campamento!

once again: out of order!!

this was the day we went on a walk up the mountain part way, here we began to return.

we had to cross a little man-made creek for irrigation, so the guys threw some logs across it and helped us all over.

the boys wanted to be in a picture, so i got them in this one, even though many of them, and myself were disappointed that we couldnt climb all the way up the mountain......maybe another time.

here are some of the "arriba" girls who were counselors at camp, and are hear in Peru for a year long "internship"

more of the little creek

me at camp! the colorful little thing behind me was my snack shop!

here are some colorful flowers in the little pueblo just outside of "la fortaleza", our camp.

part of one of many feilds of sugar cane!

here's the view from where we stoped on our trek up the mountain, overlooking the valley where the camp is in.



the far end of the camp, where there are tall trees :)

one of many beautiful sunsets in the mountains

view of the main part of camp, with the dinning hall, soccer goals, windmill and the chapel in front of it

chickens roam the camp. i theorize that they're plotting to take over.........unless we eat them all first!

pretty sunset

boys dorm in front. the smoke is coming from burning the sugar cane, so that they can get rid of the thick, sharp leaves, to harvest the sugar cane itself

wonderful wind mill!

outside of camp, neighbor girls chase vulturess (?) out of their feilds

me on top of the windmill

my roooooooom. notice the nice space between the top of the wall and the roof, so we could catch a breeze, and see the stars at night. horray

sugar cane, palm trees and hill

entrance to camp

more mountains (the wall is camp)

on the right is the dining hall, then my kiosko and behind that the girls dorm

Week One

Okay so these photos are really out of order! but here they are:

This is the group of us who went to Chan Chan. this particular area is considered where they held a councel similar to our court system. and the leaders would sit in the spaces in the walls.

Jacob climbs up the sign for Chan Chan

These are the typical boats the peruvians used to go out and catch fish

a typical bug; probably the most common car in peru except for taxi's......

Here is the pacific ocean! much to my disappointment we didnt go swimming, becuase we were just driving around and it was getting towards dinner time. hopefully we'll go to the beach sometime soon!

Back at Chan chan. this is the group of us who went: Pastor Onoray (i cant spell?), Sam Hornbrook, and Mr. Stilwell

Jacob walking on a narrow ledge in Chan chan to get up to the main burial spot.

a view of Chan chan, from the burial site of the king of that particular palace.

and adorable, random, peruvian baby!!!

so basically chan chan is just a big sand castle. worn away by wind and rain

as you can see the whole place was made from mud bricks, 600 years ago, and the water has worn away at it.

much of the place has fishnet-like carvings on the walls.

Inca dog hanging out in the water because it was a hot day!

Mr. Hornbrook and Jacob survey the freshwater resevoir inside the 'palace'. it could have been used for normal drinking useage, but also some skelatons were found, so maybe they put their human sacrifices there?

the walls were very thick, built with many layers of bricks.

a view of the outside wall

cactus, mountain and part of a wall

a main courtyard in Chan chan

sea otters, so they say line the walls of one of the main courtyards

pelicans and fish decorate a wall outside the courtyard

Abigail walks Canela in the seminary

Main seminary building

the building on the left is where im living with the stilwells. not all of the building is ours though. on the right is more of the seminary.

a statue in Trujilo (?)

the layout of Chan Chan ruins

Nisha and I at sergio's in Miami

view from just outside the stilwell's door at the seminary

the stilwell collection of birds! (they only actually bought 2!)

seminary

beautiful seminary