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I finally arrived in Cusco. After spending 24 hours in airports and planes I felt like a cold fried egg, but now I am feeling much better. The altitude has not been too troublesome. I slept all day yesterday and had a mild headache , but that was the extent of it. My heart starts pounding after five minutes of walking, but I was already a wuss in the States, so it´s no biggie. My host mom is awesome. She walks around with curlers in her hair and serves up extremely starchy meals. I can´t get a handle on the food here...in the Lima airport there was a restaurant that served ceviche, soup, french fries with fried eggs on top, and asian noodles. I foresee a ton of bread and rice in my future, which I am happy with. There are other volunteers living in my house, which is a huge relief. This goof from Colorado has been showing me around and giving advice, and that has been really helpful. The people of Cusco are very nice, and their Spanish is pretty easy to understand. The only annoying people are the guys that whistle and honk at me when I am walking around. I´d get the same treatment walking down Lancaster street in Salem, but here the whistles are different. In the States it´s like weeeoooh woooo, but here it´s really sharp like SUU SUU. Kind of threatening, but harmless I think. I start volunteering today, so I am excited and a little scared. Scared mostly because I have to figure out the buses, but also because I have never worked with kids. I am really used to people of a wrinkled variety, so this will be an interesting change. I´ll try to get some pictures up as soon as I take more. The city isn´t exactly beautiful but it is amazing to look at. The main streets branch off into these extremely narrow cobblestone roads that have ´´sidewalks´´. I think at this point the most dangerous activity is walking next to cars on these roads. The drivers are kind of maniacs, and traffic laws are more like traffic suggestions. I´m still getting acquainted with everything down here, but so far I am really enjoying it. I´m also sorry if my writing is strange, my brain is struggling with being bilingual.That is all for now, I will update sooner or later.