Cusco, Peru ~ AmeriSpan SALUD Program ~ June 11-July 10, 2005

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Saqsayhuaman Hike - Cusco View 2.JPG Home 2.JPG Family - Angela, Becky, Ronal, Aviva, Maria Luisa.JPG
Cusco, Peru My home in Peru - Villa Union Huancaro D2-3 At the dinner table - Angela, me, my host dad, Aviva, and my host mom
Family - Lisbeth, Becky, Angela.JPG Family - Becky, Sarah, Matt.JPG Family - Marissa and Becky.JPG
My Peruvian sisters, Lisbeth and Angela My American sister and brother, Sarah and Matt Marissa and I
Family - Sarah and Becky 1.JPG Family - Angela, Becky, Lisbeth.JPG Home - Bedroom 2.JPG
Sarah and I Angela, me, and Lisbeth My bedroom
Home - Bedroom 3.JPG Home - Becky 2.JPG Home - View from Bedroom.JPG
My bedroom Me in my room View from my bedroom window
Home - 3rd Floor Terrace.JPG Home - Becky 5.JPG Home - Laundry Room.JPG
3rd floor terrace Me on the terrace Laundry room
Home - 3rd Floor Sliding Glass Door.JPG Home - Bathroom.JPG Home - Dining Room.JPG
3rd floor Bathroom Dining room
Home - Kitchen.JPG Home - Living Room.JPG Academia Latinoamericana de Espanol 2.JPG
Kitchen Living room Academia Latinoamericana de Español
Academia Latinoamericana de Espanol 1.JPG Scary "Barbed Wire" Cacti on Adobe Wall 1.JPG Scary "Barbed Wire" Cacti on Adobe Wall 2.JPG
Academia Latinoamericana de Español "Barbed wire" cacti "Barbed wire" cacti
Saqsayhuaman Hike - Becky.JPG Saqsayhuaman Hike - Ruins 4.JPG Saqsayhuaman Hike - Llama in Stone.JPG
Me on the hike up to Saqsayhuaman Saqsayhuaman Ruins Can you spot the llama in the stones at Saqsayhuaman?
Saqsayhuaman Hike - Ruins 1.JPG Saqsayhuaman Hike - Ruins 2.JPG Saqsayhuaman Hike - Ruins 3.JPG
Saqsayhuaman Ruins Saqsayhuaman Ruins Saqsayhuaman Ruins
Saqsayhuaman Hike - Group Shot 1.JPG Saqsayhuaman Hike - Panorama 1.JPG Saqsayhuaman Hike - Panorama 2.JPG
Trying to move the rock Panorama of Cusco from Saqsayhuaman Panorama of Cusco from Saqsayhuaman
Saqsayhuaman Hike - Panorama 3.JPG Saqsayhuaman Hike - Panorama 4.JPG Saqsayhuaman Hike - Panorama 5.JPG
Panorama of Cusco from Saqsayhuaman Panorama of Cusco from Saqsayhuaman Panorama of Cusco from Saqsayhuaman
Saqsayhuaman Hike - Panorama 6.JPG Saqsayhuaman Hike - Panorama 7.JPG Saqsayhuaman Hike - Panorama 8.JPG
Panorama of Cusco from Saqsayhuaman Panorama of Cusco from Saqsayhuaman Panorama of Cusco from Saqsayhuaman
Saqsayhuaman Hike - Panorama 9.JPG Saqsayhuaman Hike - Group Shot 2.JPG Saqsayhuaman Hike - Incan Slide.JPG
Panorama of Cusco from Saqsayhuaman Group shot at Saqsayhuaman Incan games - stone slide
Saqsayhuaman Hike - Indigenous Lady.JPG Saqsayhuaman Hike - Llama 3.JPG Saqsayhuaman Hike - Angie and Drew with Indigenous Women.JPG
Indigenous lady Llama Drew and Angie with indigenous women and llamas
Ollantaytambo Trip - Scenery 1.JPG Ollantaytambo Trip - Group Shot.JPG Ollantaytambo Trip - Becky.JPG
On the way to Ollantaytambo with the snow-capped Andes in the distance Saluders Me
Ollantaytambo Trip - Sacred Valley 3.JPG Ollantaytambo Trip - Sacred Valley 1.JPG Ollantaytambo Trip - Becky Falling Off Cliff.JPG
On the way to Ollantaytambo - Sacred Valley and Andes Mountains On the way to Ollantaytambo - Sacred Valley and Andes Mountains Uh oh I'm about to fall off the cliff!
