"No one can make a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little"
- Edmund Burke
I wake with knees swollen to the size of melons, it hurts to squat. I praise my feet in a cold river wash, loving between toes and around ankles. Bug bites swell as if bruised but warm coca tea, socks and my friendly alpaca blanket are comforts in the morning.
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I wear my blanket to breakfasts, lunches and dinner. The silent earth reminds me of what we are all made of. I wish a pilgrimage of this sort to be experienced by every woman, to touch the strong ground and become closer to the sky. I feel motherly. I am trying to be aware of the people and animals here in the present as relationships from past lives.
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Almost too excited to sleep. I am up, packed and breakfasting by 6 a.m. waiting to be picked for the start of our Trek. My guide Jose arrives, our cook Amancio and we pile all our gear and supplies into a white Toyota. I am not looking forward to the 7 hour drive, but it turns out to be a wondrous journey up mountain passes and through cloud forests.
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Anna is a filmmaker, who helped found Round the World with Us to make a difference in the world through video. You can read more about Anna’a adventures at: www.annadavis.wordpress.com
Cusco is an oasis of colors, smells, fresh fruit and comforts catering to the adventurous tourist. Full of lively energy, chilly in the shade but the sun [...]
Watch videos of children in Peru talking about day to day life. Also read Alex’s report on children in Peru and education, family life, food, water, and marriage customs.
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This was Teresa’s first visit to such a poor village. Families live in make shift structures and grass huts, especially since many homes were detroyed in the earthquake in 2007. Read about daily life in the shanty town, meet Corinna, a pillar of the community who shows off her garden for us and even hear about small business in the area – an ice cream man and cola for sale.
Read more »As I teetered under the weight of the unfamiliar backpack at 4 am this morning, Jennifer laughed and said, “Well, it was your idea to backpack around the world!” Today begins a test trip to Peru.
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Starbucks expanding market share in poor Peruvian villages??
Some new friends take us on a trip down the Pan American Highway and we get to see a bit of life in some poor villages. Then we are told we will stop for coffee at Starbucks and I wonder when Starbucks started adding locations next to make-shift shelters on rutted dirt roads. Read the post to see what we found….not just a Starbucks.
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One of the people we met is Erica Shaffer Cuculiza, who has such a bright, energetic, and generous personality. We were very impressed with her work as Director of Tierra y Ser, a non-profit in Peru. Read about their work and see pictures of a school they built and some of the kids they have helped.
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