A Taster Of Photos To Come!

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Apr 052011

These photos are of our trip to Iguazu Falls situated on the borders of Argentina, Brazil, and very loosely, Paraguay. You can visit the falls from Argentina and Brazil and the views are amazing on both sides, though Argentina does win hands down.

This is me obviously! Iguazu Falls (or part of them) is behind me. I think this is from the Argentinian side.

You get to visit various parts at various heights and some areas take you very close to the spray – really good in hot weather as you get to cool down periodically! This is the Argentinian side.

This is at yet a different viewpoint on the Brazilian side.

And another viewpoint from the Argentinian side.
Rainbows are not in short supply!

Posted by Rach at 3:47 pm  

Back In Huancayo

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Apr 022011

We are finally back in Huancayo having travelled all over the place for the last 6 weeks.
We started in the mountains (very cold),
went down to the coast (very hot),
went back up to the mountains (very cold),
down to the coast (very hot),
then flew to Brazil and spent a few days on the Brazilian/Argentinian/Paraguayan border (jungle – and very hot)
and then headed to Asuncion, the capital city of Paraguay … also Jungle (very, very hot),
then back to the borders for a day (still hot),
then back to Peru coast (slightly cooler),
down the coast into the desert for a couple of days (slightly hotter),
back to Lima (somewhat fresher)
…. and now up into the mountains again (very much cooler!)!

Time to cut Paul’s very long hair, shave off his beard… and start life all again…

It is still raining lots here!! Should have stopped by now…. hmmm.

Will try to get photos up as soon as possible.

Posted by Rach at 6:43 am  

All Stages Complete And Home James

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Apr 012011

With the right asking nicely letter in hand, we returned to the Ministry of Justice and got our required stamp and then went back to the Department of Migrations and I was very pleased to receive the new sticker on the back of my identity card to show that I don’t have to go through this whole process for another year. Hurrah!

Actually, we’re hoping that we never have to go through it again. We decided whilst out the country that we would be looking to move on when our promised two years with the Peru Children’s Trust expires in July. Of course, I’ll need to have something to move on to, so if I can’t find a job there is still the chance of having to renew again next year but, if only to avoid all the rigmarole, I sincerely hope not!!

The bus journey up into the mountains was fairly uneventful, but I can confirm that Huancayo is still in the rainy season. It was nice to get home though!

Posted by Paul at 10:38 pm  

First Stage Done (Again!) And The Second

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Mar 312011

Up bright and early to visit the Ministry of Justice (handily only 5 blocks from where we are staying) and got our precious stamp on our precious letter (despite the fact that we didn’t provide the required letter soliciting it!). Hot footed it to the Department of Migrations again and we managed to get the first stage done and the second stage done, which is a relief as today was the last day to do it before getting fined!!

However, it wasn’t all plain sailing. We also found out that that we don’t have all the necessary paperwork for the third and final stage. Fortunately we have 9 more days to complete that one before getting fined, but the sad truth is that there is now a new stage in the process and we need a new signature from, you guessed it, the same lady back at the Ministry of Justice. If only someone had told us that earlier….

Posted by Paul at 9:31 pm  

Second Hiccup

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Mar 292011

We picked up the documents we’d been waiting for yesterday and then discovered that the papers we’d put in last week for the first stage of the renewal process have been rejected. We ran around like headless chickens trying to dot the “i”s and cross the “t”s on every single document we could think of, only to find out that a new process means we need to get a letter counter stamped by a different government department. So, we paid our first visit to the Ministry of Justice and, what do you know…. the one person in the country who can sign our letter is away from the office until Thursday. Nothing can be done apart from spend a couple of days kicking our heels and enjoying a Starbucks or two (only available in Lima, so you’ve got to make the most of it!!)

Posted by Paul at 9:19 am  

Chincha

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Mar 272011

We’ve spent a couple of days with our friends in Chincha and it’s been a worthwhile time. Our input hasn’t solved everything (and we were never expecting it to), but there is now a glimpse of light at the end of the tunnel and a new willingness to try and (re)build a marriage. Thank you God!

Posted by Paul at 9:16 pm  

First Stage Done

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Mar 242011

Documents are in to the Department of Migrations and the first hurdle should be cleared within 24 hours. One down, two to go….

Posted by Paul at 11:23 am  

First Hiccup

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Mar 232011

We had hoped that today would be a simple job of picking up the relevant papers from Vineyard (through whom we get our visa), but unfortunately they weren’t all ready, not helped by the fact that they had lost the bit of paper we’d given them with the instruction on about what was required. We ended up having to go to the Public Registry to ask for documents and they won’t be ready for a few days. Tomorrow we’ll put the documents in for stage one of the three stage process, but other than that we cannot make any progress until these other documents come out, so we’ll be going to go to Chincha and visit some friends there who are going through a marital crisis.

Posted by Paul at 2:13 pm  

A Colourful End

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Mar 222011

We spent our last few hours in that part of the world in the Bird Park about a kilometre from the airport in Brazil. With flamingoes, toucans and parrots galore it was a very colourful way to round off a special time away from it all.

Back in Lima now and we’ll be straight back into the taxing stuff tomorrow – it’s visa renewal time!!

Posted by Paul at 11:10 pm  

Hasta La Próxima

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Mar 212011

Adios Paraguay! We’ve had 2 weeks of getting lots of rest (36° heat doesn’t encourage you to attempt too much) and hanging out with friends. It’s been lovely, but all good things have to come to an end sometime I guess. There were lots of requests for us to stay and offers of help to find me a job so, you never know, we might be back, but until the next time….

Posted by Paul at 11:05 pm  
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