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Can’t believe that this is my last experience blog but it is. It feels like we just landed in Lima a few days ago to start this trip. In the past 6 weeks we have experienced so much. It’s hard for me to believe I actually did everything I did and saw all the places […] read full post >>

Hugo Blanco is a very interesting character and he tells a detailed and often saddening story in We, The Indians. He has worked hard for a very long time to fight against the many abuses and injustices faced by the poor, believing that they must work together to achieve their common goal. However Hugo is […] read full post >>

I knew that the Machu Picchu area was going to be very touristy but I was still a bit disappointed with just how touristy it was. This town was built for tourists and it shows. Up and down the street there were restaurants with people outside trying to get me to come in to eat […] read full post >>

I found Making Machu Picchu very interesting because it was a side of Machu Picchu that I have never considered before. Machu Picchu is several  different things to different people. It is both the past and the present and will also be the future as long as people continue to work to preserve it. And […] read full post >>

Reading Andean Lives was like having Gregorio and Asunta talking to me and telling me their life story. This testimonial reminds me a lot of Rigoberta Menchu’s book I, Rigoberta Menchu. Both described the difficulties of daily life for poor people, particularly poor indigenous and the many abuses that they suffer throughout their lives. It […] read full post >>

I am so glad we did the air bnb night. At first I wasn’t really sure what was going to happen and what the plan was but it was the best circus I have ever been apart of. I have no regrets about being a monkey, even though I had barely any sleep. That’s what […] read full post >>

In one part of the Lima Reader it talks about food and restaurants in Lima. One line that I really liked was, “The tables we eat around aren’t just social spaces. In Lima, food has long been its own landscape, a haven of beauty and comfort.” Food and the spaces where it is prepared and […] read full post >>

Back in Cusco we talked about indigeniety and how it is intertwined with colonialism because without colonialism you don’t have indigeniety. With this in mind while I was reading I thought that Silverblatt put it very well when she said that the Spanish “tried to make Indians out of Andeans” and that “Andean Indianness was […] read full post >>

Pisac is such a cute little place. It is a lot quieter than Cusco and has more of a laid back presence where Cusco seemed busier with more people and more events happening. In Pisac the restaurants close at 8:30 or earlier and everything quiets down. In Cusco most places are open to 11 or […] read full post >>

I wasn’t really sure what to expect from Garcilaso and his general history but I found it quite fun. The way he writes is very interesting but I can see that it is not an unbiased take at all. I was reminded of Guaman Poma and his First Chronicle while I was reading. Like with […] read full post >>