Other than a few minor delays, the trip from Memphis to Houston to Panama to Lima, Peru was uneventful... Even going through immigration at 1:00 am was a lot more crowded than I expected... It seems a lot of flights arrive in Lima between midnight and 1 AM. I got to the hotel around 2, got checked-in, emailed Sandy that all was OK, and tried to sleep, knowing I had a 6 am meeting with some of the teachers from Peru.
Daniel, Rolando and I got the 8 am bus to Bagua Chica, arriving at 4 am (that's right, 20 hours on the bus!)... At least the seats reclined a little further than your standard airline seat, but not much. We then hired a car to take us one hour to where we could find a truck (4X4) to take us to Santa Maria Nieva. After the first two hours, the next 7-1/2 hours were on dirt and rocky roads. We finally arrived in Santa Maria Nieva, but the town was on the other side of the river from where we were, so we had to take a water taxi. We found rooms in the third hotel/ hostel we checked and stayed the night.
Rolando has family and friends in this area and arranged for me to speak at the local church service that evening. Next morning, we waited until there were enough passengers to take a small boat the 5 hours it takes to get to Galilea, the area where the classes were to be held. Halfway through that ride, we encountered a good rain storm that continued with us until after we landed, 2:30 Sunday afternoon.
I had left the house at 10 AM Thursday morning and arrived at the final destination Sunday afternoon. Rolando explained that since it is so hard to reach this area, very few short-term mission teams ever visit here. But oh, what a trip...
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| Daniel eating his fish soup.. |
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| Notice the satellite dish on the roof! |
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| Small town where we stopped for an IncaKola (banana soda) |
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| Two of the most common types of boats |
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| No kidding - this guy was escorting his pig across the river!
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| Out the hotel window on the way to the jungle
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