Well I am officially back in Peru for the 3rd time officially. This time can definitely be described as: HECTIC. Each time I’ve come here it’s been with different purposes and a completely different experience. The first time around (about exactly a year ago) I passed by for 3 weeks as a backpacker, the second time I came a few months after and volunteered with an NGO (Ashoka) for about 5 months, and this last time it’s been more business oriented where I brought students for a month (keep track of us at sustainablescholars.wordpress.com) and am working on connecting with organizations and diving into development related work/projects.
This time I’ve brought my portable office: my laptop netbook, an external hardrive (and several usb memory sticks), notebooks, business card folders, etc. I have my backpacker bag in 1 hand (for those transient moments) and a small roller suitcase to be kept at home base (which is currently a hotel in Lima). It’s a whole new experience and I’m learning as I go!
I will leave you all with a video of my dad trying Sandboarding (well, more like sand sledding) in Huacachina, Peru for the very first time (when we took the group of students before they embarked on their volunteer sites for 2 weeks). It should be noted he’s deathly afraid of heights and did this for the very first time. This video is one his 3rd hill once he was a pro and hooked on the adrenaline rush. I unfortunately couldn’t document his first time which started with a very loud, yet calm “OH SHIIITTTT….”
