Traveling

I would love to go to Cusco, Peru for six months. The weather seems to be consistently the same throughout the year, staying around 70 degrees, which is my favorite temperature.

I would bring my rain boots because it is situated in the Andes mountains where I imagine that the weather changes frequently. I would also not want to leave home without a journal so that I will be able to write about what I have seen and experienced. Silly things that I would bring with include: chap stick, because I can not live without it, photos of family and friends to keep in my wallet, hair binders, lotion, and a walking stick for the mountainous hiking. I have a feeling the people that live there will not understand the chap stick idea, and I would try to explain that the sun dries out my skin quickly. I also forgot that I would have to bring my SPF 50 sun screen, which the Peruvians would also not understand. I believe that they have tan skin, and they still produce crops, making them work outside. I think that the walking stick would be understood, maybe not the metal frame, but compared to a walking stick actually made from tree branches, they would get the concept.

I recently took a class where we learned about Latin America, and I find the Inca people and the ruins they left behind to be very fascinating. The Peruvians still speak Quechua, which is amazing that it is still in use, and I would love to be able to hear it and try to learn some.

Kelsey