When our business simulation was finished, we traveled to Hauraz, the capital city of Ancash, Peru. Hauraz is an extremely beautiful tourist city in the center of the Cordillera Blanca mountain range, one of the most scenic parts of Peru. The city was amazing, it will full of English speaking hippies, back packers, and restaurants full of American food! Yummmmm. We met up with a bunch of current volunteers and had a delicious breakfast – I went for the crepes with strawberries and bananas, others choose French toast or bagels and cream cheese. You can’t even imagine how good these tasted to us. If I could have my permanent site located anywhere close to here, I would be eternally happy.
The real reason for us visiting this town wasn’t for food, it was to meet up with a bunch of PCVs to visit their sites and houses and learn more about what they have been doing for the last 2 years. One of the volunteers we visited was Ryan from Peru 8.
Ryan lives in what they call “campo, campo” aka the middle of nowhere. He is really roughing it. He has “running water”which apparently in Peru translates to one small spigot on the outside of his house and that’s it. For a bathroom, he uses a latrine, and for a shower a bucket. There are only about 11 houses in his town, and it takes either a 35 min taxi ride to get there or a 2.5 bike ride up hill. The majority of the people in his town speak Quechua (the most common indigenous language in Peru) only a few people speak English.
What his site lacks in amenities, it makes up for with beauty…. and donkeys. There are a bunch of Pre-Incan ruins at his site, as well as some kick ass views. Check out some photos from his site.
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Where are you???
Haven't heard anything in awhile :(
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