by Jeremy Ryan Slate | May 5, 2015 | Posts, Travel |
Day seven started out very early, seeing that our days never really end. We met with Governor Carlos and the Rotary club of Surco. They told us the day would be an experience with the German school, we were all wondering what exactly that meant. We got into a van and...
by Jeremy Ryan Slate | May 2, 2015 | Posts, Travel |
Day six left me to my first taxi ride on my own, which was a bit nerve racking, since I heard some horror stories about traveling alone in Lima. The situation is just a bit different than what we are used to in the US. None the less, it was still an exciting one. I...
by Jeremy Ryan Slate | Apr 30, 2015 | Posts, Travel |
We made our way to tour some schools, which were funded by the most part by Rotary. It was exciting to see such large projects, and such amazing work being done. The scale of everything was amazing. We met early in the morning to go to La Molina, at the base of the...
by Jeremy Ryan Slate | Apr 27, 2015 | Posts, Travel |
Though day three ended at the beginning of day four, day four began early for me. I rolled out of bed at about 7:30 AM, and it was a very big morning for my host, Gonzolo. It was his aunt and uncle’s 50th wedding anniversary, and he was very honored to take me to the...
by Jeremy Ryan Slate | Apr 26, 2015 | Posts, Travel |
Day three started a bit late for me, 8:30 AM I rolled out of bed and showered before heading to breakfast. I found that my host family was already waiting for me, so I felt just a slight bit rude, but I was exhausted. I found a spread set out for me of Eggs (with...
by Jeremy Ryan Slate | Apr 26, 2015 | Posts, Travel |
We have reached our first real day in Peru, our arrival in Peru. However, I will start with the end of day one. We arrived in Lima rather late. For us it was rather late, as there is an hour time difference, but it was almost midnight, which for us was one in the...