Pucará, a Village in the Clouds

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July 3rd 2010

Published: July 4th 2010

I CLOSE the assemblage of barbed wire and rough poles that does duty for a gate and join the neighbours' children at the roadside. While I´m exchanging morning greetings with Doña Consuela, a camioneta comes along; she shepherds all of us up onto the truck floor. I am among a gaggle of primary school kids and three of the oldest people I´ve ever seen. One has rheumy eyes. On is bent over ... Read Full Entry

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The morning view from the cabaña ...

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... and the evening view.

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Doña Emelia making breakfast.

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Tortillas on the fire.

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Doña Emilia farms more subsistance crops than she needs for herself. She takes food to her family in the city and is generous to her neighbours. These coffee beans are her only cash crop.

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A view from Doña Emellia´s farm.

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Many different varieties of corn grow in the valley.

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One of the modern homes built by CASA volunteers for low income families ...

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... and a traditional house, the type that is disappearing.

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Guinea pigs in a neighbour´s kitchen.

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He enjoys the warmth from the stove.

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Local transport is basic. This is the school bus ...

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... and this is the [i]camino[/i] in which we rode.

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N American volunteers finishing their job.

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The local bar from the outside.

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The bar sells grilled meat and sugarcane juice. It costs no more to add the hard stuff to your juice.

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Here is Don Ramon working the juicing machine ...

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... here he stokes the fire that boils the extracted juice.

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These are gouards used as receptacles, and the cane after the juice is extracted, waiting to fuel the fire.

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The regular clientel enjoy Saturday evening ...

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...as do the volunteers.

4th July 2010

An Erratic Traveller
Gillian Perrett

Hopefully this worked.
I have annotated all the photos, but it´s unclear to me whether the final changes were saved correctly. My apologies if you can´t see them all.

4th July 2010

Guenter
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Gillian
You look great in your cape.

5th July 2010

margo
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fabuloso
Fabuloso is all I can say to descibe what I have just read!How could you ever go to S.A. on a guided tour after what you are experiencing now.You are so fortunate to have produced a daughter who has inherited your spirit of adventure.I just loved the photos, especially the ones of the huts and the kitchen with the guinea pigs. Thanks for including me on your blog, keep on enjoying your time there , and, I look forward to hearing (and seeing)more of your "Erratic Travelling" Su amiga Margo XX

5th July 2010

surtrek
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hi, This location seems awesome. I miss it when i was there. http://www.surtrek.com

5th July 2010

Silvia Mufarrege
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Wowwwww Gil!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That was amazing!!!!!!!!!!!! How lovely place and people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I wish I could have gone!!! Lots of love!!! Sil

5th July 2010

Silvia Mufarrege
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Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey Steve and Ali! I feel so proud of you two!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wish I could go there and do what you´ve done some day...:-) Congratulations Guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That was a wonderfull and job very well done!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love, Sil

15th August 2010

cate
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Wow!
The opening photo of this blog is quite breathtaking!

13th April 2011

michael and margo malcheski
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ALL turning a "Buck"
Looking for Non-biased, information for a /Posible/probable relocation to the "upland area". wisconsin farm boy- 71 with a deree in ecology ( U of Wisconsin). lived hawaii farming area, the past. Visited and researched the mt baru farm area of panama. (NO) I see most Ecuador intag valley AREA,, information is $$ oriented, not realy what i am looking for..Have aquaintances moving there, though wish to study and aquaint ourselves with down to earth,agrarian lifestyle information . Not inerested in pay for touristy/$$ views of information,,, time is my enemy at 71--wish to enjoy the climate and earth--before i become part of it.. {:-) Michael and Marguerite Malcheski, mamalch@hotmail.com ~M~&~M~ ~M~Ski

16th April 2011

An Erratic Traveller
Gillian Perrett

You need to write to the link I give at the bottom of the article rather than to me. He (Peter) runs it; I just visited there last year. Good luck!

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