31 Days in Peru: Peru by the Numbers

We are just starting to do some presentations on our experience.  Here’s the powerpoint that I created:
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Peru, by the numbers

31 days in Peru
6 different homestay families
11 different cities
33 Rotary clubs
990 kisses
2 cuyes eaten
3 pirhanas caught
34 hours of bus rides
3 bouts of travelers sickness

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Another one bites the dust

We have pocas horas left in Peru, but another one has bit the dust. 
Chris is sick with the gunk, puking and pooping here in Lima.  Luckily, he was able to sleep most of the day and work towards recovery, because we leave for the airport in about half an hour!  Keep your fingers crossed that [...]

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One last photo from Iquitos

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The Amazon

This is the Amzaon River, this afternoon.

Tonight we have our last Rotary meeting, this with Iquitos Amazonas, the only all-women club in this district.

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Last days

Today we went fishing for pirhanas in the Amazon.
Last night Amanda, Erin and I were talking as we were falling asleep to the sounds of the rainforest.  We have four days until we will all be back at our jobs, back to regular life.  It is hard to believe because this has become our regular [...]

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This is Inca Kola, and we love it.

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Niño de Jesus de Praga

Here are a few of Amanda{s photographs from some of the special education schools we have visitied in Chiclayo…

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Us in Chiclayo

Here we are at the Chiclayo Sur Rotary meeting, with the president…

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Be ready to give up your life

My advice to anyone going on a Rotary Group Study Exchange?  Be ready to give up your life.
For the past month I have, in all seriousness, made close to zero decisions about my life.  I don{t decide when to eat, when to sleep, or when to get up.  People tell me when to get in [...]

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