Kiva Blog Entry 6: Time to go? already?!

     It seems like I just got here, but it's already time to go! We said our goodbyes, and I boarded the airplane. Midway through the flight I realized that the vegetable-banana-thing didn't really agree with me. "This'll be a long flight," I thought to myself.

Kiva Blog Entry 5: Visit

     Together, Maria and I went rafting for a day, which was a once in a lifetime experience. The water was rushing, the spray on my face; racing down the river. Maria then cooked a meal for the both of us, which was very good. I never KNEW bananas could be prepared that way! And the vegetable... thing, which I forgot the name of, was very good.

Kiva blog entry 4: Visit

     It seemed that I had just fallen asleep when the plane arrived at Cusco, Peru
. I stepped outside, and the first thing I noticed was the size of the airport. It was tiny! Especially compared to LAX, which is where I left from. After going through customs, I found Maria. ¡Hola! I said, which is spanish for hi. She greeted me back, and we went to her store, and she showed me the merchandise that the loan helped her buy. I could see that without that loan, her business would have failed completely.

Kiva blog entry 3: Currency

1$: 2.63
5$: 13.15
10$: 26.30
20$: 52.61
100$: 263.03

Kiva Blog Entry 2: Language

Hello. : Hola.
Happy to meet you. : Encantados de conocerte.
How are you? : ¿Cómo estás?
Where is the bathroom? : ¿Dónde está el baño?
I really have to go to the bathroom... : Realmente tengo que ir al baño ...
When do we eat? : ¿Cuándo comemos?
What's for dinner? : ¿Qué hay para cenar?
Are we there yet? : ¿Ya hemos llegado?
How is your family? : ¿Cómo está tu familia?
Goodbye. : Adiós.

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Dancing Around the World

     It's the new year, so we're off to dance in other countries with a complete stranger (not my idea)!

      Well, here's Idaho. Not as many potatoes as I expected.

      Greece: the land of gods and great architecture.

      Rwanda has so many different kinds of people; rich, poor, powerful, nobody was "average".

      The Gaza Strip I knew nothing about, so I was glad that matt was there.

   Here is a Map of where I danced:

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