CUSCO!!

Hi everyone,

I have been in Cusco for a week already and time is flying by as always! I have my own little flat next door to the student residence which is really nice (sadly I think I have to move out and into the residence soon because I didn´t pay for the private room and someone else wants it!). We are about a 15 min walk from the centre and about a 10 min walk from my project.

I am working in a clinic for disabled children which is fantastic. This past week I have been a personal assitant to a language therapist so I find the children, bring them to therapy and help with the therapy itself which I absolutely love and is making me think about different career options....! I will be helping out in physical therapy either this week or next. I then play with the children whilst getting them ready for lunch. I feel like I´m really helping because there are so few nurses that the children really don´t get any attention so I love playing with them and showing them the affection that they really need. I help with lunch which is always tricky as over half of the children need to be fed and aren´t always willing to eat! We then wash the children and they have a nap for the afternoon. There are 50 children living in the clinic and there is a school attatched which I get to go and help in too. The children come from all over Peru as this is a really great clinic and one of the only good ones in Peru. I head home at about 1.30ish which is great.

Cusco is incredible! So much to see and do and for some reason alot of the friends I met backpacking are here too so I know lots of people. The city itself is full of Inca stone work and beautiful colonial churches and buildings. Today we went off to Pisac in the Sacred Valley which has incredible Incan and pre-Incan ruins. There are also so many amazing markets with Peruvian clothes and souvenirs which I can´t get enough of! The night life isn´t quite up to Buenos Aires standards but its not bad! It is perfect as I work in the mornings then have the afternoons to explore. I am planning on going up to Machu Picchu this Friday which I can´t wait for.

Overall absolutely loving Cusco. Yet another place that you all have to see! You would love it!

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