Peru: Wk.1 Travel Reflection
I’ve now been in Lima, Peru for a week and it feels like a month has gone by. It’s incredible to experience the passing of time in a whole new way going from Covid sameness to a world of newness— people, places and experiences. Here’s the highlights from the week:
meeting my TRAVEL FAM
I’m traveling with 15 other people in my immediate group. The first week, we only had 11 of us as a few were waiting on negative covid results after testing positive. They’ll be joining us in week-2. We will also be joined by another program who got re-routed since Asia is currently closed due to Covid. They’re a group of 22 so will add quite a few to our numbers. So far I’m so pleased with all of the people here. We gelled instantly and have had dinners and different bonding events every night of the week. Since this is a work and travel program, most spend the days working in the cowork space and then we meet up late afternoon/evening.
We’re super lucky this month to all be living in the same building, have a cowork space in the building and a restaurant & cafe downstairs. It’s super common to run into people in the elevator, grabbing a bite downstairs or at the workspace and connect. It’s lent well to impromptu walks, coffee/lunch/dinner dates and all around bonding! The other countries we visit, we’ll be spread across the city in different apartment buildings, so we’re really taking advantage of the time here to get to know each other.