Ollantaytambo Trip - Llama 2.JPG Ollantaytambo Trip - Llama 3.JPG Ollantaytambo Trip - Becky with Llamas 1.JPG
Llamas on the way to Ollantaytambo Posing llamas on the way to Ollantaytambo Me with the posing llamas
Ollantaytambo Trip - Ruins 3.JPG Ollantaytambo Trip - Ruins 4.JPG Ollantaytambo Trip - Ruins 1.JPG
Ollantaytambo Ruins Ollantaytambo Ruins Ollantaytambo Ruins
Ollantaytambo Trip - City View.JPG Ollantaytambo Trip - Fountain 2.JPG Ollantaytambo Trip - Becky with Ruins.JPG
View from halfway up the stairs Ollantaytambo Ruins Me at Ollantaytambo
Ollantaytambo Trip - Pretty River.JPG Ollantaytambo Trip - Llama at Seminario Ceramic Shop.JPG Ollantaytambo Trip - Parrot at Seminario Ceramic Shop.JPG
Stream at Ollantaytambo Llama at Seminario ceramic shop Parrots at Seminario
Ollantaytambo Trip - Becky and Arielle with Fountain.JPG Ollantaytambo Trip - Fountain 3.JPG Ollantaytambo Trip - Bath.JPG
Me and Ariel by the fountain Incan fountain Incan bath
Pisac Market Trip - Alpaca.JPG Pisac Market Trip - Becky Feeding Alpaca.JPG Pisac Market Trip - Kitty Attacked By Alpacas.JPG
Cute alpaca posing for me Me feeding an alpaca Kitty being attacked by a herd of llamas or alpacas or vicuñas or something
Pisac Market Trip - Market.JPG Pisac Market Trip - Hike 2.JPG Pisac Market Trip - Hike 1.JPG
Pisac Market Pisac Market from up high Sacred Valley and Pisac from up high
Pisac Market Trip - Becky on Hike.JPG Pisac Market Trip - Hike 3.JPG Pisac Market Trip - Hike 4.JPG
Almost at the top of the mountain Where the Incas stored their food .. why in the world they would choose to make that ridiculous hike to eat, I will never understand Beautiful view at the top
Pisac Market Trip - Hike 5.JPG Pisac Market Trip - Sacred Valley 2.JPG Pisac Market Trip - Sacred Valley 1.JPG
Incan ruins Pisac and the crazy mountain we climbed Close-up of the mountain with Incan terraces
Pisac Market Trip - Urubamba River.JPG Pisac Market Trip - Becky and Emily on Hike.JPG Hospital de Seguro Social 1.JPG
Urubamba River Me and Emily at the top Entrance to the Hospital de Seguro Social
Hospital de Seguro Social 3.JPG Hospital de Seguro Social - Entrance.JPG Hospital de Seguro Social - X-Ray Reading Room.JPG
Entrance to the Hospital de Seguro Social Lobby of the Hospital de Seguro Social X-ray reading room
Hospital de Seguro Social - X-Ray Machine 3.JPG Hospital de Seguro Social - X-Ray Machine 2.JPG Hospital de Seguro Social - X-Ray Machine 1.JPG
X-ray machine X-ray machine X-ray machine
Hospital de Seguro Social - Ultrasound Machine.JPG Hospital de Seguro Social - CT Scanner 1.JPG Hospital de Seguro Social - CT Scanner 2.JPG
Ultrasound machine CT scanner CT scanner
Hospital de Seguro Social - CT 1.JPG Hospital de Seguro Social - CT 2.JPG Hospital de Seguro Social - CT 3.JPG
Computer with CT scan of a man's chest with bronchiectasis Computer with CT scan of a man's chest with bronchiectasis Closeup of bronchiectasis - probably from pneumonia or tuberculosis
Museo Historico Regional - House of Garcilaso de la Vega.JPG Museo Historico Regional - Mummy in Fetal Position 1.JPG Museo Historico Regional - Pottery.JPG
Garcilaso de la Vega's house - now the site of the Museo Historico Regional Incan mummy in the fetal position Incan pottery
Museo Historico Regional - Llama Statues.JPG Museo Historico Regional - Puma Shape of Cusco.JPG Parade - Avenida el Sol 2.JPG
Llama statues That's supposed to be Cusco in the shape of a puma with Saqsayhauman as the head Parade on Avenida el Sol
Parade - Little Boys.JPG Parade - Plaza de Armas 3.JPG Parade - Plaza de Armas 2.JPG
Crazy little boys at the parade that apparently like the attention of a camera Parade in the Plaza de Armas Parade in the Plaza .. the fiesta never ends
Inti Raymi - Plaza de Armas.JPG Inti Raymi - Plaza de Armas (From Above).JPG Inti Raymi - So Many People 1.JPG
