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Daily Schedule
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Where we went:
Monday:
Governmental Plaza, Plaza Mayor, Huaca Huallamarca, & San Francisco
Monastery
Tuesday:
Fly to Cusco, Korikancha Temple, Cathedral, Sacsayhuaman Fortress, & Kenko/Tambomachay/Puca
Pucara Ruins
Wednesday:
Indian Market in Pisac, Ollantaytambo, Sacred Valley of the Incas, & Cusco
Thursday:
Machu Picchu
Friday:
Machu Picchu & Cusco
Saturday:
Free Day in Cusco/ Horseback tour
Sunday:
Leave Cusco & Lima
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What we learned about a
place that we didn’t know before:
Monday:
8 million people live in
Lima, but it was built to hold 4 million; #1 export for money is through
minerals
Tuesday:
Cusco is shaped like a puma, symbolic of the middle level of religion for
the Incas
Wednesday:
Incan(s) and their captives carried the stones used to create Ollantaytambo
over 17 km
Thursday:
The name of the ruins at Machu Picchu is still unknown
Friday:
Machu Picchu means “Old Mountain” and Huayna Picchu means “Young Mountain”
Saturday:
Sasayhuaman was an entryway for visitors to Cusco. Pilgrims would gather
there before entering, and only a few were allowed to enter. Olympic type
games were played by the Incans in the middle green, and winners were
granted adulthood.
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Some exchange with a native
of the country:
Monday:
Talked with Celso, his mother, the interpreter, and Compassion member
Tuesday:
bought a jersey at a local market
Wednesday:
interviewed tour guide
Thursday:
declined offers to buy things from people on the streets; sat in a
restaurant, ordered an Inca Kola, and watched soccer
Friday:
exchanged money (dollars to soles), ordered lunch
Saturday:
ordered lunch at a café where the menus were written in only Spanish
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Something we learned about
the people of that country:
Monday:
Most people in Peru, Lima especially, live in poverty.
Tuesday:
General information about the Incas (beliefs, customs, etc)
Wednesday:
The people of Peru are very passionate about their soccer teams
Thursday:
Machu Picchu
was built for that particular region of the Incan Empire, like their mayors
Friday:
The people of Peru proud of their Incan heritage
Saturday:
A lot of people, most in the mountains, still live without basic
necessities… piped water and electricity
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Something we learned about
ourselves each day:
Monday:
I can barter for lower prices at the markets
Tuesday:
I am willing to try local foods; met G. Washington, M. Anthony, J. Depp, T.
Cruise Jr.- all who were teens outside our hotels in Cusco, trying to get us
to buy “their” paintings.
Wednesday:
I can still play soccer well, even though I haven’t played in a year.
Thursday:
I appreciate the skill it took to build these historical Incan sites;
watched pick-up soccer game, and sat in a local/non-tourist restaurant
watching a game of soccer
Friday:
I am not as afraid of heights as I thought (after hiking around Machu and
Huayna Picchu)
Saturday:
I am not as uncomfortable with horses as I once was (after the horseback
tour)
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