Hello everyone. It´s Brian here giving an update on our aventures in Peru. I am happy to say that we are all well and no major isues have presented themselves to us thus far. We left Lima bright and early Wednesday morning and arrived in Chiclayo where we checked into our hotel rooms for the night. Shortly after, we went to meet with a number of Cafe Feminino representatives for a presentation outlining their struggles and what they were doing to overcome them. Thursday morning we left the hotel and headed toward the mountains to meet with the coffee farmers of Tallampapa. This involved a truck ride that was like no other I had experienced! Sitting in the bed of a Toyota Hilux pickup truck for hours of steep mountain climbs on increasingly narrow paths with massive drops was a nerve-racking, yet amazing, experience. We spent two nights in the mountains and they were absolutely incredible (I´ll let your loved ones fill you in on the experience in a week). Yesterday morning, the group returned to Chiclayo and we travelled to three beaches on the coast. It was interesting to be sleeping deep in the mountains the previuous evening and swimming in the ocean only a few hours later.

Okay, that´s all for now, I´m certain some of the others are itching to get a post in to share their experiences so I´ll let them tell you more. Bye for now :)

Brian Mills