Travel Journals, Travel Blogs and Travel Experiences of ProWorld Travelers

Motorcycle Diaries I

by: kwilliams

created on: Mar 20, 2010 | Urubamba, Peru

It was just another day as an unemployed volunteer (I broke up with Diomedes because I was tired of his flakiness so I'm no longer a cuy inspector). I was hanging out at the office brainstorming ways to fill my time when suddenly everything changed. Lisbeth (my coordinator) asked if I would be interested in talking with a man named Roberto about his greenhouse project. The three of us sat down …
Puno II: Tourissismo

by: kwilliams

created on: Mar 20, 2010 | Urubamba, Peru

You know you're a tourist when… 1. Children playing wooden flutes appear out of nowhere to follow you down the sidewalk (empty hats in tow). 2. You pay S./10 for a twelve-minute reed canoe ride (tip for 6-year-old indigenous singing girl not included). 3. You're listening to a Peruvian explain culture and history in verbless Enligsh with an average ratio of 3 "OK"s per sentence (i.e. "OK so de local people OK eats …
Puno I: Setting sail with the crew

by: kwilliams

created on: Mar 20, 2010 | Urubamba, Peru

Just when I thought I would be spending the weekend doing laundry in Urubamba, I got a last-minute invite to joint the PBY kids on a trip to Puno on Lake Titikaka (and just when I thought I'd be going on the trip I got a parasite, but don't worry-- S./140 and some Nitazoxanida took care of that problem). First, a little profile of the group... Agnes Cho: Strawberry bubble gum in …
someone pinch me

by: GillianShepherd

created on: Mar 18, 2010 | Hamilton, Canada

After reading some of the journals, I thought I would get the ball rolling on some of my own! Sitting here in Hamilton reading about all the adventures so many people have seems so surreal to me at the moment. Preparations seem to be endless as i'm going to be studying abroad, but take-off time is getting nearer and nearer. Sometimes I get so caught up with the emails, paperwork, reassuring …
Blastocystis Hominis

by: kwilliams

created on: Mar 16, 2010 | Urubamba, Peru

Hello, my name is Katie Williams and I had been parasite free in Peru for 71 days. I definitely should have knocked on wood after I bragged about my steel stomach on Wednesday afternoon. By Thursday evening, the navo I had for lunch that day could be found in Reiner's toilet, in two different bathrooms in the Urubamba health clinic, and in a lovely greenish pile on the floor of the …
Why?

by: DanielleZacarias

created on: Mar 15, 2010 | Toronto, Canada

I'm writing about a month and a bit in advance of my departure date. I'm planning to fly into Bangkok and then take a train into Chiang Mai. Looking at other journals on this site I wish there were a few more recent ones - despite the excellent set up package I am not sure what to expect. Anyway, as of now all I can really write about is why I'm …
Lake Titicaca

by: YorikoNakamura

created on: Jul 12, 2009 | Cusco, Peru

Lauren and I are currently in Puno, trying to kill some time before our overnight bus back to Cusco at 9:30 pm. Puno is this tiny town on the edge of Lake Titicaca, and there is literally nothing to do in this town, so we have been pretty bored since we checked out of our hotel at 10 am. Yesterday we got in at 5 am, after taking an overnight bus …
Intro.

by: JacquelineLycka

created on: Mar 10, 2010 | Edmonton, Canada

I've been accepted by Pro World to go on an awesome Mexican Adventure in Oaxaca from May 1-14!! I was so excited that last night, I could barely sleep! This entry will be a little about me, why I chose to apply to Pro World and why I'm so excited for this!!My name is Jacquie Lycka. I am just finishing up my fourth year of a Bachelor of Arts with …
TGIF

by: kwilliams

created on: Mar 10, 2010 | Urubamba, Peru

After a slightly frustrating week of unreturned phone calls, failed appointments and wild goose chases, Friday finally brought a little sunshine (literally and figuratively). The day began at 6:00am after only a few hours of sleep (thanks to yet another lengthy late-night battle with Charlotte III), but I was bright-eyed and bushy-tailed with anticipation of one of my all-time favorite pastimes: subjecting ambition and inexperienced young men to my workout …
Its the End of the World as We Know it

by: kwilliams

created on: Mar 07, 2010 | Urubamba, Peru

Earthquakes in Haiti, Chile and Argentina, floods in Peru, blizzard in New England, tsunamis, mudslides… Almost every day Raul gives me the summary of global catastrophes. ‘Qué atróz. Qué miedo,’ he says and shakes his head in dismay. Sometimes he goes on to quote Al Gore or else he’ll make his own predictions about where Mother Nature will strike next. Yanett says that ‘they’ say Lima will be the next victim. Alberto …