Mary and Aldo's American Odyssey
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Saturday, October 23, 2010
Cusco's Plaza de Armas by night
The inevitable spot of rain
The long climb to the top of Machu Picchu where the perfect sun dial is.
Machu Picchu & Aldo's happy
Aguas Caliente main plaza
A view from the train window as we go to Machu Picchu
Mud Brick Houses knocked over in the floods of January 2010-some rebuilt, others still knocked over
A catholic church built on Inca ruins at Chinchero
Chinchero girls dying the al paca wool
Ollantaytambo Inca baths
Ollaytamba Inca Ruins with Canadians from Winnipeg
Ollantaymambo town and Inca Food Storage Units on the mountain-side
Aldo enjoying local music at Urubamba
Leaving Cusco and entering the Sacred Valley
World Vision early childhood project where mums are taught how to help their children's development and are given space and a few resources to do it.
Mud bricks are made for buidling new rooms (eg toilet)
"Campesinos" form associations to sell cuys at a better price
Showing off the newly build bathroom
World Vision project in Peru: This lady has built a separate room for the cuys so her kitchen is hygienic
Cuys being cultivated as the local specialty for dinner
The Pruvian hairless dog-the original "hot" dog as you can feel the heat even before you touch
Visiting pre-Inca ruins at Miraflores with Aldo's US/Argentinian colleague, Karin.
The Inca ruins south of Lima overlook the beach
Friday, October 22, 2010
The Beach south of Miraflores
The Inca's Virgin Grooming Centre to sacrifice them to Gods or for Inca Marriages
Inca Ruins next to a Lima Flavella
A small eco park south of Lima
Miraflores beachside
Dancing in the main square of Lima
Police presence everywhere in the Centre of Lima
Quaint balconies embedded in beautiful architecture in Lima
Lima's Cathedral with historic archeological sites in the underground passages
Lima's Central Plaza
Luis's trainees take us out to the Miraflores Playa
Sharing lunch with Joe Antonio Director of the Centro de Pareja y Familia and Karin Schlanger, Argentinian from US taking a seminar at the Centro
Directors of the Centro de Pareja y Familia: Luis Elias Licera & Elena Franco
Family sculpting at Aldo's workshop
Peru-Miraflores: Aldo's workshop at the Centro de Pareja y Familia
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