Our last night in Lima. Rooftop hotel with hotel staff. We continue to be amazed at how friendly most of our hotel staff have been this past two weeks.
FaceTiming with NMSD buddies
FaceTiming too!
Enjoying the sunrise as we got into Houston.
Houston welcomes us!
By Scott
It’s now 7 am and we are descending down to the United States. I can see the sun coming out. We left Lima around 1230 am on the red eye. We still have whole day ahead of us of traveling before landing in Albuquerque.
Thinking about our last day yesterday in Lima. The kids were really tired and ready go home. They managed to muster some energy for shopping—buying souvenirs to remember their trip and to use up all their soles. You could tell that our group was coming from Peru as every student had some type of clothing that said PERU. Except for myself and Brianne.
We were hoping to stop by and visit the museum of inquisition in the morning but we arrived to closed museum going under renovations. So we started our shopping spree instead. We did plan to go to the beach but not enough energy was mustered among the group. We dined out and enjoyed some time in one of largest park in the city, the John F Kennedy park which is also famous for its two families of cats (many cats in each family!) by dinner time, the group was ready to go back to our hotel and change clothes for our flight back home.
Two weeks went by in a flash and Peru has a different meaning for us all. Thinking about the stories we have of Peru, stories Peru have given and shared with us, and perspectives that it has left us all with. I know for sure that each student has their own story and perspective of how Peru was for them.
We went from lively coastal city of Lima to the southern Andes area where we experienced old world Peru in Cusco to the chilly floating night at Oro islands to the lost city of the Incas with amazing views of the mountains to deep in the hot humid amazon jungle with all creatures and million types of plants, trees, and flowers. We literally experienced three shifts in our trip when we visited each regional zone — the coast, the jungle and the mountains.
We hope you have enjoyed our blog and stories. We also hope you are inspired to travel one day and we do hope that this group will continue to travel and enjoy the world.
