Iquitos, Peru

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Por el rio Amazonas!!

Jueves por la mañanita salgo de Tarapoto a Yurimaguas en colectivo. Supuestamente, todos los dias salen barcos que van por el rio hasta Iquitos. Porque la unica manera de llegar es por avion o por barco, no hay carreteras que unan Yurimaguas con Iquitos. Pero resulta que ayer miercoles salieron...

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Eka on October 2 from Iquitos, Peru

from the travel blog: Ekaren bidaia

A quick brainstorm..

Today I had a pretty long talk with my boss about what I´ve been learning here, and I figured out what I really want to do once I get back to school in the fall.. From the moment I got here I realized the need for the type of work CHS is doing here is huge. There is so much we could do to...

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poweroflove on May 27, 2008 from Iquitos, Peru

from the travel blog: PERU

My second day as a tourist!

Before I talk about my day, everyone should know my younger brother performed CPR for the first time, officially, at the hospital he does clinical rotations at. He´s gonna be an amazing doctor! Today was pretty amazing. Even though I got about 5 hours of sleep. In the morning we went to...

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poweroflove on May 23, 2008 from Iquitos, Peru

from the travel blog: PERU

I´m learning so much..

Yesterday I had a really cool experience. I have probably already mentioned the fact that we are teaching the life skills workshop to teachers at a local school so they can replicate it with their students. My job there is mostly as a support for the main guy, David, getting materials ready,...

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poweroflove on May 22, 2008 from Iquitos, Peru

from the travel blog: PERU

A great talk and a great workshop

Most of the work I have been doing here, at least so far, has involved field work. Lately David, a social worker that works with the program, and I have been visiting schools with populations at risk or already involved in sexual and labor exploitation, trying to get the teachers on board. Since...

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poweroflove on May 21, 2008 from Iquitos, Peru

from the travel blog: PERU

I live right by the Amazon!

Now that I have been here for a few days, I have been learning a lot more about the program. Yestarday I went to a workshop with Jenny, one of the psychlogists. It was a skills for life workshop, and we were working with girls from the only home for girls in the city. Most of the girls there had...

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poweroflove on May 18, 2008 from Iquitos, Peru

from the travel blog: PERU

The Zoo is too much fun!

I still can´t upload pictures, but there will be some amazing ones coming of the zoo. I fed a pink dolphin, shook hands with a monkey, pet another one.. Oh, and the view was amazing. That´s all for now! This is me in my Dora the explorer outfit.. That would be my hand feeding...

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poweroflove on May 16, 2008 from Iquitos, Peru

from the travel blog: PERU

I´m finally here!

I finally arrived in Iquitos yesterday at around 6 pm. I had not realized it, but Iquitos is actually one of the places Che Guevara stops at during his travels in the movie Motorcycle Diaries, which if you have not seen, you should. Iquitos, according to wikipedia, is one of the largest cities...

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poweroflove on May 15, 2008 from Iquitos, Peru

from the travel blog: PERU

Piranhas, toucans, gum boots and funny rashes!!

Hola from the Amazon, Arriving into Iquitos, we were met by our guides and transferred to our little red boat for our 3 hour journey upstream on the Amazon River to Muyuna Lodge. Iquitos was a really interesting city. Only accesible by boat or plane it has developed over time through the...

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chrishoorweg on September 9, 2007 from Iquitos, Peru

from the travel blog: and one last trip before we come home.........?