dancing for Jesus. They didnīt focus much on the couple. It was long, and they had a dinner rece... |
| | | | | Going to the Chapel, Gonna Get Married...
2005-10-21, Urubamba, Peru. By: cbrubaker | | Well, I am not getting married, but someone is, and I get to go to the wedding! Family friend, so we are going to Cusco tonight for the wedding. It should be really interesting. Unforuntately I hav... |
| | | | | Festival de los Torros!
2005-10-19, Urubamba, Peru. By: cbrubaker | | When we were working on our project this morning, we did not udnerstand why all the bulls had confetti all over them. Then Jaime told us its the festival of the Torros and they have parties for the b... |
| | | | | Easy Day
2005-10-18, Urubamba, Peru. By: cbrubaker | | Well today was a real nice easy day so far. The weather has been very nice so far. We took a taxi instead of the crammed bus to our project, and dropped off tiles at all the houses we were going to ... |
| | | | | Cactus
2005-10-17, Urubamba, Peru. By: cbrubaker | | Well, for everyone that worried about dark alleys, rape, theft, kidnapping, starvation, bad hygeine, and whatever else you worried about....no one worried about cactus! We were walking in the pueblo ... |
| | | | | Market Dayyy!
2005-10-17, Urubamba, Peru. By: cbrubaker | | Well I feel a million times better, yay! Last nite me and Lyida went to a locals only place to dance it up. The only time weīve ever gotten really "looked" at...a few weird looks for being the only ... |
| | | | | PICTURES!
2005-10-15, Urubamba, Peru. By: cbrubaker | | I uploaded 99 pictures! Some of the first few are repeats but a lot is new. They arent recent at all, they are from the first few days. I have 300 more to put on but it takes a long time to do so. ... |
| | | | | Sick =(
2005-10-15, Urubamba, Peru. By: cbrubaker | | Well for some reason I am sick, which isnīt so fun. I have been sleeping in my spare time, and the rest of the time is spent throwing up! Lovely. Everytime I try and eat my stomach hurts so much wo... |
| | | | | Washed my Clothes!
2005-10-12, Urubamba, Peru. By: cbrubaker | | Today we picked up some kids from an elementary school and took them on a field trip into Chicon...they always love it because they never get to leave the classroom. So we took them up there into the... |
| | | |  | It Hailed.
2005-10-11, Urubamba, Peru. By: cbrubaker | | Yes, it hailed. A lot. Accompained by freezing rain...
I left my house this morning dressed lighter than usual because it was really warm for the morning and I was HOPING it would stay that way. ... |
| | | | | Trouble Brewing!
2005-10-10, Urubamba, Peru. By: cbrubaker | | Well, I met my dad last night when he came back from his business trip and he is super nice. We were talking and I already got a dad lecture! He was telling me about all the different types of boys ... |
| | | | | Whore Houses & Church!
2005-10-09, Urubamba, Peru. By: cbrubaker | | Well, interesting occurence is all the whore houses in town...there are three that I know of, and this town is really small...one is right by our Casa, the other is right next to a church, and the oth... |
| | | | | First Night in my new hooouse!
2005-10-08, Urubamba, Peru. By: cbrubaker | | Well my house is really nice, I REALLY have to start putting pictures up here! My room/bathroom is separate from the house, but the whole thing is sorrounded by walls and a gate. They have two dogs,... |
| | | | | P.S.!!
2005-10-07, Urubamba, Peru. By: cbrubaker | | Donīt think I donīt miss everyone!! Haha when I read your messages I do...but everything is new here so Iīm always occupied. Plus its way so much fun =P So, yes, I miss everyone at home. You know ... |
| | | | | Having Fun, Hanging Out
2005-10-07, Urubamba, Peru. By: cbrubaker | | HOLA...since my project doesnīt start till Monday, we have been doing orientation type stuff. Basically the interns, who are volunteers who stayed on longer, take us around town for lunch. Then we h... |
| | | | | First Day Off a Plane!!
2005-10-05, Urubamba, Peru. By: cbrubaker | | WELL, everything went well getting here to my "hometown"...it is nothing short of amazing. AMAZING. As soon as I figure out how to get pictures on here, you can all see...its ridiculous. I have bee... |
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