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Lindy's trip to Peru
Take a look at the video full of pictures from Lindy's trip!
Lindy has visited two regions in the Cuzco area. Here is an excerpt from her blog for one of the trips to Huarqui:
Where we were going there would be no
paved roads or Spanish spoken.. the people that we visited in the
villages spoke quechua...
We walked up to a village that was nearby and these people were in SHOCK to see me. Their reactions were kinda painful... most of the kids were afraid of me as if I were an alien... they had NEVER seen a white person before. I´ll do the best I can to describe the village we were approaching......
This is a place I never could have imagined. Walking up the hillside there is nothing but beautiful scenery surrounding me for miles and miles. This is the land of llamas and alpacas wondering free. Most of the open field had horse wondering free mingling with some pigs and sheep. The animals outnumbered the people by the hundreds. There were some huts- or houses where the people lived. They were made out of rocks stacked on top of each other formed together with dried mud- the ceilings were made of dried grass straw. The doors were no higher then 3 feet... and the few people we came across in the house were not much taller than that. I felt tall for the first time in my life as I ducked to enter the house. The house was a one room I could hold my hands out and nearly touch each wall.... if I took one step left I was in the kitchen one step forward in the dining room and one step to the right the bedroom (no walls) where the entire family slept in one ¨bed¨. As I took those few steps I had to be careful not to step on the dinner.... live guinea pigs that ran around on the floor to be breed for food. That was a sight!
The kids all lined up behind the back of the van and we gave the bags away- each kid walked away with a bag of supplies and everyone got some bread.
The rest of the day was full of adventure as well..... we said good-bye.. and headed to yet another village that was sort of on the way back. This time there had been word we might be coming and as we drove down a dirt road there were kids chasing the van. We got to a middle ground and once again gave out the supplies... kids lined up behind the van anxious to get some treats. The thing that amazed me about all these dirty little kids was how bright their clothing was. Very typical traditional clothes worn by all of them- and you can't help but LOVE the big brown eyes peering up at you. That made the trip all worth it! The work that Greg & Kirsten are doing with Sense the World is admirable work and I got to witness it personally that they are doing some great things throughout the world. I am honored to be able to have worked through their organization.
We walked up to a village that was nearby and these people were in SHOCK to see me. Their reactions were kinda painful... most of the kids were afraid of me as if I were an alien... they had NEVER seen a white person before. I´ll do the best I can to describe the village we were approaching......
This is a place I never could have imagined. Walking up the hillside there is nothing but beautiful scenery surrounding me for miles and miles. This is the land of llamas and alpacas wondering free. Most of the open field had horse wondering free mingling with some pigs and sheep. The animals outnumbered the people by the hundreds. There were some huts- or houses where the people lived. They were made out of rocks stacked on top of each other formed together with dried mud- the ceilings were made of dried grass straw. The doors were no higher then 3 feet... and the few people we came across in the house were not much taller than that. I felt tall for the first time in my life as I ducked to enter the house. The house was a one room I could hold my hands out and nearly touch each wall.... if I took one step left I was in the kitchen one step forward in the dining room and one step to the right the bedroom (no walls) where the entire family slept in one ¨bed¨. As I took those few steps I had to be careful not to step on the dinner.... live guinea pigs that ran around on the floor to be breed for food. That was a sight!
The kids all lined up behind the back of the van and we gave the bags away- each kid walked away with a bag of supplies and everyone got some bread.
The rest of the day was full of adventure as well..... we said good-bye.. and headed to yet another village that was sort of on the way back. This time there had been word we might be coming and as we drove down a dirt road there were kids chasing the van. We got to a middle ground and once again gave out the supplies... kids lined up behind the van anxious to get some treats. The thing that amazed me about all these dirty little kids was how bright their clothing was. Very typical traditional clothes worn by all of them- and you can't help but LOVE the big brown eyes peering up at you. That made the trip all worth it! The work that Greg & Kirsten are doing with Sense the World is admirable work and I got to witness it personally that they are doing some great things throughout the world. I am honored to be able to have worked through their organization.
