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Spring 2011
Just 50 years ago, Lima’s population was close to 1 million. Today the greater metro area is approximately 8.5 million, or nearly one in three Peruvians. The…
- On scene waiting for water trucks
- El Maestro: Not as easy as it looks.
- Hit by a water balloon
The Urubamaba Valley is just to the north of Cusco, and it’s perhaps better known as the Sacred Valley of the Incas. We spent several days visiting…
- Nellie shows us how to prepare wool for dying
- the materials that make various dyes
- feeling the material that goes into the fabric
- natural wool dying demonstration
- naturally dyed yarn
- the weaving process
- outside the colonial church in Chinchero
- at the Chinchero market
- Cuy (guinea pig): a Peruvian delicacy
- enjoying (or at least trying!) a lunch of cuy
- in the concentric farming terraces of Moray
- At Moray
- the Maras salt mines
- more than 7,000 pools produce salt
- taking a break on the way up Pisac ruins
- at Pisac’s archeological site
- high above the ruins at Pisac
- enjoying the Andes
- high above the Urubamba Valley
- farming terraces at Pisac
- the view from Ollantaytambo fortress
- the town of Ollantaytambo
- Ollantaytambo: underground
- yoga at Ollantaytambo
Just outside Cusco are several interesting places from very different eras that we were able to explore during our visit. We started at Tipon, a 500-acre complex…
- farming terraces at Tipon
- water channels at Tipon
- the largest hydraulic system made by the Incas
- posing at Tipon
- Tipon
- talking about irrigation techniques
- the view from our bus
- outside the church in Andahuaylillas
- local festivities on our route to Tipon
- at the Wari city of Pikillaqta
- roaming the 1,500-year-old streets
- natural rock slides at Sacsayhuamán
- the largest stone weighs about 70 tons
- Salvador tells us about Incan masonry
- The view of Cusco’s Plaza de Armas from Sacsayhuamán
- Incan fountains
We took some time to get to know the Cusco area though two service projects. We spent last Friday in the small town of Huacarpay helping move…
- moving rocks in Huacarpay
- surprise find in the rock pile: a toad
- too many rocks + mud = a sticky situation
- a little downtime in the Huacarpay Mennonite Church
- Pastor Eloy welcomes us to the Lucre Mennonite Church
- A good turnout for the health education session
- sizing up the crowd
- starting with some music
- the kids sing for us, too
- The intestinal parasite presentation
- distributing antiparasite medicine
- Talking about toothbushing
- distributing toothbrushes
- post-toothbrushing smiles
- the line at the sink
Our week of travel started in the Andean city of Cusco, a UNESCO world heritage site that is considered Latin America’s archeological capital. By the 15th century…
- waiting for our flight at the Lima airport
- Salvador shows us around town
- exploring the center of Cusco
- in the Plaza de Armas
- an example of Incan masonry
- at Qorikancha
- at Iglesia de Santo Domingo
- meeting host moms…
- …and host brothers…
- …and host sisters…
- …and host dads!
Our visit to Machu Picchu coincided with two interesting anniversaries. First, 2011 is the centennial of Yale University professor (and later U.S. senator) Hiram Bingham’s discovery of…
- At the Ollantaytambo train station
- the start of our trip
- on the train
- the view out our window
- Machu Picchu
- lining up to climb Wayna Picchu
- the Inca Trail
- one of the resident llamas
- chic ponchos
- the Wyna Picchu club
- the end of a long day
- the ride back
Our week began with a lecture by noted scripture scholar Eduardo Arens. Arens, a Catholic priest and author of such books as The Bible without Myths and…
- Eduardo Arens talks about peacemaking
- Mariana Mold de Pease talks about Machu Picchu
- Pedro starts the dance class
Our service this week was at Casa Hogar Juan Pablo II, an orphanage south of Lima that is home to 64 children. A mission of the Catholic…
- on the way to Casa Hogar
- taking a tour
- Black Madonna of Częstochowa icon in the church
- on the way to the market
- lunch at Casa Hogar
- on the tightrope
- singing games
- the orphanage’s neighborhood
- visiting the grave of Casa Hogar’s founder, on the mountian behind the orphanage
- On the mountain behind the orphanage
- group portrait/reflection
- at the Circuito Mágico del Agua, after the evening show
On Friday an hour-long bus ride delivered us from the concrete and noise of Lima to the small, rural village of Quebrada Verde in the coastal mountains…
- The beginning of the trail
- Listening to Alfredo
- getting higher…
- some verde, after all
- At Goshen lunch point
- at the top
- heading back down
- really old petroglyphs
- at a farm in the village
- a model of the village and trail
- at the interpretive center
Tim’s host mom, Eliana, is an artisan who specializes in creating jewelry from natural materials. She came to talk with us a little about her work, and…
- Introducing host mom Eliana
- making necklaces
- making bracelets
- The bracelet project takes teamwork
