Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Welcome


Disclaimer: I’m not going to pretend that I’m a good writer. In fact, I generally stay as far away from this kind of stuff as possible. However, this is the easiest way for me to keep everyone updated on where I am and what I’m doing while I’m gone… so I have submitted myself to the blogosphere. Photography is also an area where I have little experience, so it’s going to start out pretty rough. I imagine the general focus will be on birds, with a bit of other stuff thrown in along the way. I’ll do my best not to noticeably edit pictures but until I can really figure out my camera I may need to use a little post-production. Feel free to let me know if my writing is crap or my pictures lacking.

With that out of the way, here begins my next 6 months in Peru:

After close to 19 hours in transit I awoke to what I can only assume are the Andes as my plane began to make it’s descent into Cuzco.

I’ll be staying in Cuzco for the next 2 weeks, so you can expect this to resemble the typical tourist blog. Come back in 3 weeks and I might have something interesting for you.

Food, as expected, is dirt cheap and delicious. My first 3 course meal cost about $3 and looked something like this:


 Completely unrelated.. The drug dealers on the streets seem to have a great grasp on English. Along with that.. drugs are incredibly cheap. If you’ve got a cocaine addiction and are reading this… save yourself some money and come to South America.

As with most developing countries, there are strays everywhere. They just happen to be incredibly cute. Mom, can I bring one home?





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