I saw my first llama down the street from our hostal. They are so cute, but we scared him with all our picture-taking and gawking. All I could think about was how I could make a cute sweater out of him....

My favorite part of this trip was my daily trip to the Inca Baths. Incan kings used to come here to bath in the natural hot springs and now it is a popular place for locals and tourists. There was no hot water at our hostal (shocking..!) so every morning at 6am my roomates and I got up before everyone else so we could be the first ones there. I also had a scary massage... no one can compare to my Momma.

Since the excavation is finished for this summer, we were rewarded with a trip to Cajamarca. The city is in the highlands, and yes, we were on a scary bus winding through mountain roads at 100 miles per hour. It was terrifying! This the view from the hostal we are staying at.

At the top of the summit there where three huge white crosses. Every three years the people of Cerro Blanco reinact the crucifiction of Christ and carry these crosses up the mountain (in their flip flops!)

Today I was part of a group of 4 that decided to climb to the summit of the mountain. It was the most challenging hike I have ever been on, but it was worth it when I finally got to the top. This is me and Stephanie in front of the valley.

My group: Mike, me, Maggie and Rebecca. Our group is awesome!

Maggie and I after a long day of sorting through buckets of things that had been dug up. We were the cleanest ones in our group!