People who Made Peru Rock

Here are some last photos of my trip, their not in order but.... they are some of the people who I traveled with or met during my time in Peru. A trip of a lifetime and these are the people who I shared it with. Wendy WHO?


I'll never forget this little girl Maria. She was such a sweet smart little girl. She spoke great English and when I went to leave her school she ran over and hugged me. Seriously I'll never forget her.


I'm not sure who this is since everyone got sick of me taking their photos....


Susan and Misha out for a ride in Nauta


What a face. All the children who lived along the river were beautiful.

The Medicine man. They call him a Shaman. He blew smoke
in his hands and gave us all of blessing!

At the school. No electricity, no lights, hot as he***, I was about to pass out.
You can see through both the walls and the floor. Happy loving kids who sang and danced with us. It's something I'll never forget, and made me so grateful for all I have.

I had lunch in this lady's home. We sat on the floor since she had no furniture. We ate the food with our fingers and enjoyed a big rainstorm while we ate. She worked so hard to make things enjoyable for us. I loved the meal and felt lucky I got a chance to meet her. She hugged me when I left, we couldn't talk because my Spanish is non-existent but I think we understood each other. I loved this day of the trip.

Last night on the ship, surprise birthday party for me arranged by my fabulous sisters!
We took Jane with us so she could join in the fun.

Our tour leaders and the ship crew. They were all great and

added to the good times we had there.

This is a group photo along the road in Nauta...the boy who took the photo for me didn't
open the lens to my camera! Oh well It was a fun group.

Misha, Susan, Bob, and Denise resting in Nauta.

Bob and Denise getting to head out of Lima and over to Iquitos.

My beautiful sister Susan....because of her birthday I got to have this grand adventure!

Wendy and Susan in Lima

More Children along the river

I took this plastic beach ball with me and gave it to some kids in a little village. While I was eating lunch one day I saw this little by out running around in a downpour playing with it.

There was no actual "favorite" part to my trip. It was all just a wonderful extraordinary life changing experience. I had my 56th birthday while there. This combined with the experience there gave me a chance to reflect and hopefully make some serious changes in my life. The people who lived along the river were some of the happiest, humble and loving I have ever met. I know I'll never see them again, but they made an impression on my heart. I found I could actually love someone with out getting to know them. It was an amazing feeling that's hard to describe. I know I'll never forget them.....

Being with 2 of my 3 sisters was very special too. I have not spent that much time with them since we all lived at home. I'm so so lucky their my sisters I love them so much. There not only sisters but best friends.

We also had others on out tour who started out as strangers but became friends. We may not stay in touch but I learned things from many of them. And even the crew on the ship added so much to my time there. They were great and worked so hard to make sure we had a great time. The last night on the ship was my birthday and the crew got a birthday cake for me and with the help of my sisters made it a very special birthday. One I'll never forget. The birthday song goes "one year older and wiser too" My birthday wish is that this is true for me.