Where do I even begin on this blog? Tengo solo 6 dias hasta estoy en Nueva Jersey y me siento muy triste. It´s not like I don´t miss things about being in the States: high-speed internet, food I can taste, being able to flush the toilet paper in the toilet and not freezing my ass off during June/July. And it´s not like I don´t miss my family and friends. However, the last two months have been full of both good and bad adventures that are so beyond the realm of usual that I am uncertain as to what adjustment to my comfortable world in the States would look like.
Lately, I´ve been ruminating over these experiences, from the start of this trip, amazed at how it was only a mere 7 weeks ago when it feels like I´ve been here a lifetime. But then, I guess in a sense it has been a lifetime since life in Cusco began 7 weeks ago. I´ve built relationships with people I consider to be like family and basically created my own bubble of a life in this new place that is completely separate from the other. I´m running over all the ¨Hey remember that time when...¨and all the inside jokes and of course the interesting Dutch phrases I´ve learned. haha.
But anyway, that´s the extent of my dark mood that I´ll write. I have lots of things to add to the blog and have been completely behind on... mostly the adventures of Machu Picchu, Arequipa, Colca Canyon and Manu (which I´ll probably do retroactively). Cusco in general seems to constantly have celebrations and fireworks (usually waking me at crazy hours of the night/morning. This week is their Independence Day and last week was Virgen del Carmen so I guess it´ll be just as noisy and fun packed as June. So.. stay tuned for more.
