Last day of NRTcourse

Peruvian lady with child. Fun to see them out on the streets everywhere. Love their hats.

Here is our group again in Cajamarca. We will be done in a couple of hours. Last night we went on a tour of the city. It is very pretty in a high mountain valley. We saw a place that was an ancient burial place. They put the skeletons in "windows". We had to hike a ways in our Sunday clothes. Apparently someone got hit by lightening a couple of hours before we got there and died. We had a little incident at the ATM machine also. Jeff and the girls stopped to get cash while the rest of us waited in the van. A group of young men surrounded them. It got kind of tense, I think they were up to no good. The other men in our van got out to make a show of strength and Jeff moved in front of the girls and looked as big as he could. All ended safely but we all got a little scare.

Jeff and Mary in front of some of the burial windows.

Jeff buying a fossil from a young Peruvian girl. Below is our hotel.

What do you think?

So here are our Zorro costumes. What do you think? Should we embellish them? We get home Sunday and have a party Monday. Had fun looking at everyone's pictures so had to share ours. One year we went as Fred & Wilma Flintstone. No pictures that I am aware of. It was the best as Jeff is the perfect Fred Flintstone. Now I will post a Peru update.

Ceramic plates

Since everyone is fascinated with the plates, here are some more pictures. I am on the floor crushing the rock just as he does to make the clay. It shows where he sits on the floor with his wheel and paintbrushes. We are not sure if we can get you all plates as getting them home may be a problem. We will consider it however. They are the prettiest I have ever seen. Every single one unique. We are teaching today. Will send more pictures of the course tonight.

What I saw today in Peru

We saw lots of donkeys along the way. We were on the bus trip for about 7 hours over winding mountain roads. Saw lots of gorgeous scenery.
The mountain views were never ending.
Stopped at a place where a man makes the most fantastic ceramic plates and things. We all went crazy. He took us in his shop where he grinds the rock to make the clay. All done by him. He paints them also with hand made brushes.
People are so much more relaxed than us. Sitting by the road.
The prettiest park we have ever seen. Took tons of pictures.
Mary, Katie and Kristie soaking in the sun.
Jeff & Mary by the reservoir.
Jeff taking a break from the bus and his motion sickness. Below is part of the group we are traveling with.

Street scene along the way. Flat Josh is below. Remember he is the little figure of Josh Grobin traveling with us.

All is well in Peru

Sorry no posts. We are headed to Cajamarca. Have had internet problems. Good post tonight. Love ya all.

NRT team and Josh Grobin in Peru

Well we made it safely to Peru last night about midnight. The flight out of Idaho Falls was a Lagoon type flight but ok. We met up with our group in Salt Lake. We are going to have a great time. We have already bonded thanks to Katie Money who is a Nurse Practioner. Apparently she has a thing for Josh Grobin and her friend made her a "flat Josh", to bring on the adventure, complete with changes of facial expressions. So we will show some of the trip from Josh's perspective.
As I mentioned earlier we are stuck in the Hotel due to a country census. Nobody is allowed out of their homes today. But we managed to have some fun walking around the parking lot at the airport. The porters are all idle as there are no passengers. We joined them sitting on their luggage carts.
We will be well rested as we walk across the street in about an hour for our flight tonight to Chiclayo which is about an hour flight north on the coast. We will join the rest of the team and Humanitarian Missionaries the Nelsons who we love. We are excited to teach the courses here. We love the group we are traveling with, this will be a great experience.