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March 24th 2011

Published: March 25th 2011

Sorry, this is a long one and it has almost 100 photos. The internet connection in Iquitos was killing me. We're finally in Lima and leave for the airport in about 5 hours so this will be my only post tonight. This is about the trip to Chipe. I left out the photos of Kusu Chigamai. I'll get them up next. We left Chiclayo for Iquitos Tuesday morning and then we head back to Lima Thursday afternoon.... Read Full Entry

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Mayor Larry

I think Larry was running for Mayor of Chipe. Everyone wanted to shake his hand

Pastor Mariano and Larry

I think Larry said Mariano has been Pastor of this church for over 30 years.

Chipe

Greg meeting old friends

5 stars

We had our own building where they had built bamboo beds about 2 ft off the floor.Mosquito nets and foam mats were added to make it almost comfortable.

Chipe

Everybody came out to see the shjow

Well fed

Before we took off for a short visit to Chigamai they wanted to feed us. Bananas (I think they were cooked in leaves), yuca (a recurring theme) and chicken soup.

The oven

I'm not sure if this was the help or the "in the way" group.

Steam basket

I think this had bananas and yuca in iit

Group shot

Thiis is part of the group that met us when we arrived

Kids

Kids like to have their picture taken

More kids

Volleyball

They have a volleyball court right in front of the church. Just when they were goofing around it was obvious they take their volleyball seriously

Sunset

We've gone and returned from Chigamai and it's just getting dark

Slide show time

Everybody (and I mean everybody, there were at least 600 people attending) came to a big open area for the slide show

Slide show

It was interseting to hear them call out names (and usually laugh) as they saw young versions of some of the old timers

Slide show

The kids enjoyed seeing themselves more than the "old folks"

101 uses for a sheet

Use #87, slide projector screen

Power

The village does not have electricity but it does have a generator. It was temporarily relocated to run the projector

I had one job to do

and this was it. Better not blow it.

Special order for Greg Garman

You'll never believe the stuff Greg likes to eat

Do you like your ants medium or medium-rare?

These are not small ants

25th March 2011

Lois
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I like your profile photo!

25th March 2011

Leslie
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I laughed so hard...
Andy, you crack me up!! I laughed so hard reading this blog entry that I woke Spencer up, and that's hard to do!!! What an amazing trip - and great photos. Are you STILL glad that you went????!!?

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