A learning experience that’s overall incredible

The Peru-Sondor program is the best travel experience I’ve ever had. I needed to get a fieldwork credit for my degree, and I picked this one because it was focused in an area that I wanted to learn more about and it was the best price. Lucky for me, a decision that seemed so random ended up being the best possible choice. The location is breathtaking, the people are incredibly kind and welcoming, and the program itself was better than the website described. The program was split into two portions, a fieldwork section and a lab section. The fieldwork section was a crash course in field-based archaeology that was good for beginners and professionals. The lab section consisted of lectures, an ethnography project, and the option for independent projects. Dr. Kurin worked with all of the students on any questions they had and facilitated a number of independent research projects with the majority of us. We had free time on the weekends to visit other cities and sites if we so chose. I’m still in contact with nearly everyone I met while out there. I left the program with a renewed love of archaeology and I recommend the program to anyone with any interest in visiting Peru and its history.