tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-305293622009-10-14T00:56:45.744-06:00My blog about my occurences.Isaiashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05649862280884878627noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30529362.post-39337365543457556032007-06-12T19:02:00.000-06:002007-06-12T19:09:21.861-06:00

Huaraz is only about eight hours by bus from Lima, but it is breathtakingly beautiful. I am not in the mood right now to explain everything that I did, but all in all this was my favorite trip. The bus ride was less than desireable, but everything else was way better than other trips (food, living arrangments, etc...).I only have four more days of classes! That is crazy that this whole study

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I just got back from the post office where i spent about forty dollars sending out 23 postcards! Yikes, I didn't realize it would cost nearly two dollars to send out each one! Hopefully they will get to all of you that i sent them too and I hope you enjoy them (because you aren't going to be getting a souvenir now that it cost so much to send those :) )I am leaving tonight to go to Huaraz. Here

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I have been really bored lately so I figured that I would at least update my blog. I have been sitting in my room all day because the other people in my group are busy studying or doing projects for their classes. I fixed some of my drawings for my Anatomical Art class, because I am pretty sure I failed the assignment last week because I cared very little about the quality of my drawings. Then I

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Things that I have learned from the empleada (the woman who cooks and cleans):1. That she doesn't know how to cook2. She doesn't understand the concept of celsius and fahrenheit.3. This kinda goes with the number two, cooking something at 200 degrees hotter than you are supposed to (our oven is in celsius and all the recipes call for 350 degrees fahrenheit, but the highest number our oven goes to

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I know that May is nearly over but I finally finished this month's mix- and I like it. Here is the track list:Name ArtistOn The Radio Regina SpektorThe Guitar Man CakeTim McGraw(name of the song) Taylor SwiftYou're My Best Friend QueenThese Days NicoWonderwall Ryan Adams (Oasis cover)Jolene Dolly PartonDon't Forget To Remember Me Carrie UnderwoodAmber 311 (eww 311?)Major Tom (Coming Home) Peter

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Hey sorry it has taken me so long to write up an update. I went rafting on Saturday and I had to write up a summary for my tutor. So I wrote it up in Spanish and I thought it would be funny to translate it back from English using an online translator.Here is the original:LunahuanaMe encontré con todo el grupo en la Pacífico a las ocho de la mañana para irnos a Lunahuana. El viaje a Lunahuana nos

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CLICK ON THE PHOTOS TO SEE THE FULL IMAGE. I am not sure if the blog shows a cropped photo on everyone's computer or just mine, but my images aren't all off center like how the blog makes them appear.Here are the photos from my night in the airport:

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(You have to read the story I posted a couple of days ago to get the reference).Still standing tall after my earlier victory over the wicked Peruvian stewardess, I trekked on to Arequipa for the final two days of my trip. I found my hostal without a problem and went to bed hoping to wake up late in the morning fully rested. Instead, I woke up at six because the people next door were talking too

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I plan on backtracking on the past posts to add photos, so you will have to check them out later. Yesterday morning I went to the port to find a boat that was going to one of the islands. The people at the hotel kept pestering me to go with an agency because it would be cheaper and I would have a guide, but I really did not want to go on a boat full of tourists and I hate listening to tour guides

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Interesting turn of events for a trip that was planned a little over 24 hours ago.My trip started out so perfect so I knew that something was going to happen later. I left my house at 8:30 am to catch a bus to the airport and I found the right one pretty easily and it only costs 1.20 soles (less than fifty cents, which is about 9.50 cheaper than takindg a taxi). My host mom said that it would

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For a country full of people who seem so completely unconcerned with getting anywhere on time, they do seem to be in quite a hurry. Does honking your horn really help people twelve cars ahead of you realize that the light turned green only half a second ago? I really don't think so. And I really don't think you need to constantly beep your horn at every single car that is waiting to make a left

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I made Chilean empanadas all on my own yesterday and they came out decently well! I couldn't find Muenster Cheese, so I used some other type, which wasn't nearly as good, but it worked out alright. My host family seemed to like them too.Mom, you gotta tell Mita about this and show her the photo.

