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Thursday, June 11, 2009
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Grace K: Kids of Peru

I knew that when I visited Peru I would see children. I wasn't disappointed. Just like in the U.S, they were everywhere. I saw them walking home from school as well as running and playing with friends in the street. Some were sitting on the front step of their parents' store watching the traffic roll by. Often the little ones were carried around on their mothers' backs inside a colorful fabric scarf.

Photo: Two Peruvian children






















The kids in this picture are busy twirling around to some Peruvian music, while having a cool treat. I guess I got the little girl's attention, because she started beaming at me. I got her to keep dancing, so I could get a picture. Her brother didn't pay much attention to me. He was too distracted by his Popsicle.

 
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
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Elliot

Hi, it's Elliot. Today we participated in the "Search of the Treasure" game, which took place high up in the Andes at an elevation of about 13,000 feet. We were divided into four groups for the game.

We were greeted by people wearing traditional and ceremonial clothes. Some people were wearing clothes representing the devil and a man was dressed as an Inca King. He chanted in Quechua, the traditional language, and then we started the first challenge, hair braiding. One girl in each group sat down, and with the help of a few locals, we braided as many braids as we could in five minutes. It was really hard to do and I could only do two braids out of our group's 29. The whole time we were chanting to try and get more points.

Photo: A person in costume

 

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