Arriving at my new home in Peru

After two planes and two nights sleeping in buses, I finally arrived at my new home in northern Peru yesterday morning at 5am. Just how I remembered. This is my fourth time in this smallish town of San Ignacio, located in the tropical (lower altitude) part of the Andes mountains. The first step, after sleeping for a bit in my new bed and waking to a beautifully sunny, lush view out my new window, was unloading my suitcases and getting my new room set up. followed by connecting my laptop and ensuring an online connection for my job. In the evening, we had to get a pillow and something to hang our new curtains at the whole two stores here that carry those things. It is Xavier's birthday today so last night we started the celebration the traditional way by enjoying a crate of cervezas (beer), music, and dancing with his family. Today my current view is cloudy and rainy, as it is the rainy season right now, but I have to head to the (currently muddy) market, an entire block away, to get food to prepare lunch. It's interesting because the town is small and nestled in the mountains. So you are surrounded by houses, gardens, dusty streets, and then further out, mountains. The town itself does not have much to offer except cerveza and café (coffee) - it is the main producer of café in Peru. Unfortunately I don't have batteries for my camera yet so I have not taken any photos. But I do have photos from the last time I was here.


Regional views - areas nearby San Ignacio.






























View of San Ignacio from Xavier's family "farm" - they do not live there, just have land, which they do not really tend to except for a few coffee (café ) trees.

As I look at this picture, it occurs to me that San Ignacio is not THAT small...but they just got their first bank a couple years ago (after I was here the first time) which is the local Peruvian bank and only services their own customers, i.e. my ATM card for my US bank does me no good here. Plus, at that time, they only had a couple bars and one main discoteca...now they have many more.


















Within the city...some parts have more gardens and trees than others. I am lucky to live in one of the most "green" (as in color for you GA folk) parts of the town.




















Street Xavier and family live on - my new home.