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Sorry I haven't updated in awhile. This past weekend we went to Iquitos and the Amazon River. It was my birthday, but not a very good birthday. I thought having my birthday in the Amazon would be so cool, but once the trip started, I realized that I really would rather spend my birthday with my closest friends and my family. So I was a little sad. This post is going to have a bunch of photos, so

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I hate you. (This isn´t a self-hate or insecurity rant). Why must you always get sick each weekend? Can I go a Saturday without feeling like crap, even on my birthday?Yours truly,YourselfHere is the deal. We just got back from a two day Amazon River Cruise and our brilliant guide decided, ¨Why don´t we take a stroll through the fresh market on the busiest day in the heat?¨ So we did that, saw

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By the end of volleyball practice today, my hand and wrist had swelled to about 175% their normal size. I wish I had a camera to take a picture, but I didn't and now they are only about 120% of their normal sizes.My birthday is on Saturday. I am going to the Amazon tomorrow and I won't return until Sunday. Wish me safe travels and a happy birthday.

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Nearly every movie with at least one scene set in a foreign country shows some exotic animal outside of its element but the animal fails to garner any attention from passers-by. I had on of those moments yesterday morning while waiting for practice to start at school. I was waiting out by the soccer field, which is right next to the athletics office and gymnasium when a goat (which I could’ve

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Starting to pray after never having really believed in its efficacy has been an unexpected side effect of the situations affecting my family. I think I prayed a lot more when I was younger, but they were just little prayers about everyday things, like "God please help me do _____" or "Thank you God for helping me/ her/ him with _____." But even those prayers became less frequent. I didn't

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I attached my photos from the beach and a video below. Please check them out. (If your are reading this on facebook then I think you have to go to my actual blog to view the videos http://isaiastorres.blogspot.com/I am in a really good place right now. Tom Jones' song Sexbomb just came on on my iTunes and that is enough to make anyone happy, but I found something better to do than just go on the

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I am feeling better after the pity party I threw for myself in my last post. And I know that the biggest question on everyone's mind is "What can I get for Isaias for his birthay while he over in another continent?" Don't worry, my birthday isn't for another two weeks which would give you time to send me something! Actually, I am not sure how long it takes for postage to get here, but I don't

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The newness of Lima has been quickly wearing off and replaced by an increasing bout of homesickness so having a four day weekend and literally having already spent Thursday in my room, I decided that I had to go out with some people from the group to a beach that is about an hour away. I woke up Friday morning at six a.m. and my stomach was really bothering me. By nine a.m. I felt better and I

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Global warming is being discussed here in Peru just as much as it is in the states. The biggest difference that I have noticed is that there aren't people bickering about whether it does exist or if it doesn't. People here are just like, holy crap, global warming is screwing up a lot of things already what are we going to do about it/ we are going to need water to drink and if global warming

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I just got back from Machu Picchu (MP) and I am in a train going from Aguas Calientes to Cusco. MP was amazing. You have to go there at some point in your life. It is so gorgeous. The day started off pretty bad. My roommate and I got up forty minutes late so we had to rush to get ready and sip breakfast so that we could get on the bus. We caught the bus that left right after our group´s. It only

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I JUST SPENT THE PAST TWO HOURS UPLOADING PHOTOS ON FLICKR SO PLEASE VISIT THE SITE: http://www.flickr.com/photos/isaiastorres/Oh and if you click on the photo you will be able to see it in the actual size so you won't see the awkwardly cropped blogger photo size.Here are the first set of photos that are from the first two days (before we went to Cusco). We went to some other ruins and a Llama

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Tomorrow I am going to Cusco and Machu Picchuand I won't take my laptop so I am not going to be able to update until I came back on sunday. But you can expect some killer photos.

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