Peru: the Making-up

We liked :

• • The 10 days spent in Sacha Wawa foundation… Their welcoming, their kindness and their work for the foundation. They have a huge heart and wonderful projects to help people and preserve the nature. We hope we could help them as much as we can to make their projects reality.

  • The power and beauty of the Nature: we learnt a lot of things in the jungle like the benefits of medicinal plants.

  • Our Christmas in the Amazonian jungle.

  • The tee of coca leaves (this is only commercialized in Peru and Bolivia).

  • The delicious mangos that we ate almost everyday.

We did not like:

• • The clothes that cannot dry because of the humidity of the jungle (it does not smell very well after 4 days!).

  • The thin and dangerous roads with cliffs on the side.

  • The traditional Peruvian music in repetition during 6 hours of bus trip (at the beginning we enjoyed it but after 2 hours, it was becoming more and more difficult to bear it!).
  • The klaxons of taxis: as soon as they saw us walking on the street, they made noises to let us know that they were available!

Best memories :

• • Delphine’s: our first steps on the Lost Valley of Machu Picchu (after so many efforts, I was so happy to be rewarded by the beauty of this Inca city).

  • Max’s: The unforgettable Machu Picchu which is a sacred place where we cannot be indifferent. The trip to go up the Machu Picchu and go back to Cusco was unforgettable as well!

Our favorites :

• Delphine’s : The fire ceremony organised by Christine, i twas a very strong and spiritual moment for me.

• Maxime’s : I have 3 favorites! When I met Ramy after 10 years without seeing each other, when we celebrate New Year’s Eve with Viva America team and when we spent time with Sacha Wawa foundation.

It made us laugh :

• The 2 birds living in Sacha Wawa center.

• The jokes invented by Ramy, Luc, Willy and Pascal (our friends of New Year’s Eve!)

It did not make us laugh!

• • Having neighbours in bus or taxis whose were sick every time the car was turning on the left or on the right.

  • Having to negotiate with Peruvian people to pay the right price for a service or for a fruit!

We were surprised by:

• • Being 8 people sitting on a normal car.

  • Meeting French friends in the other side of the world.

  • Paying only 3 soles (75 cents of euros) for a soup, a dish and a drink.