I have a part-time gig teaching English at the ICPNA here in Cusco. My students are really great and it’s been a lot of fun so far. I try to use real life examples while I teach, and because Cusco is such a popular travel destination I often refer to some of the tourist places downtown.
My favorite reference is Mama Africa, a popular disco at the Plaza de Armas in Cusco, Peru. So here’s a picture of Patricia and I at Mama Africa!
– Ward
I started working on a travel portal for the Cusco area (www.mycuscotrip.com), but I haven’t been able to spend much time on it lately, so the site is very much under construction.
A while back Patricia and I took advantage of the great weather to take some pictures of the city to use on the website. This picture was taken in front of the San Cristobal church, a nice place to relax overlooking the city of Cusco, Peru.
The weather in Cusco in the dry season is really beautiful – even though it gets very cold at night. Us gringos have to protect ourselves from the sun because the air is so thin up here in the mountains, so Manchita put on some sunglasses for this picture…
– Ward Welvaert
Patricia and I both got sick as the proverbial dog in the last 2 weeks. Nothing serious, just a bad flu. Patricia’s uncle knows many of the natural healing techniques people here in Peru use. Much of it is based on the ancient Inca culture, and some has its roots in the cultures of the Amazon jungle. So we drank lots of herbal tea and tried some of the natural remedies as well as our doctor-prescribed medicines.
We’re finally both feeling better now. I do like what I’ve learned so far about natural medicine. Perhaps one day we will help Patricia’s uncle open a health spa in the Sacred Valley. For sure the people here in Cusco have to be quite strong to deal with the altitude (nearly 11,000ft) and the climate (temperatures are really nice during the day, around 80 degrees in the sun, but near freezing at night).
The Incas believed when taking this pose on this rock at Machu Picchu, you will receive energy and healing powers from the sun.
– Ward
The job I was hoping to get with the Peruvian Air Force (FAP) didn’t work out, because Alan Garcia changed the Minister of Defense in December. So I’m staying busy with web programming, and I also started teaching English at ICPNA (one of the better schools in Cusco). It’s a lot of fun but next month I’m going to take a lighter schedule. I’m still thinking of starting a business here in Peru, but for now that’s on the back burner…
I got offered a flying job back with a regional airline in the US awhile ago. I think I would have been able to “jumpseat” (fly free) down to Peru on my days off, but I ended up turning it down anyway.
So in honor of that decision, here’s “Love over Gold”.
Ward
Hello everyone, yeap Ward and I got married again, finally we made our marriage legal after a year and a half. We celebrated this important moment on April 19 of this current year, we didn’t make any party or something big, my family and us went to have a nice lunch to a restaurant near to my house. Now we are trying to get Ward’s peruvian resindency…. I know he must be crazy, but this is love…. anyways we are really happy that we made this commitment again hehehehe..please any gift just send it to my current address in Peru or to Rick’s house in North Carolina… By the way thanks Rick for getting Ward’s mail, we really appreciate it!!!!!.
-Patricia
Life in Peru 