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The Santa Cruz Trek
Blog: Itinerant Londoner - 30 August 2009
The Santa Cruz trek is the best known and most popular trek in the Cordillera Blanca, and for good reason. Over the course of four days, it loops around the highest part of the range, mostly staying beautiful alpine valleys, and giving stunning views of the range’s tallest and most beautiful mountains, as well as [...]
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Trekking to Laguna Churup
Blog: Itinerant Londoner - 28 August 2009
Arriving in Huaraz was just what I needed after six weeks in Colombia. I mean, I wouldn´t say I partied non-stop there, but it´d be fair to say it was my most sociable country so far. What I need was a bit of time up in the mountains to get away from it all, and [...]
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An Homage to Peru
Blog: mock-heroic.net - 24 August 2009
I’ve never been to Peru myself, but I know someone who has regaled me with hours and hours of its stories, and having imagined him in his Limeña childhood in all its illustriousness and his coming-of-age story of exploring the remote Amazonian villages in buses cruising on death-defying roads, I’ve come to look upon Peru fondly myself. So here it is: ‘Hoy‘, written by Peruvian singer and songwriter Gian Marco and performed by Gloria Estefan, a Cubana. It’s a love song to Peru.
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12: "Dinners with Élo: Part 2"
Blog: Dispatches from the Provinces of Argentina - 14 August 2009
I sent an e-mail to Élo after I got back from my trip north, just before the new semester was starting.I asked if she was staying in Paraná.A few days went by. No word. I told Daniel I thought, maybe, she’d split and gone away with her boyfriend.She wrote back, saying she was still in town, and that her friend was visiting, and that we should go canoeing on the river sometime soon. I said we should make dinner and make plans.
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World Wildlife Wednesday; Naturally Peru
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 12 August 2009
There are some incredible places to view wildlife in their natural habitat and in sanctuaries. Unfortunately it is becoming more and more difficult to see wildlife in the actual wild, but there are some great places that have set up protected reserves for animals to live fee from the encroachment of urban developement in their natural habitat.
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the Artist and the Artisan
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 11 August 2009
By Suzy Marinkovich, KF8 Peru What is an artist? What is an artisan? Are they different? The debate caught my interest when I was walking away from Ayacucho’s Ex-Carcel, a former prison now converted to an artisan market where many of our Kiva borrowers at FINCA Peru work. As I chatted with Jen, a friend of mine [...]
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10 Fellowship Gems
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 7 August 2009
By Cynthia McMurry, KF8 Ecuador Over the past year, I have learned valuable lessons about life, gotten to know myself better, greatly enriched my understanding of microfinance, observed the workings of the informal economy in Latin America, been touched by many clients’ stories and experiences, and been proud to represent Kiva at four different MFIs in [...]
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10: "Dinners with Élo: Part 1"
Blog: Dispatches from the Provinces of Argentina - 6 August 2009
My roommate Daniel’s got a friend named Martin. His mom’s a French professor at UADER.One day he told me that Martin’s mom wanted to get me in touch with Élodie, a French girl who’s doing the same thing here as me but in the French department.So I got her e-mail and we made plans to meet for dinner.This was back in June, before winter break, yet.
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I know I can. Be what I want to be.
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 22 July 2009
By Suzy Marinkovich, KF8 Peru When did I begin to learn about savings? I can’t say I’m any good at it, but at one point far and long ago, I know I learned about it. I suppose it was simply modeled to me by my parents, dedicated savers and cautious spenders. For many of us, saving seems [...]
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Is Crying An Altitude Symptom? – Lares Trek
Blog: Around The World On The Toilet - 20 July 2009
January 2008 - This was a difficult trek. We opted to do the Lares trek rather than the Inca Trail as it’s much less traveled. Although this trek doesn’t take you directly to Machu Picchu, (you have to take a train from Ollantaytambo) it is a better option for people looking for a cultural [...]
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¡Feliz Inti Raymi!
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 13 July 2009
Posted by Lee Bruner KF8 In Cusco, Perú, there are numerous holidays during the winter months of June and July. Most recently the town celebrated Inti Raymi (the Sun Festival), an Incan tradition marking the beginning of a new year with the winter soltice. Many companies make up their own traditional outfits and march through the [...]
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What if microfinance really does work?
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 26 June 2009
By Suzy Marinkovich, KF8 Peru As I sat this morning, drowning in over 50 borrower interviews I’d done that need to be typed and uploaded, I felt overwhelmed with bureaucracy. Our Kiva Coordinator then walked in to let me know we had five more community bank meetings – FIVE – meaning I had a ton more [...]
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Mobile banking: what’s the price?
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 24 June 2009
This past week I heard from a friend in the US who got the new iPhone. It looks pretty cool – smaller, faster, and even has the long-awaited cut/copy/paste feature. All for just USD $199… But what if you used your phone to make a living? What if it had nothing to do with apps, downloading [...]
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Favorite Food From Traveling the World, So Far
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 19 June 2009
One of the best things about traveling is food. Dave and I seem to plan our days around our meals. We wake up in the morning and while we are eating our breakfast, we discuss what we are going to have and where we are going to go for dinner. We love food. Food makes us happy. And when we discover new and delicious food, well, we are in heaven.
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Ayacucho’s voice in Peru’s Amazon conflict
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 13 June 2009
¡La selva no se vende, la selva se defiende! “The forest is not for sale, The forest we defend!” shouted the community of Ayacucho while pumping their fists in the air. Sweat dripped down their foreheads in the midday sun and not a soul was dressed for a day at the office. The spirit of the [...]
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Peru. Checking off More of the Life List before we Kick the Bucket
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 12 June 2009
Last year a fantastic movie with Jack Nickleson and Morgan Freeman came out, and everyone jumped on the band wagon of making a “Bucket List.” I am glad that this started getting people to finally get out there and start living their lives. Now that we have crazy and more extreme ambitions and it is nice to visit places like Victoria Falls or Egypt, where we can tick a bunch items on our “bucket list” in one destination. That was what it was like when we visited Peru.
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What to do with 2 Weeks in Peru; Part 1
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 9 June 2009
When you don't have a lot of time, Peru can be a little overwhelming to try and travel through. It is a vast country with so much to see. Where do you start? Do you go to the Amazon Basin, check out Lake Titicaca in the far south or do you climb Cordillera Huayhuash? Having never been before, we decided to do what the tourists do, since we only had two weeks in Peru. How can we go all the way there, and not see Machu Picchu? It would be like missing the Pyramids while in Egypt.
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Finding Your Borrower Symphony No. 9
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 28 May 2009
Three months ago, I came to Tarapoto, Peru armed with all sorts of tools to start my Kiva fellowship; cameras, powerpoint presentations about Kiva, books about microfinance, and a ton of information acquired during training at Kiva headquarters in San Francisco. While all these were useful, nothing could really prepare me for the most [...]
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Our Favorite Ruins of the World
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 9 May 2009
We have been lucky enough to see some of the most magnificent sights on earth. The ones that always seem to amaze us the most are the incredible ruins and temples of the world.
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Coca tea or Cappuccino - in Peru
Blog: Heather on her travels - 1 May 2009
When you fly in to a high altitude city like Quito or Cuzco, the first thing you should stock up on is the Coca tea. It has a vaguely herbal taste but the real reason you’re taking it is to ward off the effects of altitude sickness which could catch you unawares and spoil your holiday for a [...]
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Cannibal Holocaust
Blog: Jo Hetland - 7 May 2008
Man is omnipotent; nothing is impossible for him. What seemed like unthinkable undertakings yesterday are history today. Yet man seems to ignore the fact that on this very planet there are still people living in the stone age...
