A blurry picture of Erin at night in front of the cathedral in the main square.
Us in front of Qoricancha. Qoricancha is Quechua (native Incan language) for "field of gold". The bottom portion of the church in the background was built by the Incas and was the sun temple. When the Spanish came, they looted the gold, demolished the temple and built the church on top. The most impressive part of the Incan architecture is that for their most important buildings they didn't use mortar for the blocks. The blocks were cut so precisely that they didn't need mortar. Oh, and the blocks are huge and the Incans didn't have horses or wheels to move them. While the church on top has fallen apart a couple of times from earthquakes, the Incan ruins are still intact. This is right across the street from our school.
Me standing in front of our host family's house. It's in a nice neighborhood with private security. While the family has two cars, they rarely use them. They take the taxis and combis like us. A short walk down the block is a big supermarket and the main street where we catch our taxis.
We've also posted some pictures on these posts:
http://erinandandyinperu.blogspot.com/2008/11/zoo-and-ceviche.html
We have no idea what animal that is.
http://erinandandyinperu.blogspot.com/2008/11/we-rode-batman.html
Here's a picture, right outside of our school, of a taxi and a combi.
4 comments:
Is that Andy in zipper pants? LOL
that first picture may be blurry but Erin still looks stunning!
Is that Wendy, dressed nicely, sitting at a desk? You knew I was skeptical about the zipper pants and you hit me where it hurts!
Erin needs to give Katie G "scarf tying lessons"! It just totally made me miss you when we did girls night out!
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