Peru

Iquitos Woo

The 10 days with Lou seemed to fly by. Just like a new pair of shoes, a bit uncomfortable at first but after a little wear your best friend, Iquitos grew on Lou. She fell in love with the same street kids that I have grown to love, Ruth, Shadow, Victoria, Anthony, Johnny and Adriana. …

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Peruvianized

I try to be punctual and efficient in my day to day activities, two qualities that go out the window here in Peru. David told me recently that he had an appointment the other day with another person at 7pm. He was at the appointed location at the appointed time. He waited and waited, the …

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Tamshiyacu

As we raced down the Amazon in a small narrow speed boat packed like sardines with local Peruvians, old worn out wooden seats, a couple chickens on my feet and the spray pluming two feet over the side of the boat, I knew that I was recovering from more then just a cultural hangover. When …

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Seven Soles for Ruth

Each night I sit on boulevard in with the other expats and the sweet Amazon breeze, the harmony of the street players and the come-on from the hookers, when a tap comes on my head. I spin around to see no one there, than I know it is Ruth, hiding. Ruth walks the boulevard each …

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What if?

What if your street was not only your mode of transportation but also where your washing machine? What if the road to your house was also your source of food, entertainment, your shower and your bathroom? What if your street was the center of your universe? For people in the Amazon, their street is the …

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The Dark Side

Iquitos is the largest city in the world with no road to it, you can only get here by boat or by plane. This contributes to the dark side of this city of 600,000, a refuge for sexual deviants and pedophiles. On the boulevard less than 100 yards from my front door is a big sign …

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Moving in MotoKars

Never have I been in a city that depended so much on motorcycles and motokars. Eigthty percent of the vechicles in Iquitos are some sort of motorcycle.  The whine of engines grows at each stop light,  like the go-cart track at the beach when the green light shines, until like a swarm of bees around the hive the street is buzzing. …

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Iquitos at last

I arrived in Iquitos this morning and was greeted by Paul my friend and the director of People of Peru, www.peopleofperu.org, an incredible organization doing amazing  things for the community with a free medical and dental clinic, supporting the children in the community and Poppy’s House an orphanage for neglected and abused girls and their …

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Sunsets and Cerviche

It was really neat watching the kids playing soccer down below, they have put a lot of recreational facilities along the coast, I counted 13 soccer courts right on the beach. skateboard courses, basketball courts. Most of Lima comes out to play on the cliff overlooking the ocean. Then I had the pleasure of watching a …

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Lima es muy bonita

My adventure began last night as we landed in Lima Peru. I walked around the city today to get a little of the flavor of the city. Found the local market and enjoyed watching all the families playing in the park along the ocean. I checked one of my usual websites for a condo to …

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Back to Peru

In January I will be going back to work with one of my mentors in Iquitos Peru. Paul and Sandi Opp are true examples of  heros in my book, after selling his logging business in Idaho 8 years ago he moved to Iquitos adopted two street children, started a home for abused and abandoned girls, a …

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