From Cleveland to Urubamba

This is our 5th day in Peru. We left Cleveland on a beautiful sunny day and got on a plane; not too sure of where we were going. When we arrived in Cusco, there was a man holding a sign with our names on it. No harm has ever come to me by following someone that has a sign with my name on it, so we got into his mini bus and were off. In broken Spanish, we asked him if he could show us some of Cusco on our way to our new home. He took us to the main square and stopped at a few places for photo ops. Cusco is apparently the oldest inhabited city in South America. It was neat to see, but I didn't take any pictures. Here are a few photos...

This is on the way to Urubamba:

The Urubamba valley:
Our hotel - the La Quinta Eco Hotel:
Our first crowded mini bus ride:
On our first day at the Lamay Clinic, we met the Mayor and two important people from the clinic. Afterwards, we had some free time, so we went for an hour long horse back ride through a village along a river. It was beautiful. It was also Hetal's first horse back ride.
Day 2: Amaru village about 90min from Urubamba. We were greeted by women that only speak Quecha with flowers. We set up the exam rooms here:
Day 3: We went to a school in Urubamba and mass treated the kids with anit-parasite medications and vitamins. We saw about 170 kids. The school is in the valley surrounded by unbelievable mountains.
Some more mountains: