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Daily Schedule
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List of where we went
Sunday-
Monday- went to the Plaza
Mayor, went and saw the presidential palace, visited a XVII century church,
downtown lima, lastly went to Pardos Chicken resteraunt for dinner
Tuesday- we went to some
ancient ruins in the sacred valley. then went to city called ottatyambo, and
shopped around for a bit.
Wednesday- we had to fly to
cusco today, then we took a tour of some ruins in a spaniard building.
finally we took a tour of a very old church that was huge. it was in the
plaza meyor.
Thursday- today we went to
the ancient ruins of machu picchu. they are high in the andes.
Friday- we climbed wayna
picchu this morning. then we went to the inca bridge, finally we climbed to
the temple of the sun. we also had some time to hang out in the machu picchu
rins.
Saturday- i was sick in the
morning. later that night we went to a nice resteraunt.
2. Something
we learned that we didnt know before
Sunday-
Monday- that lima was built
to hold 4 million people, but there are 8. Peru has been at war with Chile
and Ecuador. Their main export is minerals
Tuesday- i learned that the
spaniards tried to wipe out everything the incans built and left behind.
they tried covering it with plaster.
Wednesday- i learned that
the incans did not use horses or anything to carry the stones over a
distance of 10 kilometers. they used man power.
Thursday- nobody knows the
real name of ruins, they just go by machu picchu. the incas built an
observatory on the top wayna picchu.
Friday- i learned that machu
picchu means (old mountain). wayna picchu means (young mountain).
Saturday- i finally learned
how determined the peruvians were to sell their products.
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Some exchange we had with
a native in that day
Sunday-
Monday- i had to buy a
bottled water from a street vendor, it was a little old lady. all i had to
say to her was un agua(water) an cuanto(how much) it costs 1.50 soles. thats
less than one us dollar.
Tuesday- A little boy tried
to sell me some finger puppets. i said no gracias which means no thanks.
Wednesday- i had to buy a
photo album for my mom an the lady wanted 30 soles and i was able to talk
her down to only 20.
Thursday- turning down the
natives from their gifts.
Friday- cashing travelers
checks to get soles
Saturday- i bought an alpaca
sweatshirt that was supposed to be 75 soles, but i got it for 50.
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Something we learned about
the people of that country that day
Sunday-
Monday- they are very proud
of the soccer players that came out of their country.
Tuesday- Most of the people
in the city of Cusco are poor. They love their history of the Incans. Many
of the people still wear the traditional clothing.
Wednesday- the team here in
cusco is very important to the people. the team just recently beat a very
good team from argentina.
Thursday- they are very good
at driving a bus up a mountain. they have never been in an accident. they
are super prowd that their country is home to the ancient ruins of machu
picchu.
Friday- they are super good
guides at climbing wayna picchu. they make sure that nobody is left behind.
Saturday- they are willing
to do anything to sell their products.
5. Something
we learned about ourselves that day
Sunday-
Monday- i was able to talk
to people at the market with surprisingly good spanish. i understood most of
what they said.
Tuesday- Able to barter for
things with some of the native people.
Wednesday- i was able to
tell a cab driver were we had to go to play a soccer game with some of the
natives of cusco.
Thursday- i was very
interested about the ruins.
Friday- i was not bothered
as much as i thought with the heights.
Saturday- i can get better
after a good nap.
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