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The simple life of Cuzco

Posted on Friday, June 28, 2013


Farah Hazim
06/ 12/13
Cuzco 



The shiny multiple stars and the moon is what grapped my attention in this district at night. The look of the stars was just amazing, I have never seen the stars as close as this time ever in my life before. I also enjoyed looking at the mountain with the iced peak. The simplicity of the life here in this district is what I like the most. Everything is so simple even their houses. The house here is made up of clay and bricks, grass roof, wood doors, and animals in the yard. 
My group and I visited the milk factory here, which was quite simple, there was only one man working, but I am not sure if he was the only one that works there, or there were multiple of them. He explained to us how he buys the milk and makes the cheese out of it. He told us that his production of milk and cheese increased a lot after he sold his cows which were a very good kind of cows and used the money to open us his small business. He also told us that he learned how to make the cheese from the Ccaijo program which helps the people now how to do work, so they can start their own business. 

We also visited a farm and we met the farmer and his wife. The farmer was so happy because Ccaijo helped him a lot in knowing how to breed his cows and how to treat them right. He was so happy because he got the money for himself and his family. The sad side of this great happy family is the farmer cut his finger while he was working in the farm and he went to the hospital and got medicine for one day only. Dr. Davis looked at the farmer’s finger and gave him a medicine and asked him to keep on cleaning his hand and his finger and he should be fine after he takes the medicine. 

My group and I had the chance to visit one of the community group work that belongs to Ccaijo here in this district and we had a presentation there too. We were amazed by educational programs they have there. We met the instructor who was teaching the people how to use the internet and Microsoft words and all of its programs and that was in one of the rooms in that community. We also saw the room that was specialized for woman to learn how to do textile. Another example of the help that CCaijo offers was the bakery shop which was amazing. My group and I were not able to resist the smell of the pan and the cookies they were making there. We bought 60 pans for 10 soles. The pans were amazing, I am on a strict carbs diet, but I could not resist them and ate a half pan or even more. 

We also spent the night at one of the peasant houses, The house I slept in was nice, and the family seemed so welcoming and happy for our visit They played music when we first got in and I enjoyed listening to it. 

Finally, my experience is amazing so far, I love the nature of this country and the simplicity of some of tis regions. I am glad I had the chance to visit Peru and meet its people and enjoy its nature. 

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The Magic Nature of Lima

Posted on Sunday, June 9, 2013


Farah Hazim

June 8th, 2013 



walking down Mira Flores and enjoying the ocean view is my favorite thing to do in Lima, Peru. I enjoy the magic nature every time I am out by the ocean or the mountain. Aside from the nature, I am learning a lot everyday at UARM University. I have learned about the history, geography, social and political conflicts in Peru. social and political conflicts lecture was my favorite. I was introduced to the social conflicts that the indigenous is facing for years now from the mining industry that is going on by river. The indigenous think that the mining industry is damaging their secret river, and they want to protect it by reducing or even eliminating the mining by the river.

I also enjoyed visiting the museums and learning more about the history of Peru. Museo Larco is one of the museums I visited here in Lima. I learned about the civilization and the history difference of both North and South coasts of Peru. I loved seeing the similarity and the differences between both  of the coasts. My favorite statue was for the mummy of the south coast which was buried and rapped with fabrics and in standing position. The interesting part is they took an X rays at the museum couple rays ago to make sure  that the mummy has a dead body inside it. I have posted the picture of the mummy of the south and the picture of the x- rays that was done years ago. The mummy of the north coast looked different than the south one. It was buried in the mud and covered with different layers of sand. I also learned that people in the north and the south coast use cold and silver for their customs and it used to be more shiny, well suited in the north than in the south coast. 

Another interesting part is the  people from the north used to think the sea is the secret place while the mountain was the secret place for people in the south. I also enjoyed looking at the textile of the north and south coasts of Peru. My visit to the museum was useful and beautiful. I learned about the history of Peru and about the different civilizations they had have.
My group and I visited the Day-care the UNO opened for the people live in San Juan Mira Flores. We helped them painting the classrooms, and I also played soccer with the kids. It was an wonderful experience, and I will be willing to repeat it again. I also enjoyed learning Spanish from the kids at the day-care.

National Museum, is one of the amazing museums that I visited here in Lima, Peru. It has too many sites to visit. The shining Path floor was my favorite, I got to know more about the history of Peru at the period of the shinning path. I felt sad for the people who were living the period of the shinning path, and I am glad it is over.

Overall my experience in Lima Peru was amazing. I loved the city and I was amazed by its magic nature. I would love to visit Lima again If I got the chance to do so, and I am going to learn Spanish, so I can communicate more with its people. 

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Mueso de Sitio Bodega Y Quadra

Posted on Saturday, June 8, 2013


Farah Hazim
Peru 
06/02/2013




Mueso de Sitio Bodega y Quadra ( Bodega Y Quadra Site Museum)  is a museum in Lima, Peru which is built over an old Spanish colonial house. Mueso de Sitio Bodega Y Quadra is big museum with many sites that carry on each corner of it either map, wall paint, or small peaces of the old Spanish colonial house material. The Museum is new, and free for everyone to visit. 

Mueso de Sitio Bodega Y Quadra is located in the downtown of Lima, Peru near the government Palace and the Cathode  church. The location of the Museum refers to the wealthiness level of the Spanish family that was living in this house during the Spanish colonial period. I have posted a picture of the wall of the old house that has been saved in the museum.

The wall of Lima was shown on the old map of Lima that was posted on the wall of the Bodega Y Quadra Stie Museum, and it shows the African slaves who were living outside of the wall because they were not allowed to live with the Spanish people inside Lima because at that time, they did not allow non-Christians or Pagans to live with them or share the same space with the Christians, and also because they  are slaves. 

I also took a picture of the new map of Lima, Peru which has been taking after the destroy of the wall that separated the city according to their races, and also the map shows the expansion of the Lima city after the destruction of the wall. Grau Avenue is one of  the main streets in Lima city. Grau street was built after the destruction of the wall of segregation that used to be in Lima, and it is been called after the the hero Grau 

The museum held a statue of an African slave who was dressing up as a servant in the Spanish house, and also a statue of a woman who is dressing up nicely which represented the fashion at that period of time.  

We also talked about Rimac river which is known as “  The talking river.”  Amazingly, Lima is named by Spanish people after the Rimac river. Sadly, Rimac river “ Secret River.” is almost dry now. Lima has a secret mountain too called “ Abo mountain” and about 300 secret huacas places. Peruvian respect the nature, and they build their cities around the river, mountain, and other nature places. In other words, they let the nature controls the shape of the city. In other countries, they try to damage the nature and build on it , and its because they respect the nature. Now, in Lima they arebuilding a new high way that connects north to south of Lima, and it makes channels to the Rimac river, so instead of going straight , now it has channels.
Finally, my first day in Peru was awesome, I visited many places,  and had have a delicious food which was a mix of Chinese dishes with Peruvian ingredients at a Chinese restaurant . Also, I enjoyed listening to Spanish throughout theday. 

due to technique issues, i could not upload the pictures throughout the paper, so i posted them all at the end.

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