Time Outside of the City

Day One

On the first full day of our grand adventure, we attended a local church and then spent the rest of the day sightseeing near Pedro Ruiz. We visited a fish hatchery tucked away up in the mountains. After exploring the hatchery, we took a short boat tour on a nearby lake before ending our excursion at a bird sanctuary. The sights, sounds, and smells that we soaked in provided a welcome contrast to the sensory overload we are accustomed to in Lima.

This is the church that we attended. It is pastored by our friend's father-in-law. They asked Geoff to preach several times but he kindly refused for lack of Spanish.

The landscape of the hatchery was drenched with rich floral life.

The kids wasted no time exploring this place and almost fell into the water several times

When I saw the lake, I felt like it was something out of a postcard. It was incredible.

This was the boat that we rode around the lake on while the kids took turns climbing up on the front, which nearly gave me a heart attack

The paparazzi found us...These Peruvians could hardly believe there was a white family of 6 in this remote part of Peru.

This was an old sugar cane press at the bird sanctuary. My kids thought for sure it was a jungle gym.

If you can find the humming bird in this picture, you win a prize.