September 11, 2009 - Peru!

I had the experience of a lifetime in the most beautiful place on earth!  Absolutely wonderful place, great food, but best of all, the people!  I had the opportunity to spend quite a bit of time with the locals, and that changed my life more than anything!  So, here are a few pictures of this experience.



The Ashaninka's are a jungle tribe whose main income is coffee.  My kind of people!  So warm, so hospitable.  But then again, it's Peru!  Who isn't??



You might want to click on this one and enlarge it for the full scale of the picture.  This is a suburb of Lima known as Chosica. I took this from the roof of my friend Miguel's house.  These are just the foothills of the mountains.  Before it was all said and done I would be hanging out at 15,000 feet.




These are two Ahaninka boys that are about to participate in a dance.  Actually, I danced with them too.  They didn't know the "running man", but they caught on to the "sprinkler"!




Upon arriving in the city of Ayacucho, high in the mountains, we were greeted by this traditional brass band.  I am glad that the story doesn't end there, because we celebrated the dedication of one of their churches by marching in a parade around the city!  What a fun adventure!  I have way more to show you, and if I can get around to it, I plan on posting more in the coming days!