Internet connection has been terrible here in Peru. However, the sights have been fascinating. We left the dusty town of Chincha Saturday, flying into the lush green and wetter climate of Tarapoto that evening. It's a jungle town in the Amazon rain forest region. Thankfully, we didn't venture too far into the jungle where there are plenty of bad snakes.
Here's what we did see.
We took a lot of Kansas stuff to this Tarapoto orphanage. The orphanage is largely filled with children who were raped or their mothers might have been raped. The orphanage is similar to Kansas' foster care system. Some children are adopted to families. This orphanage has about 60 children.
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| they use cars for activities. This old van has books where children can read. |
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| Natalie and a little boy at the home. Isn't he cute? |
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| We had over 100 books donated with the help of KARL classmate Debra Bolton. We also brought crayons, balls, pencils, coloring books, clothing and much, much more. |
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The waterfalls -I'll have to look up the name. But this is the story of a beautiful Inca girl who had beautiful hair. She fell in love with a common Chilean, Witches turned her into a beautiful waterfall and her lover into a bull.
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| It was a nice little hike up there, and a beautiful view. |
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| Dan walks behind the waterfall. |
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