Peru 2011

The Past Week

Posted by Jonah, group member Sunday was a day of rest spent with our families. It was a perfect dayto wash clothes, play with the children, and evolve the personalrelationship with the families. With the beautiful weather manyfamilies spent the day outside hiking, playing volleyball, or exploringnature. At three, we met as a group at

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Peru week 3

We spoke with one of the leaders, Nico, yesterday and have a brief update. More to come from the group themselves later this weekend. The overall group morale has been great! Nico is very impressed at how strong the group has been despite a few bouts of minor illness. They really bonded during a talking

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Allin Punchay Kuchan!

Allin Púnchay kuchan! That means good day in Quechua, the native Peruvian language. We arrived at our homestay village Munaypata, on Saturday afternoon. We were greeted by a festive welcoming party prepared for us by our homestay families. The group was partnered off and placed with a family. We will be staying with them for the next three weeks

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Peru Week One

Hola from Peru! We have been quite busy, so we haven’t been able to update. Since the last time we wrote, we completed the Lares Trek. It was four days and three nights of hiking through the Andes (the Urabamba range) and camping. The meals were delicious, starting with our first night in Wacawasi (literally

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