by Elizabeth Larsen | Aug 3, 2014 | Uncategorized
So sorry for the delay! The WordPress blogging platform has been exceptionally slow // impossible to load recently. I am now on a flight from Brussels to Kigali, Rwanda to begin the next continent of my project! I will be spending about two weeks in Rwanda, followed...
by Elizabeth Larsen | Jul 24, 2014 | Uncategorized
How is this possible, I thought to myself, looking out across lush papaya fields growing from what appeared to be an expansive desert. We were in Nueva Esperanza, a poverty stricken desert town along the coast of Northern Peru, visiting a family that participates in...
by Elizabeth Larsen | Jul 20, 2014 | Uncategorized
This weekend I was able to visit Machu Picchu! I’ve been wanting to visit since I first learned about it in high school, and it was a dream come true. Machu Picchu is as awe inspiring and fascinating as everyone says it is. Here are a few pictures that I took of...
by Elizabeth Larsen | Jul 17, 2014 | Uncategorized
The remnants of Yungay, as viewed from the cemetery hill overlooking the city. Huascaran, the tallest mountain in Peru, looms in the background. The silence was defeaning. As I walked under the enormous arches declaring, “El Campo Sagrado | The Sacred...
by Elizabeth Larsen | Jul 15, 2014 | Uncategorized
My next research site is in Cusco. Cusco is an easy hour long flight east of Lima, but I decided to try something a little more adventurous. I signed up for a four day long bus ride from Lima to Cusco that included many stops on the way. I thought it would be a good...
