We have now arrived in Peru where we will spend the next 3 weeks (Dom learning spanish, and Jen learning spanish & touring with Sean and Flo). Our first excursion was to the Sunday market of Pisac, a little village nested at the bottom of an Inca fortress. Here you can buy all your Peruvian souvenirs as well as a lot of organic potatoes ;) Despite shopping for almost 3 hours, we only bought $3-worth of exotic fruits :)
Although this seems like a lazy excursion, it got our adrenaline pumping a few times thanks to the driving in the "colectivo" (a local bus) on the narrow, winding, mountain roads. We did not know it was possible to put so many people into one bus (the pictures do not do it justice at all!!) - despite all of the swerving, stopping, and hills, Jen was even able to stand in the bus without holding on to anything because we were so tightly packed :). Dom was stuck/smashed up against the front windshield and watched nervously as the driver repeatedly checked some weird bucket inside the bus that seemed to be leaking water (to who knows where)... who knows what it was for.. the brakes?? ...the engine coolant???
