Alexa Frongillo
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  • Don't they know Thanksgiving hasn't happened yet!?
  • Tree decorations here
  • Sweet kitty in JFK park
  • Turkey day crew
  • A feast
  • One of many chow downs through the day

  • Hola, beautiful Cusco
  • Fountain near the hostel, Cusco, Peru
  • Selina Hostel, Cusco
  • Plaza de Armas, Cusco
  • Cusco at dusk
  • On the road to the mountains
  • #terrified
  • #yup, #terrified
  • Local artisan
  • Sacred Valley, Peru
  • Pisac, Peru
  • View from Pisac ruins
  • Lunch venue
  • New friends who sold me a llama keychain
  • Ollantaytambo, Peru
  • Ollantaytambo from above
  • Oh hey, 7 wonder
  • Gal pals
  • Peep the alpaca beanie
  • #shook
  • Machu Picchu Parea squad
  • Unreal
  • Making friends all over
  • Machu Picchu
  • Super thrilled tourists that got up at 5am
  • Machu Picchu
  • Machu Picchu
  • Machu Picchu
  • Aguas Calientes, Peru
  • Aguas Calientes, Peru
  • Field with a view
  • Back in Cusco, Peru
  • Cusco, Peru
  • Climbin'
  • Peruvian hairless dog...natural beauties
  • Cusco from above
  • Cusco from above...I meannnnn yes please!
  • Up at 3:30am to hike in the clouds
  • En route to Humantay Lake
  • At 14,000 ft, greeted with this
  • Oh heyyyy
  • Luckily, it cleared
  • Humantay Lake, Peru
  • The only other Parean to brave it with me
  • Humantay Lake, Peru
  • New friends!
  • Beauties on the hike down
  • Check this view, though
  • Almost down to the bottom
  • Cusco, you win
  • Cusco, you win
  • Cusco, you win
  • Cusco, you win

  • Lima La Gris
  • A must try
  • Views from a morning run
  • Mercado 1
  • Lots of new produce in Mercado 1
  • On the road, north of Lima
  • Country roads...
  • Caral UNESCO Archaeological Site
  • Caral UNESCO Archaeological Site
  • Caral UNESCO Archaeological Site
  • Ruined photo, ruined day #ruins
  • Your newest leaders
  • Caral UNESCO Archaeological Site
  • Mototaxis outside the city
  • Paracas, Peru
  • Paracas, Peru from the sea
  • Taking it in...also, safety first
  • I spy sea lions
  • Can you spot the pelicans? Also this smelled like bird poop
  • Tacama vineyard, oldest in South America
  • Tacama, Ica, Peru
  • Wine squad
  • Tacama, Ica, Peru
  • Lighting: 10/10
  • Vines with a view
  • 'Group photo!'
  • Wine tasting or chemistry class?
  • Vino
  • Cozy BnB in Ica, Peru
  • Cozy BnB in Ica, Peru
  • Huacachina, Peru
  • Loading into the buggies
  • Gal pals
  • Hold on tight!
  • Face protection: check.
  • This was fun.
  • My boss > your boss
  • Golden hour
  • RY Track Weekend Success
  • Sun setting over the dunes
  • Sunset for the books
  • Huacachina, Ica, Peru

  • Downtown Miraflores by night
  • My (very plain) room for the month
  • Mercado 28, Miraflores
  • Aji de Gallina 10/10
  • Comunal Grau, one of our three workspaces this month
  • Cute store in Barranco, Lima
  • Barranco with style
  • Art gallery cafe, Barranco
  • Respondona: a woman who talks back
  • More Barranco style
  • Never enough coast
  • A night out...
  • Didn't even bother taking pictures of the food, too good to wait
  • Inside Astrid y Gaston
  • Our ride to San Juan de Lurigancho
  • Homemade pachamanca ('food of the Earth')
  • Roof coming up!
  • Walls of the house coming up!
  • Team work makes the dream work
  • Team work makes the dream work
  • The house we painted (don't have pics of the one we built)
  • No fun was had
  • Star Kids Club, San Juan de Lurigancho
  • A Peruvian must
  • Always a good idea
  • RY team plus the leaders of Make a Miracle for the day
  • San Juan de Lurigancho, Peru
  • San Juan de Lurigancho, Peru
  • Street scenes in Miraflores

  • Cliff walk first looks, Miraflores, Lima
  • Peeking through at the Park of Love
  • Larcomar shopping center
  • El Parque del Amor
  • Two Remote Year groups collide
  • Lima is gonna be fun....
  • 4 way intersection...no stop signs...no crosswalks
  • All kinds of parking
  • Oh hello Incan ruins out of nowhere
  • Huaca Pucllana, Miraflores, Lima
  • Traffic, traffic, traffic
  • Spring in San Isidro, Lima
  • Amaz Restaurant
  • Jungle food for the soul
  • Miraflores center
  • Kids trick-or-treating through shopping centers
  • Barranco by Halloween night
  • Fun times
  • Fun times...yes, I'm chicken
  • Parea + Fernweh = Pernwea
  • Sunset 10/10
  • Another view of Larcomar shopping center
  • This cliff walk thouggghhh, can't get enough
  • Museum of Contemporary Art, Barranco, Lima
  • More signs of spring
  • Barranco street art
  • Barranco street art
  • Barranco street art
  • Downtown Barranco, Lima
  • Plaza San Martin, Downtown Lima
  • Plaza San Martin, Downtown Lima
  • Plaza de Armas, Lima
  • Plaza de Armas, Lima
  • Dance circles downtown
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