First week in Perú: ¡Great Success!

Hello again, dear readers.

Our first week in Ollanta was amazing. Adam is continuing to work remotely and is set up with an internet stick and a variety of different calling options of varying reliability. Adam still can't believe that he can operate business in the middle of this enormous and remote valley.

We are both enjoying going on hikes and the beautiful scenery (see below!) We just bought a book today about many of the hikes available in the area and we look forward to taking advantage of all that this area has to offer.

This past weekend, we went to the nearest large town called Urubamba in search of a clinic. Brooke has some sort of "sinusitis" going on and was told it would go away within a few days, which it did. "Es por el cambio de clima" or "because of the change of climate", said the doctor, and the cure was coca tea and wrapping myself up in warm clothes. Also, I was advised not to leave the window open. I love it.

We also went to Urubamba in search of this "ecoferia" that we saw an ad for. We found it in the central plaza and met many people of like mind there. Lots of organic food, nuts, and live music. We enjoyed some fresh juice at the market with our juice maker Teresa, and barely made it back before dark. 
We ventured up to the top of Pinkuylluna (free ruins near us) to find a cave and went on a hike down the local river. Rumor has it that there is a basket you can pull yourself across if you go down far enough, but we didn't find it on our first try.

Our host mom made us veggie burgers from scratch tonight and we laughed as the host family ate lettuce they had never seen before. They also tried cashews for the first time the other day. "Are they peanuts?" asked my host sister? "Nope. Just try them"  I said. They were all gone when Brooke got home.

Brooke starts Quechua lessons next week and Adam is making some new friends in town. 6 am workout session ignite! 
¡Hasta pronto!

Our neighbors-the friendly boars. They aren't so friendly and kind of smelly.

View from our favorite morning hike. You can see our home by the flag on the right of the picture (kind of by the ruins)

View from our porch

Photo taken in Camino del Inka-our host family's restaurant

All of the streets have water flowing through them! It's like walking next to a perpetual waterfall.

Start of the hike!

Eucalyptus tree?

Host family decorations-these bulls are generally on top of houses to bring luck to the family

Our kitchen