Having the conversation....3 months later

"...to learn spanish and experience a different culture...to get out of my comfort zone..."
this a quote from an earlier blog.... so we are now having same conversation, as to why 3 months in Peru and were my experiences worth have looked forward to...??

For sure I learn't spanish...i now speak better spanish than the average peruvian speaks
English....

Did I experience a different culture...yes in terms of language, food;
in terms of practices, Peru is very cosmopolitan and touristic (the milieu that I was in) so that was not an issue

Did I get out of my comfort zones...YES..I constantly had to adapt to new people and situations and I had to be cool and humble, seek to communicate and be understood in languages other than English

Some of my comforts, such as a cold beer, lap top, were always there for me.....mercifully

it was great to explore different foods: Guinea pig, chicaronne, cicivche, lomo saltado

drinks...pisco sour, cusquena beer, chicha morada, inka cola, coca tea

I visited the places on my wish list...Titicaca lake, sacred valley of the inka, Macchu,picchu, Arequipa the "white city", Cusco "the belly button of the earth"' I saw many fascinating dances, traditional ceremonies, landscapes and much, much more....

I am now on my final leg...visiting the desert and the pacific coast area of Paracas, Ica and finally overflying the Nazca lines...."made by aliens?"

As my birth day dawns and I find myself in a place that is totally back of beyond...(12 hours on the bus from Arequipa)... I feel blessed and I'm happy that I made this journey that I had dream't of for so many years....

I may not have found myself...because oneself is always with one...

but I know I have strengthened belief in my self and all those that I have met along this journey...a lot of wonderful people..

and now, I look forward to seeing all the wonderful family and friends I left behind, physically but who were always with me as I journeyed along...