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Fall 2010
October 5, 2010
We donned our hiking shoes, grabbed our cameras, and headed out to some fantastic archaeological sites during our trip to Cusco and the nearby Sacred Valley. Of…
- Our guide Salvador explains the amazing stonework at Sacsayhuaman
- Our guide at Tipon
- Amazing aqueducts at Tipon
- Amazing aqueducts at Tipon near the source
- On the steps at Tipon
- Ollantaytambo
- The steps at Ollantaytambo
- Pisaq ruins
- Temple at Pisaq
- The Sacred Valley from Ollantaytambo
- At the ruins at Ollantaytambo
- Temple at Pisaq
- Pisaq
- Mountain trail at Pisaq
- Streets of Ollantaytambo
- View from our hotel at Ollantaytambo
- Salt mines at Maras
- Circular terraces of Moray
- Political rally in Chinchero
- Market in Chinchero
- Traditional dance in Cusco
- Eating cuy
- San Jeronimo host mom
- San Jeronimo host mom
- San Jeronimo host mom
- San Jeronimo host family
- Filming a dance video at Tipon
- Machu Picchu
- Relaxing on Machu Picchu
- Sacred cave on Machu Picchu
- Guest houses on Machu Picchu
- Vista of Wayna Picchu
- Atop Machu Picchu
- Amazing steps at Machu Picchu
- On the train
October 3, 2010
We recently spent a week in the Andean city of Cusco, a short flight and a world away from our base in Lima. Most tourists visit Cusco…
- Moving adobe bricks to build Clemencia’s wall
- Bulls join us for service in Lucre
- Moving rocks for a new wall
- Moving rocks at Clemencia’s house
- After second day of service in Lucre
- Clemencia’s mini-cuy farm at her house
- Chicks in Clemencia’s house in Lucre
- Shoveling dirt to prepare an adobe wall
- More dirt transportation at Clemencia’s house in Lucre
- Moving dirt in Lucre
- The pile of dirt gets smaller and smaller
- A friend brings reeds to make adobe bricks
- After service with Clemencia at her house in Lucre
- Lunch on a mountain road in Lucre
- Breaktime
- Relaxing after a long day in San Jeronimo
- With Pastor Roberto, Pastor Eloy, and Urias in Huarcapay
- Gathering for health education
- Registering names
- Distributing anti-parasite medicine
- Gathering for health education
- The basics of good teeth brushing
- Handing out toothpaste and brushes
- Brushing teeth
- Host mom at school in Huarcapay
- Health education in Huarcapay
September 27, 2010
Peru has more than its fair share of beauty, from the mountains to the ocean to Peruvians themselves. Last week the SSTers paid special attention to beauty…
- Eduardo Arroyo talks about ethnicity and culture in Peru
- Eliana shows us the final product
- Ricardo Mauriola describes the materials they use
- semillas (seeds)-turned-beads
- various seeds and stones used in jewelry
- samples of their work
- using seeds from the jungle to create jewelry
- Pedro Farias demonstrates a dance
- on their feet
- warming up…
- …and away we go!
September 21, 2010
We’ve been busy here in Lima. In the last week we tried our hand(s) at the cajon, a wooden box-type drum that originated in Peru. Our instructor,…
- Camilo Ballumbrosio shows us how it’s done
- Everybody takes a turn on the cajon
- The “before” picture of the school in Chaclacayo
- The painters
- before the SSTers arrived…
- …and after
- Halfway through the painting day
- after a full day’s work
- cleanup time
- the water treatment facility in southeast Lima
- touring the plant
- in the garden behind the water treatment facility
- studying a map of Lima
- visiting “Huyana Copac,” a city park
- a mid-afternoon break at the park
- arriving at Pachacamac
- Pachacamac, Lima’s major archeological site
- a religious center for more than 1500 years before the Spanish arrived
- A view of a bullfighting ring from Pachacamac
September 12, 2010
It’s hard to believe only a week has passed since our last update. The last seven days have been filled with a little bit of everything: Spanish…
- Happy to have made it to the top of Cerro San Cristobal (409 meters)
- A foggy view of Lima from atop the hill
- Dogs in Lima, view 1
- The beginnings of a Fall Peru SST band?
- The massive cross atop Cerro San Cristobal
- On tour in downtown Lima
- Dogs in Lima, view 2
- A Chifa lunch in Lima’s Barrio Chino (Chinatown)
- Strolling through Chinatown
- Outside the oldest market in Lima
- Group photo in the Plaza de Armas in downtown Lima
- A picturesque route to the central post office
- At Santo Domingo Monastery, the chapel dedicated to the Peruvian saint Martin de Porres
- Study coordinator Celia and guide Julia show us an early meeting room of San Marcos, the oldest university in the Americas
- Jim Plunkett shares highlights from the last five decades of Peruvian politics
- Taste-testing a variety of teas for a variety of ailments
- Alicia Taipe Tello shows some of the herbs used in traditional medicine
- Waiting for the bus
- Lollipops for the journey
- close quarters for our ride south
- On the way to Villa Martha
- Cleaning the museum on the campus of Villa Martha
- The lunch crew
- with Willy, the service coordinator
- the garden
- Cows at Villa Martha
- One of the bedrooms at Villa Martha
- At lunchtime
- playtime!
- Taking a walk down to the river
- Lima dogs, view 3
- songleaders
- a little night music
- With donated blankets
- on the way to climb Lomas de Lucumo
- A mototaxi to the mountain
- At the summit
- arroz con pollo
September 5, 2010
Our two days of orientation covered the basics of life in Lima—transportation, communication, money, health, and safety, among other topics—as well as some long walks, short bus…
- Outside of the building where we’ll be attending lectures and classes
- examining Peruvian currency–the nuevo sol
- walking to the market
- admiring the ocean
- learning to play “elephant”
- Playing “Elephant”
- More post-lunch fun
- Breaking the ice
- Getting ready to play “Flying Dutchman”
- Racing to beat the other team
- Step by step, down to the beach
- Still on the way down
- Almost there…
- Finally! The Pacific!
- skipping stones in the Pacific
- Lucas, enjoying a chance to be with the students
- At the water’s edge
- on the way back up
- View of the stairs from the bottom of the bluff
- the climb!
- taking a break after reaching the top
- First dinner in Lima
- Enjoying Peruvian cuisine and some Inca Cola
- Alicia and her daughter Juliana present some Peruvian fruit for us to try
- Willy helps serve tuna, a fruit from the jungle
- Maracuya and sugar cane
- Introducing new fruit
- The first taste of chiramoya
- a grenadilla for everyone!
- learning how to eat grenadillas
- listening to Willy’s story about his life
- We all fit into one combi (the microbuses popular in Lima)
- Meeting the host families
- Host mother Ena, coordinator Celia Vasquez, and director Kevin Gary
September 3, 2010
After a long day of travel the Peru SSTers landed safely in Lima. Director Kevin Gary and coordinator Celia Vasquez met the group of travelers at Jorge…
- The first two out of the gate
- Safely on the ground
- On the bus to Home Peru
August 28, 2010
Tucked between the Pacific Ocean on the west and the foothills of the Andes on the east, Peru’s capital city, Lima, has nearly 9 million residents—almost a…
- Heather & Kevin–Peru SST directors for 2010-11
- The Lima Welcome Committee
- A street in Lima Centro
- The Plaza de Armas
- Palacio de Gobierno–the president’s house
- Cerro San Cristobal, from downtown Lima
- The entrance to Lima’s Chinatown
- Climbing to the top of Huaca Huallamarca, one of Lima’s pre-Columbian sites
- Climbing down
- The cliffs of Miraflores
