Keeping it Jungle Casual in Urubamba

One of the hundreds of stray dogs straight chillin on the street.

Below are a bunch of pictures from the last few days in Urubamba.  You'll see a bunch of photos from the everyday hustle and bustle on the street, some political proaganda, and some up close and personal shots of animals at the circus!

Emily selling organic yogurt in the market, made fresh daily from the milk of the cows on our farm.

Typical set up of a market stand with fresh produce and bread.

Wednesday's and Friday's are the busiest days in the market.  Women flock to the center of Urubamba early in the morning from neighboring villages with bags and bags of fresh fruits and vegetables.

A shot of the indoor market from above.

The market street at its finest. We usually work under the blue tent in the bottom left of the picture.

Poltical advertisement on the wall of a building.  Tomorrow's election day, and a bunch of Peruvian military forces have entered Uru in the last couple days to police the streets and limit the chance of mayhem.  Talk about a buzzkill. I've always wanted to be that guy chucking Molotov cocktails in assless chaps. Call me crazy.

On Friday at work in the greenhouse, we ventured off to the to the park behind our fields where the Peruvian circus was in town! Only two things in this world scare me: Nuclear War and circus folk- small hands and smell like cabbage. Anyways, we crept under the main tent and got some cool pictures of the animals.

Lila, the baby cow on our farm, is only about 20 days old.

Mufasa big chillin in his cage before the show

Striking resemblance to my brother's "v8 splash" photoshoot in Milan. This monkey was loving the attention, and we were loving his sass.

So that's the photo-recap of the last few days here.  I got to sleep in past 730am for the first time since my lazydays back at Duke, and it's been an awesome Saturday morning roaming the streets and drinking my coffee.  This afternoon, we're biking to Ollantaytambo, an awesome Incan ruin about 12 miles away, and then coming back to watch a movie together at night.  Sidenote: got a month membership at the local gym this week for 40 soles (about 13 USD), and the Katy Perry, Bieber, and throwback Eminem tunes blasting in Luis' Gym have over-exceeded my expectations.

That's it, that's all. Can't wait to see my mom and sister in 10 days.  To the rest of the family, I'm sure you can't wait for them to be off on your boondoggle so you can revert to Chinese food dinners and laid-back weekends.  It's a win-win for everyone.

Enjoy your weekends,
Chris