Wednesday, June 28, 2006

beaches, penhuins, desert, wine, sea lions, dune buggies, oasis





well the last two days have consisted of jam packed adventures that consisted of all the things in the title. it has been so amazing i cant even explain. picture the most amazing beach with no tourists, beautiful peruvian wine gardens, rocks in the ocean that have penguins and sealions of them, dune buggies in the middle of the desert and amazing catherdrals. ya that is what i have seen in two days, pretty crazy. i have a few pictures but my camera broke and i am extremely choked about it. no one in ica can fix it so i am going to try in lima. i have a few more days in ica hanging out at the oasis here then going to cuzco to do a seven day trekk to machu picchu. after that i am travelling with mi amiga lauren to a city called puno to see lake titicaka (that isnt the right spelling but you get the idea). we are spending a couple days there on islands where indiginous people live and let some people stay with them. should be very exciting. then we fly back to lima (north west) and go up the coast till we reach quayaquil in ecuador where we meet the class. its jammed pack but should be worth every moment. my spanish is coming along nicely which i am happy about. slowely but surely. well here are a couple pics for you viewing pleasures. take care everyone.

Friday, June 16, 2006

Ecuador 2 - 0 in the World Cup


Well I think it is pretty damn cool that Ecuador, the under dogs of the World Cup, are going on to round 2. I am really hoping they are still playing when I get there. That would be so much fun. Well thats about all for now, just thought I would let you know I am on the team Ecuador bandwagon! Chau!

Monday, June 12, 2006

Picture from just outside of Ica

13 days.... really?!

So I know some of you are thinking, why does Matt have 2 blogs. Well amigos, I want you to refer to this one well I am on my trip. I am going to be doing a lot of travelling on my own and I figured I should have my own blog. So here we are... 13 days till I leave. Kinda messed up. I am really not mentally prepared at all for this trip. I know its coming but I cant feel it. People keep asking me things like, wow are you excited? I really am but it just doesnt feel like its coming. I guess it will all sink in when I am on that plane ready to start my adventure. I know it will be incredible and there is nothing else that I want to do more than this trip. I really should start a checklist of things I need or people I should say bye to though. I am gone for over two months for those of you that didnt know. So stay posted, I am sure I will have another blog up before I leave. Try not to foget about checking this well I am gone, there are going to be some amazing stories and pictures for you to check out. Talk to you all soon.

Sunday, June 11, 2006

2 weeks

I leave in two weeks... thats fucked up.