After almost 30 hours of no sleep, it felt pretty incredible to lay in a bed for a solid night´s sleep. We all woke up at 8:30 a.m. this morning and ate at our hostel for breakfast. The local Peruvian coca tea was great to wake up to. After we all began to wake up a little more we began a little hike through approximately 500-year-old ruins. The masonary work they employed to get huge boulders to match up exactly without the use of a wheel (or iron) was astonishing. We saw/learned the importance of water to Peruvians. Then we ate lunch at our normal spot which, again, was delicious. Following lunch we relaxed back at the hostel for an hour and a half. Then we did a cultural game that had students divide into two different cultures, each of which had very secret and mysterious customs. The two cultures came together to build a tent. The two cultures had almost opposite cultural customs that included making ¨ET¨noises, kissing the ground and saying ¨do-do-doo-do.¨ The goal was to help us understand how dificult communicating with another culture can be. Then we at dinner before a 3-hour shaman blessing that was one of the most interesting, unique experiences of my life and one I will never forget.
--Evan Conley
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Ross/boys:
sounds like you are getting the experience we had hoped for. Matt and Evan's blogs were wonderful to receive and have set a high bar for the other boys. we will eagerly await a daily (?) posting to vicariously enjoy the best summer vacation of our life. can't wait to hear about the guinea pig stew and other treats of Chilca. Bob Gage
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