http://www.livingroutes.org/weblogs/weblogs/peru/2007_winter/peru_2007_winter.xml Peru 2007 Winter en-us Fri, 11 Jan 2008 12:51:31 GMT Fri, 11 Jan 2008 12:51:31 GMT http://www.livingroutes.org/weblogs/weblogs/peru/2007_winter/peru_2007_winter.xml http://www.livingroutes.org/weblogs/weblogs/peru/2007_winter/peru_2007_winter.php?id=P1132 Dear families and friends of Peru 08 Living Routes course: We would like to bring you up to date on the health of those students (and myself) who came down with a tropical parasites infestation. First of all I am extremely happy to report that everyone is up and about. No one is vomiting or having diarrhea any longer. In this afternoon's lecture by Noah Enelow, only three students did not participate out of 35. Julia and Jill were swinging in thie hammocks in the balcony of the upper... http://www.livingroutes.org/weblogs/weblogs/peru/2007_winter/peru_2007_winter.php?id=P886 Sorry for the delay, they wouldn't post forever, but here they are. http://www.livingroutes.org/weblogs/weblogs/peru/2007_winter/peru_2007_winter.php?id=P870 It's been over a month since we returned from Peru and my experience has affected me in ways I suspected it would and, in other ways, more than I had previously assumed. I have mouthed off to more than a few people on fair trade and what it means and why they should by it and who it helps and what it does. And in smaller ways, I am recycling more, using less water, and much more concious of what affects I am having on my surroundings. I miss everyone I met and soon, hopefully, we... http://www.livingroutes.org/weblogs/weblogs/peru/2007_winter/peru_2007_winter.php?id=P852 Some wonderful pictures that I finally loaded!!! http://www.livingroutes.org/weblogs/weblogs/peru/2007_winter/peru_2007_winter.php?id=P848 Hey everyone, A great big hug and a thanks to everyone who came out to the United Students for Fair Trade conference this past weekend! Quite a wonderful event and an opportunity to connect with the Fair Trade movement on all levels: producers, co-ops, Fair Traders, solidarity lenders such as EcoLogic, international NGOs such as Oxfam, community organizations such as Community Agroecology Network, academics, and plenty of students from high school to grad school! I felt a real sense of... http://www.livingroutes.org/weblogs/weblogs/peru/2007_winter/peru_2007_winter.php?id=P831 Hello everyone - Noah Enelow, your TA, here - I am finally posting to this blog at long last, after a whirlwind 3 1/2 weeks that left me exhausted and inspired at the same time. This was the first time this course has ever been taught, and for me it was a wealth of new experience and knowledge that have fed into each other. As far as the trip is concerned, the unquestionable highlight for me - and, I think, for all of us - was the four-day stay in the communities. I was blessed to... http://www.livingroutes.org/weblogs/weblogs/peru/2007_winter/peru_2007_winter.php?id=P808 Hoy fue el último día del curso en Peru, Lamas especificamente, y debo decirlo, fue bastante dificil decir "Adios" a todos. De hecho Royal Pool estaba lleno de lagrimas esta tarde, porque todos se acostumbraron mucho a la comida, las bromas, la vida dulce de la selva. http://www.livingroutes.org/weblogs/weblogs/peru/2007_winter/peru_2007_winter.php?id=P806 Today we leave. I apologize I have not written for a few days, but when I returned to Lamas I got a serious infection and therefore have been in bed for a few days. I am all better now and healthy for the trip home. Becky recounted her story of Alto, but I went to Huapo where things were quite different. Earlier in the blogs I have spoken of our day trip to Huapo and our 4 day stay was basically an extension of such. We arrived early on Friday morning, as it is only 30 min from Lamas and... http://www.livingroutes.org/weblogs/weblogs/peru/2007_winter/peru_2007_winter.php?id=P803 So here I am on our very last night in Llamas, sitting in Salatiel´s internet cafe for the last time and listening to the horrible techno and dance beats playing overhead for one last round of writing on the blog. Today was filled with reflecting, thanking, a little packing, and last minute almost-forgotten purchases. We met as a group and talked about our community stays, then later about this course as a whole - this being the very first year they´ve done this course, there was a lot... http://www.livingroutes.org/weblogs/weblogs/peru/2007_winter/peru_2007_winter.php?id=P800 It would be impossible to encompass everything I did in our community stay in Alto Shanbayacu let alone explain all 3 different communities that were visited. It was an incredible experience to be let in to such a small a tightly knit community and the amount of information and new relationships gained haven´t even been digested yet. Every single thing we did was brand new to me - what we ate, the cloths we wore, harvesting coffee and rice. I think my brain has expanded a few inches...