Julia catches a nap in Lima-under a quilt made by her great grandma :)

No luggage arrived with us in Lima. After traveling for about 13 hours most of the group grabbed a nap while Mr. Gust filled out all of the claim slips for our luggage and arranged to have it sent to our camp to meet us. This meant that American Airlines had to fly our luggage to Iquitos, then put it on a boat for a 4-hour trip down the Amazon to our camp. A dose of luggage kharma for the airlines!

Peru - Rain Forest 2008 Saugatuck

June 5th 2008
After more than a year of studying, fundraising and preparing for the trip, we were finally leaving for our long-awaited trip to the rain forest -- a ten-day trip to Peru. Day 1 … Thursday 6/5/08 We met up at the school and boarded the school bus by 6:40 a.m. Eighteen 7th and 8th graders, two teachers three parents and two grandparents. And luggage, lots of luggage. A duffel, back pa ... read more

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