South America... .An 'authentic' Andean llama herder and her children (just
kidding).  I had to pay one nuevo sol for this photo.

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South America... .Two women selling their woven goods at the top of the Pisac ruins

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South America... .An elderly woman doing her daily business in the Pisac markets

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Imagine a city that was once the heart of the mighty Inca empire, a city with winding cobble-stoned paths, a city crawling with so many tourists that one could mistake it for central Paris… well, that’s Cusco.

What more could you expect from the gateway to the country’s biggest draw card of all ‘Macchu Picchu’...

South America... .Some of the kids in the playground at Deporte y Vida

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South America... Surrounded by all the kids in my class at Deporte y Vida.

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South America... Isa an I in front of our painting at Deporte Y Vida.

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South America... The volunteers and staff I lived and worked with in Lima.

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South America... Eric and I cooking up a storm.

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My time in Lima and at the CCS house has sadly come to end.

The last week at Deporte Y Vida and in Lima has been saying goodbyes and preparing for my new adventures...

Tell a man you hiked through rugged terrain with for thirty hours straight, night and day, and he’ll admire your determination. Tell a man you sailed with for the same period of time, through seas that would challenge any ship, and he'll marvel at your courage. 

However, if you were to tell a man you sat in a bus with for thirty hours, across from a 6 foot Ecuadorian man that was dropping gas most the way, just to save yourself a few bucks...  

Well he’d probably call you crazy, maybe even a lunatic...

South America... The Plaza Del Armas situated in colonial Trujillo.

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South America... Starting to build Raul's new kitchen.

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South America... The finished product; One new kitchen and one happy family.

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South America... Being escorted into the Pacific by a chimbolleta.

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An impulsive decision to visit Trujillo led us to take yet another eight hour bus journey... a bus journey which I've become only too accustomed to...