Saturday, May 26, 2012

Hiking and other fun things

Overall, we had a fun week!
I got food poisoning, not so fun, and it made us miss horseback riding
But other than that we did some cool stuff!
This post maybe picture overload, but believe me I hard a really hard time picking which ones to post!

Billy and I eat anywhere they will play the NBA finals
Which means on game nights, we eat at pubs and bars
which is a nice change from Peruvian food

We hiked up and side street from the main Plaza De Armas


It had some really cool views and we finally saw some green 


Sachsayhuaman, 
the Inca fortress that the Spanish couldn't conquer



The stones they used are huge and cut perfectly (just like Billy! He's cut)


The View from Sachsayhuaman was awesome, finally got some good pictures that show the city 


This man randomly stopped Billy, then talked to him for a good half hour on his philosophies of travel and life.




Besos de Moza - the best cookie/treat ever
Its a soft cookie, with a marshmellowy/meringue blob, covered in chocolate
These were the only things that sounded good the day I got sick 
(no matter how touristy the restaurant, don't eat the lettuce)

Later on in the week we took a bus to Puca Pukara and Tambomachy 
We took the local bus which cost us 15 cents each 
But was packed like sardines, it was actually very fun/funny

Sweet Billy stood for a lot of the ride





This is Tambomachy, the resort town of the Incas

Finishing the hike

It was a great week. Now we are in Lima for a couple of days before heading out to Piura. Things are about to get very busy and we're really excited to work in the communities!


Eliot isn't here with us, but we wish he was. 

3 comments:

  1. Annie - we LOVE reading your blog! What an awesome adventure you guys are having. I'm so happy that you get to be there with Billy. Your pics are so great and I love seeing the little kids at the orphanage who want to hang with you. We check you blog all the time to see what you are doing every week. Thanks for taking the time to post all the pics - we feel like we're there with you. Next time we're together I want to hear all the details of everything. love, Nan

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    1. Thanks Nan!! I can't wait to hang out again, we haven't seen you guys in forever!!

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  2. Hi Matthias goats!!!! Hope you are having a fun time!!!! Emily is coming up for my birthday!!!! We are going to the temple for baptisms and then getting my ears pierced. wish you were here!!! Hope you are having fun in,uhhhhhh. where ever you are,i hope you are having fun!!

    Nalani:)

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