Lima beaches

Cool walkway along the beach.

We walked wayyyyyyy down to the beach to find my cousin Natalie some beach glass... only to find that the beaches were all rock!

Meat markets: proceed with caution!

This gives you a little taste of the lovely things you get to see in the markets here in Cusco. I find the meat areas the most interesting. Yummm!!

Moray

I went on a short little day trip from Cusco with several girls from my Spanish school to the Incan ruins in Moray. I loved it! For once in this horrid rainy season, it was sunny and beautiful. Really amazing site.

PERU!

The countryside of Peru

The mass amounts of rain definitely keeps everything VERY green.

And then there are things like this to deal with on the roads. Donkeys in the street!

Sheep in the street! For some reason it always seems to be little kids herding these animals out of the way. Interesting.

Alpaca

Alpaca, or llama, is everywhere here in Peru.

And here I am having a little alpaca of my own. It's one of the local delicacies. Does NOT taste like chicken!

Dancing

Dancing on the streets in Cusco... there seems to always be something going on in the streets - protests, speeches, marches, dancing, fireworks; it's crazy!

Onto Peru... in the nick of time

I left Chile one day before the big earthquake. Crazy timing! Still, I had been in the north of Chile so I wouldn't have been affected. I finally arrived in Cusco, Peru where I will be staying put for a little longer. I'm taking two weeks of Spanish classes here.

You run into stairs like this all the time in Cusco. Considering this and the high altitude, I am constantly out of breath.