Day 2: First Day of Orientation
Hey, it's Wells and Aron.
We are taking our turn writing the blog entry for day 2. We started our morning here at El Tambo with a hearty breakfast of eggs and fresh baked bread. The day consisted mainly of presentations about the culture, geography, and history of Peru. Mr. Das started us out with a brief introduction about the Inca and pre-Inca civilizations. Mr. Pomeroy led us through a very telling exercise in which he had us attempt to draw the Americas along with multiple geographic features such as the Tropic of Cancer and the Appalachian mountain range. Cho and I were not alone in guessing on most of these landmarks. Afterwards we watched a video clip showing the exact locations of these features as well as their geographic and cultural implications. Next we watched a BBC documentary on the Incan empire detailing its rise and fall from power. Then we took a ride to Urubamba to meet with a local journalist, Mr. Asheshov, where he gave his perspective on the history and recent progress of Peru and South America altogether. We finished the day with a pizza dinner accompanied by the Argentina v. Columbia soccer game at a restaurant in Urubamba. The picture above is Mr. Asheshov during his talk.
We are looking forward to finishing up our conference on Peru tomorrow and meeting our homestay families tomorrow night!
Wells and Aron
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