Videos from Machu Pichu
April 2, 2010
One of the fellow walkers from the Machu Pichu tour, Melissa, has uploaded some cool short videos onto your tube. This one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLqNOoTaf4w shows the rolling clouds as we were heading towards Machu Pichu. These ruins are some of the small ruins we passed on the way.
This one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wzQzDvKCGI show one of our campsites including the big blue tent which was set up for every meal where there was a big table and chairs and we were fed gourmet meals!
This one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IRggwdSrYE has me talking at the beginning, then shows many of us who were on the walk.
The latest I have heard is that Machu Pichu is only now open to tourists again, after part of the train tracks to/from the site were washed away in January. Apparently Peru has realised how important Machu Pichu is for their tourism, as numbers dropped dramatically when people couldn’t get to the ancient site.
Apologies that you all had to guess who was writing each post. This time it’s Anna. I thought it would automatically come up who wrote the post! Anyways, keeps you on your toes!
Most of you will probably know, but for those who don’t, I have now found myself a 2 bedroom villa-unit (like a mini-townhouse). I have a 2-day-a-week job at a primary school in Melbourne where I am the garden specialist for the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Project. I take classes of Year 4/5 kids for an hour in the garden, then they spend 2 hours a week in the kitchen where they cook and eat the yummy produce they have grown. You can check out Stephanie Alexander’s setup for schools around Australia at http://www.kitchengardenfoundation.org.au/. I’m still looking for something to fill my other 2 or 3 days.
Jordan is still in Australia, in Queensland with her parents, before she heads off overseas again for another job. I’ll let her fill you in on that one.
Hope you are having/have had a relaxing Easter. I’m heading down to a National Park by the beach for a few days today with another 30+ Quaker. You know, I have to get away from my busy life where I have a 5-day weekend!!