Inti Raymi festival of the sun in the Plaza de Armas Hiking up to Saqsayhuaman from the Plaza to see Inti Raymi I have never seen so many people in one place in my life - Saqsayhuaman before Inti Raymi
Inti Raymi - So Many People 2.JPG Inti Raymi - Becky.JPG Inti Raymi - Saqsayhuaman 3.JPG
I have never seen so many people in one place in my life - Saqsayhuaman before Inti Raymi Me at Saqsayhuaman Thousands of people sitting on the hillside to see the Inti Raymi ceremony at Saqsayhuaman
Inti Raymi - Saqsayhuaman 1.JPG Inti Raymi - Saqsayhuaman 2.JPG Aguas Calientes - River.JPG
Inti Raymi at Saqsayhuaman Inti Raymi at Saqsayhuaman Aguas Calientes - a cute town at the base of the mountain leading up to Machu Picchu
Aguas Calientes - Becky.JPG Aguas Calientes - Scenery 1.JPG Aguas Calientes - Scenery 3.JPG
Me in Aguas Calientes Beautiful scenery in Aguas Calientes Aguas Calientes
Aguas Calientes - Scenery 7.JPG Aguas Calientes - Scenery 6.JPG Aguas Calientes - Scenery 8.JPG
River in Aguas Calientes More scenery from Aguas Calientes .. and more
Aguas Calientes - Scenery 9.JPG Aguas Calientes - Scenery 5.JPG Putucusi - Emily and Becky 2.JPG
.. almost there .. last one Emily and I at the bottom of the ladder at Putucusi
Putucusi - Jess and Judy.JPG Putucusi 2.JPG Putucusi 4.JPG
Jess and Judy Climbing Putucusi from Aguas Calientes Climbing Putucusi
Machu Picchu 3.JPG Machu Picchu 7.JPG Machu Picchu 1.JPG
Machu Picchu Sun rising over the Andes from Machu Picchu Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu 6.JPG Machu Picchu - Becky on Inca Bridge Trail.JPG Machu Picchu - Llamas 2.JPG
Machu Picchu Me at Machu Picchu Trying to get the classic postcard shot with the llamas and Machu Picchu in the background
Machu Picchu - Jess, Shane, Kat.JPG Machu Picchu - Judy and Becky.JPG Machu Picchu - Katie.JPG
Jess, Shane, and Kat at Machu Picchu Judy and I at Machu Picchu Katie at Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu - Cool Rock.JPG Machu Picchu - Group Shot 2.JPG Machu Picchu - Group Shot 3.JPG
Cool rock formation at Machu Picchu - the two rocks in the foreground are a pretty good representation of the mountains in the distance Machu Picchu - Me, Emily, Kitty, Shane, Jess, Judy Group shot at Machu Picchu - Saluders plus Katie
Machu Picchu - Inca Bridge Trail 1.JPG Machu Picchu - Inca Bridge Trail 2.JPG Machu Picchu 8.JPG
Machu Picchu from the Inca Bridge trail Machu Picchu from the Inca Bridge trail Andes mountains
Machu Picchu - Inca Bridge.JPG Machu Picchu - Inca Bridge Trail 3.JPG PeruRail Train Car.JPG
Inca Bridge Massive rock formation above the Inca Bridge PeruRail train car - too bad the engine broke down a couple miles out and we had to be towed all the way home
Machu Picchu - Mike Asleep on Train.JPG 21st Birthday Cake.JPG 21st Birthday Cake Cutting 2.JPG
Mike and Carrie asleep on the train home My 21st birthday cake - my host family was so sweet to wake me up with this Cutting the cake
21st Birthday Party Dancing 1.JPG 21st Birthday Party Dancing 2.JPG Matt's Birthday 1.JPG
Trying to learn how to salsa at my birthday party Trying to learn how to salsa at my birthday party Matt's birthday the next day
Matt's Birthday 2.JPG Qorikancha 2.JPG Qorikancha - Inside 1.JPG
Cutting the cake Qorikancha - includes temples to the sun, moon, stars, rainbow, and lightning - across the street from school Inside the Qorikancha
Qorikancha - Outside.JPG Catedral.JPG Compania de Jesus.JPG
Outside the Qorikancha La Catedral La Compañía de Jesús
Mercado Central - Woman Selling Fruit.JPG Mercado Central - Emily, Arielle, Becky.JPG Mercado Central - Llama Fetuses.JPG
Lady selling fruit at the Mercado Central Mercado Central - Emily, Ariel, and I Llama fetuses for sale at the Mercado Central
Los Perros Wine Bar - Kat, Shane, Emily, Arielle 2.JPG Los Perros Wine Bar - Becky, Katie, Kerry.JPG Los Perros Wine Bar - Group Shot.JPG
Los Perros Wine Bar - Kat, Shane, Emily, Ariel Me, Katie, Carrie Playing Scrabble in Spanish at Los Perros
Saying Goodbye.JPG
Saying goodbye