Kusu Chigamai

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We made it home this morning at 2:00. Apparently there was a fire in the fuel depot at Miami airport on Thursday and all the flights coming and going through there have been delayed. I'll try and get everything caught up with photos this weekend. It's great having a reliable internet connection again.

This was from last Saturday (am I actually a week behind?). When we went to Chipe we took a couple of hours and went to Kusu Chigamai. It is a village just up the Kusu river from the old Mission Station. We took a short trip to visit the village in the late afternoon.

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Photos

Kuse Chingamai
Arriving at Chingamai

Follow the rock trail
A rock trail may be hard on the ankles but is easier than sloshing through mud

Group at the church
Frisbees and futbols are always welcome gifts

Meet at the church
We all met at the church for a few moments

Pastor
The Pastor said a few words of welcome to us

Chicken givers
Years ago Larry treated this woman and her new born son. They've never forgotten him.

Gifts
Notice the chicken Larry is holding? He was given bananas, peanuts and a chicken during the trip.

Chigamai
When this woman saw Larry she held his arm with one hand and kept tapping his shoulder with her other hand. It was like she wanted to make sure he was real and not a gream.

Chigamai
Group at the church

Chingamai
family

Kids and photos
Kids all over the world like having their picture taken

Village houses
Typical structure in the village

Meet and greet
reconnecting with old friends

Back to the boat
Pretty much the whole town walked us back to the river

Kids at the river
saying goodbye

Goodbye
The town came to see us off

Bad timing
The boat motor died (a sign of things to come) just before the rapids

Whew
The motor kicked on just before we got into trouble.

Back to Chipe
Back to the Maranon and upriver to Chipe