Reunited again!!
Horse back riding around Saksaywaman and the temple of the moon.
Quad biking at Maras and Maray..
Machu Picchu and Climbing Waynu Picchu...
Via Farreta and Zipline in the Sacred Valley... (400m climb and 2000m zipline down)
Tuesday 10 June 2014
Well deserved Rest and Relaxation..
Just thought I would share some of my post CSC experience in Cusco.. :)
Reunited again!!
Horse back riding around Saksaywaman and the temple of the moon.
Quad biking at Maras and Maray..
Reunited again!!
Horse back riding around Saksaywaman and the temple of the moon.
Quad biking at Maras and Maray..
Friday 30 May 2014
Sad to be happy!
This is finally it, today we completed our final team executive presentations. All the speakers today did an amazing job, displaying all their hard work and experiences. There were definitely quite a few touching moments to be had by all. Below is a final group picture taken after.
This was for most of us our final day together and in Cusco, and even though we are all going to be now separated by great distances on land and water. We will always be the friends we were in Cusco! Thank you all to the team and the people we met along the way. An amazing time and I have learned so much from every one of you!
Thursday 29 May 2014
Sharing the Canadian spirit!!
Just wanted to share pictures of all my new friends.. Sporting their new Canadian spirit!! :)
Wednesday 28 May 2014
Client Presentation Day
Today is the big day!! Our team has worked very hard to get to this point, not only here in Cusco, but through the application process, pre-work and preparation work, which took place over the course of a year before arriving here. Looking back on this last month, we completed all the stages as we had planned. Week 1, getting to know our client and refining the statement of work. Week 2, researching, Week 3, developing our solution and week 4, preparing our final presentation with our solution deliverables.
Our meeting was scheduled for 11am and even though we were very good at keeping the customer up to speed with our solution and results, we were (or at least I was) still quite nervous. This was real, this was the final, will we simply meet their expectations or will we exceed them?
Well after a solid 3 hours (which felt like just over 30 minutes), we concluded our final presentation and received some great questions a feedback from our client. I believe it is safe to say from our detailed survey that the client was very pleased with our results and the additional value added protions on Project Management Framework and LSS methodologies.
Here is our celebration picture!! All smiles just for the record! :)
(right to left: Helena Myer, Shirley Pazos (the client; aka The Boss), Arun Joshi, Ana Miranda, Jeff Robbins (Me) and Rita Vargas)
Our meeting was scheduled for 11am and even though we were very good at keeping the customer up to speed with our solution and results, we were (or at least I was) still quite nervous. This was real, this was the final, will we simply meet their expectations or will we exceed them?
Well after a solid 3 hours (which felt like just over 30 minutes), we concluded our final presentation and received some great questions a feedback from our client. I believe it is safe to say from our detailed survey that the client was very pleased with our results and the additional value added protions on Project Management Framework and LSS methodologies.
Here is our celebration picture!! All smiles just for the record! :)
(right to left: Helena Myer, Shirley Pazos (the client; aka The Boss), Arun Joshi, Ana Miranda, Jeff Robbins (Me) and Rita Vargas)
Sunday 25 May 2014
Life of a tourist. :) (Part 3 - South Valley Tipon, Pikillacta)
On our final group adventure, we toured the South Valley.
A little side note:
I need to take a minute to mention that the weather had been changing, nights getting colder (not Canadian cold) but more brisk. Where the sun in the daytime can sometimes feel like someone is holding a magnifying glass over your head. (when they say sunscreen, hat and layers, it's not a joke) Around 5pm when the sun drops, you want to be close to a sweater.
Back to the tour:
Tipon is a complex set of Inca Ruins, located in the east of Cusco, on the Road to Puno / Titicaca Lake.
A little side note:
I need to take a minute to mention that the weather had been changing, nights getting colder (not Canadian cold) but more brisk. Where the sun in the daytime can sometimes feel like someone is holding a magnifying glass over your head. (when they say sunscreen, hat and layers, it's not a joke) Around 5pm when the sun drops, you want to be close to a sweater.
Back to the tour:
Tipon is a complex set of Inca Ruins, located in the east of Cusco, on the Road to Puno / Titicaca Lake.
It is believed as having been used by the Incas to cultivate vegetables for the upper and prayers class, and for ceremonial purposes.
The Ruins, as many Peruvian Ruins, are very well kept, but what makes it unique is its large system of irrigations pipelines, spreading water on the wide terraces.
The water continuously flows, and many scientists regularly come to understand how the architecture of the site.
The Pikillaqta site is located at the east of Cusco, belonging to the sitrict of Quispicanchi. This site was not built by Inca, it was built before their time. The population living in this place were called the Wari, and used different materials to build their houses, such as earth, which gives the houses the red colour.
The site is supposed to have been a religious place, abandoned at some point of time.
We finished the day by visiting the Andahuaylillas village, with its gorgeous church, also know as the Sistine Chapel of Latin America. The walls are fully painted by scenes of the life of San Jeronimo, as the church is dedicated to him. The Church was built by the Spanish community but to reach more easily the indigenous population, painted texts were presented in Queshua, Wari language and Castillano. We were not allowed to take pictures in side of course.
The Ruins, as many Peruvian Ruins, are very well kept, but what makes it unique is its large system of irrigations pipelines, spreading water on the wide terraces.
The water continuously flows, and many scientists regularly come to understand how the architecture of the site.
The Pikillaqta site is located at the east of Cusco, belonging to the sitrict of Quispicanchi. This site was not built by Inca, it was built before their time. The population living in this place were called the Wari, and used different materials to build their houses, such as earth, which gives the houses the red colour.
The site is supposed to have been a religious place, abandoned at some point of time.
We finished the day by visiting the Andahuaylillas village, with its gorgeous church, also know as the Sistine Chapel of Latin America. The walls are fully painted by scenes of the life of San Jeronimo, as the church is dedicated to him. The Church was built by the Spanish community but to reach more easily the indigenous population, painted texts were presented in Queshua, Wari language and Castillano. We were not allowed to take pictures in side of course.
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