Day 2 Today we had our orientation where they took us to Villa de Salvador which is an extremely historic and interesting town. After being a little shocked at where the home base is in Surco *spelled it incorrectly last email, because of Gold's Gym down the street, I was surprised to see such poverty in Villa el Salvador. A place where the gov't left hundreds of families without water or electricity to fend for themselves in the desert. The town is still under ...

Hola everyone! This is my first blog entry ever, and please pardon the grammatical or spelling errors (hello collegues and students) as these keyboards and computers are old! Well first things first, I obviously made it. Flights were all on time and I have already gotten situated at the home base here in Susco, Peru. It is a small city south of Lima with lots of pollution, very damp air, and some seriously crazy taxi drivers! If it weren{t the middle of the ...