On the second day of our trek we woke up early to go on our six hour hike. It was sad to leave the caramel colored horse behind, but luckily we brought another horse to bring our baggage. I even got to ride the horse. It rained hard and light for most of the day. [...]
Gran Vilaya Trek, part 2
November 7th, 2008 4 Comments
Tags: Ancient Sites · Chachapoyas · farming · Peru
Gran Vilaya Trek, part 1
November 3rd, 2008 2 Comments
My family and I went on a four day trek to see ruins. Our guide, Edgar, went with us. We hiked to Karajia to see sarcophagi. They were on a big boulder, way above us. If we went right below them we couldn’t see them because they were on a ledge. The sarcopahgi looked [...]
Tags: Ancient Sites · Chachapoyas · farming · Peru
Hector’s Home
October 28th, 2008 1 Comment
Hector is our friend from ECOAN. His job is to be a guard. He keeps people from cutting down trees at Abra Patricia. Hector never cuts trees down in Abra Patricia Reserve. He only cuts trees down in his back yard. He uses trees for fires to keep warm and to cook. He lives with [...]
Tags: Cloud Forest · ECOAN · farming · Peru
