Tuesday, June 9, 2015

Welcome! ¡Bienvenidos!

Hello everyone!

This will be my blog that I will be using to share stories, experiences, and pictures from my 10 week adventure in Peru. First I will give a little bit of information about myself, Auna Godinez.

I am finishing my second year at Oregon State University majoring in Renewable Materials: Art & Design. I have two minors, Business & Entrepreneurship and Recreation & Resource Management. I was born on the Oregon coast, but grew up in Springfield Oregon. I have two sisters that are my world, Emily and Jamie that are 11 years old and 4 years old. They are a lot of my motivation to keep going, as well as my parents. I love to be outdoors hiking, fishing, and  camping. Cooking is another favorite thing of mine!

This will not be my first experience abroad. During the summer of 2011 I traveled to Europe to visit London, Paris, and Spain. I backpacked El Camino de Santiago from S. France all across N. Spain till I reached the coast (560 miles.) That experience shaped me and taught me so many things I will hold onto forever. I am sad it has taken me this long to arrange my next international adventure!

Even though I am leaving Thursday night to catch my red eye flight to Chicago, I am still figuring out my itinerary. I am going to plan very loosly and do most of my traveling schedules a week or so in advance, but I do have a general idea of what this is all going to look like. I will arrive in Lima  a day or so early to travel. We will be staying there for about a week at the University studying and participating in a class. I will be getting 6 OSU credits for this! Then we will travel to the ITA Inka Terra Association facility in Puerto Maldonado to do field work and research. All together, it is a two week program. I will continue to stay at the research facility for 6 more weeks for an internships. This work will be a lot of searching for new fungi, bird banding, measuring orchids, and community outreach. The next two weeks I will spend traveling around Peru! The for sure thing is my flight itinerary that I will copying to end of this blog.

This blog is mainly for worried family and curious friends, but I hope whoever reaches it will enjoy it. I will probably have a scheduled day for when I post blogs. It will likely be once a week or more often if a lot is happening each day!

Here we go,

Auna Godinez


UA158712:24 a.m.
Fri., Jun. 12, 2015
Portland, OR (PDX)
6:22 a.m.
Fri., Jun. 12, 2015
Chicago, IL (ORD - O'Hare)
Boeing 737-800

Fare Class:
United Economy (S)

Meals: 1
No Special Meal Offered.
Flight Time:
3 hr 58 mn
 
 UA16017:32 a.m.
Fri., Jun. 12, 2015
Chicago, IL (ORD - O'Hare)
10:42 a.m.
Fri., Jun. 12, 2015
New York/Newark, NJ (EWR - Liberty)
Boeing 737-900

Fare Class:
United Economy (S)

Meals: 1
No Special Meal Offered.
Flight Time:
2 hr 10 mn
 
 UA10952:10 p.m.
Fri., Jun. 12, 2015
New York/Newark, NJ (EWR - Liberty)
9:05 p.m.
Fri., Jun. 12, 2015
Lima, Peru (LIM)
Boeing 757-200

Fare Class:
United Economy (S)

Meals: None
Flight Time:
7 hr 55 mn
 
 UA85512:35 a.m.
Mon., Aug. 31, 2015
Lima, Peru (LIM)
7:10 a.m.
Mon., Aug. 31, 2015
Houston, TX (IAH - Intercontinental)
Boeing 767-300

Fare Class:
United Economy (S)

Meals: 1
Flight Time:
6 hr 35 mn
 
 UA11269:00 a.m.
Mon., Aug. 31, 2015
Houston, TX (IAH - Intercontinental)
10:31 a.m.
Mon., Aug. 31, 2015
Denver, CO (DEN)
Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner

Fare Class:
United Economy (S)

Meals: None
Flight Time:
2 hr 31 mn
 
 UA19623:15 p.m.
Mon., Aug. 31, 2015
Denver, CO (DEN)
4:58 p.m.
Mon., Aug. 31, 2015
Portland, OR (PDX)
Boeing 737-900

Fare Class:
United Economy (S)

Meals: None
Flight Time:
2 hr 43 mn


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