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From Peru Spring Term

This wiki supports the 2009 Alma College Spring Term course STC 002: Language & Service in the Andes. While everyone is invited to browse the site, editing is restricted to class members.

Course Overview

This course is an immersion experience in Peruvian culture and eco-systems. We will spend three and a half weeks in Peru, staying with host families in Cusco. During the first week we will study Spanish language and Spanish culture, while the second week includes a four day trip to the Manu National Park (part of the head-waters of the Amazon). During week three we divide into groups with each student engaging in a service activity or continuing studying Spanish. Just before we leave Peru in week four we will visit sites outside of Lima.

There will be weekday and weekend exclusions, including to the Inca Machu Picchu ruins, and the famous Pisac Indian market. View the course schedule for details.

Our primary host in Peru is the Academia Latinoamericana, who is handling all our in-country arrangements.

Course Schedule and Travelogue

The course schedule contains a day by day itinerary for the trip. It will also double as a travelogue. Each day in the schedule will link to a page (to be constructed during the trip) that documents the activities of that day.

What's New

• We are now in Peru! We arrived in Lima on Sunday, April 26th and traveled to Cusco the next day. Check out the course schedule. Just click on a day to see what we did that day - however it may take a while for us to post our activities.
• We are constructing some image galleries - new pictures will be added to them all the time!
  • Traveling to Cusco
  • Cusco City Tour
  • At the Academia
  • Sacred Valley Trip
  • Pisca Trip
  • Jungle Trip
  • Moray and Salineras Trip
  • Sacsayhuaman Fortress Trip
  • Service Learning
  • Visit to Qoricancha (Temple to the Sun)
  • Around Town (Cusco)
  • Machu Picchu Trip
  • River Rafting Trip