Frightening times...
Well, back in Cusco, and although its easy to avoid news of the ¨real¨ world (and it by real the world is war torn with no end in sight, I´ll take the ¨fake¨ world of relative oblivion) and in a bit of a funk over my impending departure and the state of...well everything not here.
Cusco is preparing for the Independence Celebrations of Peru all this week- the same week in which ¨increasing violence against women in Peru¨ made headlines worldwide thanks to CNN.com and the AP. The middle east as we all known is a virtual disaster and I guess in times like these its hard to be hopeful; hopeful for peace, hopeful for positive change, hopeful for your own safety (and by that I mean the strategic location of Washington, DC when I return home in a few short weeks and NOT the violence against women in Peru- I have not had ONE moment in all my time here in which I´ve feared for my own safety).
Anyway, sorry to be depressing and down, sometimes its all just a bit too much I suppose. I´m sure I´m not the only one to feel this way but on a selfish level, it all just makes me less willing to go home. I am looking forward to school, seeing my family and friends again and starting anew (in a way) in DC but I also have trepidation about going back to the heart of US politics and rhetoric which I can´t say I always agree with (ha ha).
Blah, ok enough of that. I suppose that was actually me sharing ¨feelings¨ in my blog. haha. a rarity. Hmm, heavy on the sarcasm today.
However there are many exciting things in the air, in addition to all these Peru parties and parades (I swear any excuse for a parade here!), Dana and Joanna will be here soon, Miss Adrienne will be celebrating her 2nd set of nuptiuals with Mike on Saturday (in the UK alas) and Bolivia (although NOT the 15 hour day ride back) and life here is good. So, on the posivitve side, everything in my immediate world is great even if the outlying world is in turmoil. I guess its really the only way you can look at things when the world is going crazy around you, huh?
Pics from Bolivia soon and hopefully a little mini photo essay on the hats of Peru :)
Cusco is preparing for the Independence Celebrations of Peru all this week- the same week in which ¨increasing violence against women in Peru¨ made headlines worldwide thanks to CNN.com and the AP. The middle east as we all known is a virtual disaster and I guess in times like these its hard to be hopeful; hopeful for peace, hopeful for positive change, hopeful for your own safety (and by that I mean the strategic location of Washington, DC when I return home in a few short weeks and NOT the violence against women in Peru- I have not had ONE moment in all my time here in which I´ve feared for my own safety).
Anyway, sorry to be depressing and down, sometimes its all just a bit too much I suppose. I´m sure I´m not the only one to feel this way but on a selfish level, it all just makes me less willing to go home. I am looking forward to school, seeing my family and friends again and starting anew (in a way) in DC but I also have trepidation about going back to the heart of US politics and rhetoric which I can´t say I always agree with (ha ha).
Blah, ok enough of that. I suppose that was actually me sharing ¨feelings¨ in my blog. haha. a rarity. Hmm, heavy on the sarcasm today.
However there are many exciting things in the air, in addition to all these Peru parties and parades (I swear any excuse for a parade here!), Dana and Joanna will be here soon, Miss Adrienne will be celebrating her 2nd set of nuptiuals with Mike on Saturday (in the UK alas) and Bolivia (although NOT the 15 hour day ride back) and life here is good. So, on the posivitve side, everything in my immediate world is great even if the outlying world is in turmoil. I guess its really the only way you can look at things when the world is going crazy around you, huh?
Pics from Bolivia soon and hopefully a little mini photo essay on the hats of Peru :)
posted by WanderLust at 7/26/2006 07:03:00 PM
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