I already sort of shared about this concept in a different blog post I wrote. Sharing is one of my favorite things I like about living in Peru. I think that...
Category: Personal Reflections Tags: about me, huaraz, Huaraz-Peru, little changes, non-attachment, peace corps-peru, peru, peru 30, reflections, reflexivity, sharing, sharing is caring, south america, travel, travel writing, traveling
Holy smokes that took FOREVER. I really slowed down for the last book I read. And really delayed on getting this post written. After too many months I finally finished Jack...
Category: Ramblings Tags: book, book blog, book review, books, Lima-Peru, literature, Los Lunes son Para Libros, lunes son para libros, non-fiction, peace corps, peace corps-peru, peru, peru 30
In English we use a lot of different ways to describe money. Buck, stacks, benjamins, bill, wads, cash etc. In Peruvian culture there are also a couple slang terms to talk...
Category: Ramblings Tags: china, cultura, culture, culture shock, jergas, kulture, kulture keys, luka, money, peace corps, peace corps-peru, peru, peru 30, Ramblings, slang, south america, travel, travel blog, travel writing, traveling
One of the more obvious changes I have noticed in myself is my ability to speak Spanish. It is by far one of my favorite skills. And one of my favorite...
Category: Personal Reflections Tags: about me, little changes, peace corps, peace corps-peru, peru, peru 30, reflections, reflexivity, south america, travel, travel blog, travel writing, traveling
A lot of the travel in Peru gets done in buses, minivans or some weird car-contraption thing. Whether you are traveling within a city or perhaps in between two or three,...
Category: Ramblings Tags: cultura, culture, culture shock, Huaraz-Peru, kulture, kulture keys, lima, Lima-Peru, peace corps, peace corps-peru, peru, peru 30, Ramblings, south america, travel, travel blog, travel writing, traveling
I recently hung out with some friends from Lima. What I noticed was that the way they spoke had some subtle and interesting differences from how some of my friends from...
Category: Ramblings Tags: cultura, culture, culture shock, jergas, kulture, kulture keys, lima, peace corps-peru, peru, peru 30, slang, south america, travel, travel blog, travel writing, traveling
Body Awareness The amount of times I have been sick during my Peace Corps service is innumerable. During pre-service training, I was sick every month. For a while during my first...
Category: Personal Reflections Tags: about me, body awareness, Huaraz-Peru, Human body, humans, little changes, matacoto, peace corps, peace corps-peru, peru, peru 30, sick, sickness, south america, travel, travel blog, travel writing, traveling
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