Granja Porcón weekend adventure

Rodrigo, David, Korrine Kerry and I went to stay in a cabin at Granja Porcón, a farm in Cajamarca that is an Evangelic community that runs the Atahualpa Jerusalén Cooperative. The farm covers 10,966 hectares and it is home to approximately 1,200 inhabitants who run an agricultural forestry and dairy production plan which invites visitors to participate in the local community work alongside with them. There are also possibilities to go horseback riding through the beautiful pine tree covered area or go fishing for trout.

Here are some pictures of the weekend.  

Our fire place in the cabin.

Our cabin on Porcòn Mountain. 

The famous Porcón mushrooms.

Vicuña and us.

Humming bird.

Heading into the zoo. 

Dying materials.

Hand made weaving loom.

Downtown Porcón

Raw wool.... looks like a Christmas snow scene

How to get on a big rock.

Poncho

Rodrigo

Our new Christmas Tree

David on the porch

Going Away Party

We had a going away party for our friends who are leaving next week.  Here are some of the pictures.

Kuelap

Before we came to Perú I saw this trip in the guide books and thought that there would be no way to get Kerry to take this trip.  I thought that the only way I was going was if my friend Pete came to visit.  Well, Kerry surprised me again, I guess she realized that this was a once in a lifetime experience and that we will probably never get here again to experience it.  Kerry's blog has a great description of the trip(http://kerryedwyer.com/2014/07/02/kuelap-the-city-in-the-clouds/), so check out her blog if you haven't already.  Here are some pictures that I liked.

Gocta! Falls 

No guard rails

Gocta!

King of the World!

One of many road blocks!

Stairs to Kuelap.

Cute Llama....  Actually he's pooping...

Love of my life...

If you look to the right in the distance you can see the road.  We had to drive that road all the way around the perimeter of the canyon.  You can see it reappear on the left near the top of the rocks in the foreground.  A harrowing drive! 

Getting gas...  

The transport truck needs to wait.....  These trucks transport people, cattle and anything else you can fit.  

Road block

Crazy road!