Wednesday, May 20, 2009

another day in Cusco..

Hey everyone, thanks for reading again! I love the comments.
John, my camera went dead and that is why I couldnt take pictures. I think that is what your comment was talking about.
Jimmy I´m glad you had fun but that sucks that you lost your money.. you got to cocky I guess. There are casinos in Lima, maybe when I get back there I will go and gamble.. it will be kind of scary to do it in Spanish.
Amber, you definitely would be at Mcdonalds EVERY day if you were here.. they also have dominoes, kfc, chilis, and some other places in Lima. I really dont want to end up going there but who knows.. I guess I will crave American food some time.
Tab I will get you a shot glass too!

So today we went to some Temple of the Sun place... it really wasn´t that interesting.. haha! So there isnt much to talk about.. it was all inside so in a way it kind of was like a museum with a guide talking about it, I like going to the ruins and walking around and looking! After that Carlos took us to a district called San Blas, where a lot of artists have shops. We walked around and looked at some rock in a wall that was supposed to be special because it had 12 different points where the rock met with the other rocks in the wall. We ate lunch at a place called Heidi´s, which is Kay and Leo´s (professors) favorite restaurant here. I had pumpkin soup and a ham and cheese crepe. It was really good but then I had cheese cake for dessert. Hm. It definitely was no Cheese Cake Factory cheesecake. It was more like a cake made from cheese or something like that. It wasnt very rich and delicious as expected. I think I might as well give up on the desserts and stick with the McFlurries and the candy bars, they are good here. After lunch we went to the market (yay!) and I bought some stuff... but then I ran out of money so I couldnt but any more. There was a necklace that I wanted so bad but the guy had closed his little booth so I couldnt buy it, also I had no money.

This morning my Peruvian cell phone rang and it was John! We finally got the right numbers for the phone to work.. we were just meeting with the group to leave to go to the sun temple thing, so he called me back while I was at the market.. we talked for a while and then I think his phone got cut off. He is going to call tomorrow though so I hope I can talk.. and tomorrow is our 2 and a half yr anniversary! So I hope I can talk to him, but we are going horseback riding tomorrow for like 3 hours and then to some ruins, so it might be a busy day!

This internet cafe is really nice. I wish I had my camera cord, the internet is definitely fast enough to put some pics on here.. I should start to carry it with me so I can upload pics at any time.

I called Tab on skype today and got to talk to her, and called my mom last night! So it actually is really easy to call people.. also if anyone wants to call me it is free for me to receive calls on my phone, it just costs for whoever calls me, haha!!

I told myself this morning I wasnt going to get on the computer again today.. because I was on for a total of 2 hours yesterday.. but we kind of ran out of things to do.

Amber I havent really gone in any shops because I just like the market.. the shops have more expensive stuff here that I really dont need or want to pay for! A lot have jewelry.. some have clothes.. just depends..

I´m sure I´ll be online again soon.. will blog later :)

6 comments:

  1. "I think I might as well give up on the desserts and stick with the McFlurries and the candy bars, they are good here"

    two weeks ago you said, "OH I'm gonna get skinny in Peru, you watch..." ha ha

    When does McDonald's stop serving breakfast over there?

    and... you didn't laugh when I said I ate guinea pig too!!

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  2. What a trip you are having. I love being able to read your blogs and can't wait to see pictures. Have fun horseback riding and hiking.

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  3. Hey Ra, I'm glad to see that you are having alot of fun! I enjoy hearing about your experiences while you're there and all the neat things you are seeing. Please be careful have fun and come home safely. I love you and I;m praying for you.

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  4. rachel! it sounds like you are having so much fun. i want to see some pictures. i bet its beautiful there. buy me something random and crazy. cant wait to read your next blog! :)
    love ya!

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  5. Auti, It was so nice and unexpected to talk to you!! I'm locking that text by the way "From: (the one and only auti ra chung)" HAHA... glad everything is going so well and I hope the hike is great... oh, meggan she will super skinny after hiking for four days lol... LOVE you!! :)

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  6. I think it is so funny that no matter where you go, you can always find American Fast Food ... what is up with that? I would rather try the local places .... & I love pumpkin soup!! Yum! The Market sounds GREAT! Have fun shopping!! Yay!! for phone calls from John!! Keep on blogging ... this is GREAT!!

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