Hey everyone! As I write, I´m sitting in an internet cafe here in Aguas Calientes before the big ol trek in about T-minus 7 hours. But I´d feel bad to leave the blog untouched all the way until Monday, so here are some highlights from Friday (yesterday) and tonight/today (Saturday).
Friday:
- Woke up at 11:30 because I didn´t have work. (Actually, I never have work on Fridays. How awesome is that?)
- Headed over to Máximo Nivel with Rae to pick up our tickets for Machu Picchu, but found out we had arrived while they were having their staff meeting, so would have to return later.
- Refusing to let that ruin our day, we went up to Jack´s Café and had the best brunch. EVER. Okay maybe not ever, but quite a delightful one in my time here so far. Huevos Rancheros with Orange/Pineapple juice blend, washed down with a cold Coke. =]
- Walked back from Jack´s and found this awesome little bookstore and proceeded to buy fifteen postcards. (Start expecting them in oh...a month? ;] I´ll send them out sometime this week now that I have them all.)
- From aforementioned bookstore, I purchased Veronica decide a morir by Paulo Coehlo and Los Miserables (Les Miserables) by Victor Hugo, both in Spanish. My goal is to finish one of them by the time I leave here, so I can say I can speak, write, AND read in Spanish. I figured with Les Mis, I can sort of cheat since I know the story like the back of my hand, or better.
- Had Spanish class with Jorge, where he expressed his shame for my forgetfulness in bringing a pair of high heels for dancing. That´s what completes the outfit! he told me...
- Missed tandem with my partner Renzo AGAIN. Really though, I need to find out what this dood does, because he never seems to be able to make it to meet me. =[
- The plus side of missing tandem was having uber amounts of time to call back home to Yvetters and Juan. Yes I hogged the phone booth at Máximo, but it´s okay, because no one needed it. Or was too shy to interrupt me.
- Had an awesome awesome awesome dinner made by Yoco. Elbow pasta noodle soup, followed by breaded porkchops with a side of broccoli and roasted tomatoes, and an alfajor for dessert. Seriously, I think people in our house should go on treks more often, so we can have better dinners. =]
- Sprayed my clothing with Permethrin to further scare any crazy bugs that wanna try to attack me here in Aguas Calientes.
- Finally slept around 2 ish, and woke up around 4:30.
Today:
- Frantically last minute packed after waking up, and headed over to the train station around 5:20.
- Rode train from 6:05 to about 12:30, and proceeded to fry like an ant under a magnifying glass in the train.
- Checked into hotel, and then headed to lunch at Indio Feliz, which is this amazing little French-Peruvian joint here in town.
- Visited the market and spent uber amounts of money. =] Purchases: an oil painting of a Peruvian child, a leather bound photo album that´ll prompt me to actually print my pictures, a little mini messenger bag that´ll fit my wallet, camera, and bug repellent tomorrow so I won´t have to carry a huge backpack, and some earrings.
- Rained on by some random huge thunderstorm and hid out in a cafe, where the lady swore to me she had churros when luring me in, but ended up giving me a lemon sponge cake once we had sat down.
- Went back to hotel to relax, and waited for our guide to explain about tomorrow.
- Had said explanation meeting, and realized how tight our schedule is.
- Went to dinner at Chez Maggy, and enjoyed some live music.
- Checked out the hot springs, but opted to not go in because it of the brown water, no matter how steaming it was. Still, the walk up there was awesome, and a nice preview of what tomorrow may bring.
- Called home and had phone card run out, and looked stupid trying to figure out how to use actual coins on the pay phone.
I´ll promise to deliver normal sized blogs on Monday, but for now I just wanted to do a mini check-in before I go recharge for Huaynapicchu. Miss you all, and wish you all could be with me as I TOTALLY DOMINATE Machu Picchu tomorrow. =] Gniites. xxoo
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Hi Morgan,
Your dad is sitting here working on my computer as I write this. This is Susie Friedman. I am working on a college level textbook for McGraw-Hill. I need asap photos for this textbook that maybe you could shoot in hi-res. if we use your photo(s, you will get a photo credit at the end of the book and you will be paid. The payment will depend on the usage size of the image. I do not make the selections. The choices are made in-house. So, with all this in mind here's what I need:
1. Photo of one of the following Andean dishes: Caldillo de Congrio AND/OR Cacerola de choclo. (Please submit a number of choices. The editors always like a few to chose from.
2. A photo of a cemi. The caption reads "El cemi era la representacion fisica de un dios taino."
3. A photo of a duho. The caption for this one is "Esta silla ceremomialde los tainos se llama duho."
All I know is that the 2nd and 3rd photos are in the PERU chapter and the 1st photo of food is in the Honduras and El Salvador chapters . . . that's not to say these dishes aren't available in other countries.
Please let me know if this task is something you can do and if you can . . . when can you do it as my deadline has passed on photo number 1 and is rapidly approaching photos #2 and #3.
I DON'T WAT A FAVOR. YOU WILL BE PAID THE ON-GOING RATE FOR ANY OF YOUR PHOTOS THAT ARE USED.
Your Dad suggests that we communicate through him to eliminate any techmical difficulties.
Hope you're having a terrific experience there . . . how can you not !!!
All the best,
Susie Friedman
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