My Welcome in Lima

I got to Lima last Saturday very early in the morning, and I was taken to the home I´ll be staying in for a few days until I leave for Iquitos on Wednesday. It´s a pretty amazing

house, super eclectic and beautiful, and Dr. Mariano, my host, has been nothing but helpful and nice. He lives with a lady that works for him, a maid if you like, and both of them have made me feel more and more at home. It helps that the city looks and feels a lot like my native Bogota (even the weather is the same!), but yesterday was mother´s day and I got my first bout of homesickness.
My room is pretty nice, mostly the basics

, but what I love most about the house are these cute little bits of wisdom that are spread thorughout the house.

This one on the right says "It is not he who has little that is poor, but he who desires much".
I spent my first night here with Mari, my contact here in Peru while I was still planning the trip. We mostly just walked around Miraflores, a very pretty neighborhood (foreigner´s favorite), and then met up with a couple of her friends. One of them is a historian and the other a sociologist, and the conversations we had were awesome. We went to this little bar.. it had a really cool atmosphere. Very relaxed. And we talked and talked. Here´s a picture of the group

Enough writing about Lima for today, I´m going to expereince it =)

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poweroflove on May 12, 2008 from Lima, Peru

from the travel blog: PERU

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Cool, what are you studying in Lima? Or just visiting?

written by Matt on May 12, 2008

Espero mas fotos.... TQM

written by Sabrina Casadiego on May 12, 2008

I´m in Peru for the next six weeks working on an internship with an NGO in Iquitos. The program is called Preparate para la voda and focuses on prevention and rescue of children and teenagers in situations of sexual and labour exploitation.
Here´s a link to more information on the program.. though it´s in Spanish:
http://www.chs-Peru.com/Preparate/index.html

written by

poweroflove on May 12, 2008

i love you and miss you and hope you're having a wonderful, wonderful time.

written by Tricia Dickson on May 12, 2008

looks good diana. im looking forward to reading the blogs.

written by kyle hermes on May 12, 2008

Looks like you're having a good time so far. :) Hope you enjoy your trip!

written by Lee Ferguson on May 12, 2008

You're going to do such amazing things while you're there. It seems absolutely beautiful.

I miss you so very much my dear! We're all thinking of you back in the states. You are very loved!

written by Kinsey on May 12, 2008

keep the blogs going i check everyday diana!

te amo!

written by Andres Parra on May 13, 2008

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