Claudia Favre
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Claudia Farve: Journal Entry 7/16/2006
Today we’re just hanging out. A big group of us watched the movie, V for Vendetta, a must see! Erin and I went on one last date tonight. We refuse to leave Peru without trying cuy (guinea pig)! It’s funny because their guinea pigs are...
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Claudia Farve: Journal Entry 7/15/2006
Erin and I woke up way too early and didn’t really have anything to do. We found a decent bakery and then walked around town and down to the river. We flew back to Cusco and it feels good to be back! Loki just feels like...
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Claudia Farve: Journal Entry 7/14/2006
We took the boat back to Puerto Maldonado. We went to the local market which was interesting because now I can compare the markets in every region (coastal, highlands, and jungle) of Peru! Japipi is a butterfly farm that we visited next. Our guide was...
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Claudia Farve: Journal Entry 7/13/2006
We met for breakfast at 5:30 a.m. We took a 5 minute boat ride to the Tambopata Nature Reserve. We walked around the interpretation center for a bit and then we took a one and a half hour hike to Lake Sandovial. We stopped a lot on the trail to look at...
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Claudia Farve: Journal Entry 7/12/2006
We woke up at 4 a.m., this morning to visit the Clay Lick. We took a long boat ride and saw the sun rise over the river. It was gorgeous! The Clay Lick is an area that the parakeets flock to every morning. They lick the clay in order to get minerals necessary for...
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Claudia Farve: Journal Entry 7/11/2006
Erin and I had a very short flight this morning. It was 25 minutes from Cusco to Puerto Maldanado by plane or 3 days by bus. There’s no in-between in this country. Puerto Maldanado is in the Amazon rainforest. We stayed at the...
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Claudia Farve: Journal Entry 7/10/2006
Vickie left early this morning, so now it is down to me and Erin. We slept a lot today and also spent a lot of time emailing and catching up with people. We visited the...
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Claudia Farve: Journal Entry 7/7/2006
I went rafting on the Apurimac River with Erin and Vickie. Also in our raft were two guys, Adam and Blake (who go to med school in New Orleans), a guide, Nice (who is a world class kayak competitor), and two others who helped with the gear boat and safety precautions, Segundo and Americano. For three days we didn’t see...
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Claudia Farve: Journal Entry 7/6/2006
Day four was pretty exciting because we knew how close we were to Machu Picchu, the sacred fortress of the Incas. It was named after the mountain, Machu Picchu, which means "old mountain". We could see the mountain nearly all...
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Claudia Farve: Journal Entry 7/3/2006
My trek to Machu Picchu was through a company called Mayuc. It was a four day, three night deal. Me, Erin, Vickie, and Ellen, plus a young couple from Seattle, Jay and Meg, made the journey together. We had 11 porters, a cook, and a guide. It was a bit ridiculous at times. I’m not used to having people...
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Claudia Farve: Journal Entry 7/2/2006
The eight of us and some of our new friends took the Sacred Valley tour today. The Sacred Valley of the Incas still holds strong to their heritage and proudly displays the many archeological complexes that remain. We visited...
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Claudia Farve: Journal Entry 7/1/2006
I awoke around 3 a.m. to get ready for my flight to Cusco. I flew with Erin, Vickie, Leigh, Greta, Heidi, Ellen, and Angela. We spent most of the day just exploring Cusco, which is the...
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Claudia Farve: Journal Entry 6/30/2006
This month has gone by so fast! We threw a little party on the roof of our hotel on Wednesday night. All of our professors came, plus the Peruvians, and it was...
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Claudia Farve: Journal Entry 6/25/2006
Sunday, I went to catholic mass in a huge cathedral in Park Kennedy. Obviously, it was in Spanish so I didn’t really understand anything but it was neat to see the service. There were hundreds of people there and there is a service every hour! Afterwards, a big group of us went shopping. Everything is...
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Claudia Farve: Journal Entry 6/24/2006
This morning, I finally went on a run. There is a great trail that goes along the cliff above the ocean and has a lot of parks, statues, and murals along the way. For lunch, one of my Peruvian friends, Paola, met up with a group of us and took us to china town. I have never been to a china town so it was a whole new experience for me! Everyone agreed that it was...
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Claudia Farve: Journal Entry 6/21/2006
On Wednesday, we visited the sites where our research will be taking place. There are four groups of researchers. At one of the nurseries we visited, we asked them what they knew about America and one 5 year old told us...
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Claudia Farve: Journal Entry 6/19/2006
Today is my 21st birthday! It’s not quite as exciting in a country where the legal drinking age is 16!!! We went to the market this morning to observe the differences between the one in Huaraz and the one that we previously visited in Lima. The old women are just...
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Claudia Farve: Journal Entry 6/18/2006
Today is Father’s Day and I had no way of contacting my Dad this morning. There are no internet cafés open that early on a Sunday morning and my tour left at 9 a.m. We went to the...
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Claudia Farve: Journal Entry 6/17/2006
Our whole program arrived in Huaraz late last night. When we woke up, it was obvious how much better it is in the mountains than in Lima. We could see the blue sky and feel the warm sun. It’s the little things I miss! We had a jam packed day of...
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Claudia Farve: Journal Entry 6/11/2006
I woke up with the intentions of going to see a Catholic mass this morning. By the time we got to Barranco, another district in Lima, we only had enough time to catch the tail end of the service and the next one didn’t start for 2 hours. The cathedral was...
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Claudia Farve: Journal Entry 6/10/2006
Today, I experienced a Peruvian field trip to the zoo. I went with 5 other Americans, 2 Peruvians, and one of their mothers. The zoo is divided into sections that correspond to the regions of their country – coast, mountains, and amazons. There were animals that I had never...
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Claudia Farve: Journal Entry 6/9/2006
Today was not my favorite day. I was all pumped up about going to the local hospital to work in a clinical setting. However, after seeing a presentation welcoming us to the dietetic department, I remembered how easily I...
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Claudia Farve: Journal Entry 6/8/2006
This morning we went to visit a nursery. In one of our lectures yesterday, we learned some techniques for taking anthropometrics for children – height and weight. I worked with two other Americans and one Peruvian weighing and measuring the...
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Claudia Farve: Journal Entry 6/7/2006
Yesterday, we had some lectures about the main nutritional problems in Peru, such as vitamin A deficiency, anemia, obesity, and others. We also had a lecture about breast feeding and practiced making observations. Lunch was entertaining because Erin and I went to...
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Claudia Farve: Journal Entry 6/5/2006
Today we started our actual program. It is called International Nutrition in Peru and my first module is clinical dietetics. We started the morning off at the institute of nutrition research in Lima. They have a long history and have done wonderful things for...
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Claudia Farve: Journal Entry 6/4/2006
The keyboards are a little different in Peru, I´m not quite used to them yet. It´s been sort of a nightmare so far. Chicago had a bunch of weather problems, so my flight ended up being delayed by about...
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