Trigo Andeno andean wheat

maximus is bigger than Peater Pan, and his new friend Rickie Ricon

Maximus

7 and a half months old

Lunch for 175

Krista of EcoValle making sandwitches for all the particapentes, 100 of the municapality of Urubamba, 30 school children, 35 volenteers from Cusco South American Explores club, 6 from Pro Peru Urubamba.

All food thanks to the sponcers,local hotels, restruants, tour agencies, and the tour guide assoc. of Cusco, (when I get the full list I will post it)

Road side clean up

All kinds of Trash was found on the road side. The 100 municapal workers made trash piles ever 100 meters along the road, that were picked up by the dump truck.

Mayor of Urubamba

Benicio Rios the Mayor of Urubamba, talks to the Cusco TV cameras.

Road clean up

now all public buses from cusco to urubamba will have garbage pail so trash does not go out the window, the Mayor made a new regulation.

garbage truck

on Saturday 17th a clean up of the road from Urubamba to Cusco was orginzed by Eco Valles, South American Explore club of csuco, along with much help of the municaplatiy of Urubamba. On the road there are many clandisine garbage dumps along the way, very nasty for the image of cusco, since this is a principal tourist route.

before clean up

this mountian of rubish was next to the road.

After clean up

The SAE group form Cusco did a great job cleaning up the rubbish pile.

Alter of Gold

Here is the alter of the temple church of lord of Huanca, or Willy Wanka as we call it. Here there was a Aborition of Christ to a local Indian in the colonial times. So they built a realy big church there and pilgrims come from all over to ask ole Hanca for wishes, everthing from trucks to husbands, all is granted to the faithful.

direct line

Here the Priests at the church of Huanca have direct acess to talk to God Via Satalite dish, solar powered.

Potatoes

Of course every knows Potatoes have been cultiavted in Peru for 5000 years, the spuds are in full bloom this month makeing lush carpeting of the farmlands.

Sr de Huanca, Lord of Hanca,, or Willy Wanka

here is where the milagros are tacked on a cross for making wishes come true. for Cousin Jen at Harvard I put up a 2nd milagros, so look for that guy with the tux on one knee Jen.