Today is my last day in Peru and we have to wait in the airport for 12 hours. The last few days have been some of the best. We spent two days in Lima shopping and eating. We ate at the buffet at the Marriott which cost about 100 soles or $30. It was totally worth the money because the food was delicious and it was everyone else's last day. After Lima we took a plane to Cusco and explored the city until our bus left. Cusco was very cool I wish we had spent more time there. We then took the train to Machu Picchu pueblo and spent the night there. We woke up really early in the morning and hiked up to Machu Picchu. I really enjoyed the hike and we got some awesome pictures. We then went back to cusco and struggled to find a hostel. After only a couple hours of sleep we got on a plane back to Lima and now we are in the airport. I am really glad we decided to go to Machu Picchu on our own because the highlands were very pretty and a big contrast the Nasca. I am now very excited to go home and get a shower and sleep in my own bed.

Today was our last day of lab work! Honestly everyone is a little glad to be do e the last couple of days in the lab have been a little rough. We will clean our rooms tomorrow and then they have a exercise for us in the evening and then we are free to do whatever. We will take the bus back to Lima after that which will be a pretty long ride but I'm sure we will all relax. I am almost ready to go home but one more week until I'm back in the States. I hope to post some more pictures soon!

After we closed out my unit they moved me to unit 3 because one of the other girls was not feeling well. We got to 188 cm down into the joke before we ht the base of a huarango post and had to finish excavations because of safety hazards. We mapped that unit today and then took final pictures of the unit. We are officially done and tomorrow is the last day in the field. Today we back filled all of the units. The operation of hints that included both of the units I worked in took the longest to fill in. Backfilling is definitely not my favorite thing to do. It was a lot of work and some people could not handle the load which meant more work for the rest of us. On the bright side I got a good workout and even worked up a good sweat. Alison and I have been running everyday so I have been sleeping very well and been very hungry. The food at the restaurant we eat at every night The Huarango is very good and I generally finish the whole plate. Dinner is a little bit late because we get up at 5 in the morning but that is the culture here. Dinner is not until at least 7 but usually it is worth the wait. I am kind of missing Mexican food though. Tomorrow we will do surface collections and it will be our final day in the field. After that we will have one week left in Nasca where we will try and finish up lab work and then we will be headed back to Lima. Hopefully I will be able to post some pictures soon. Until next time.