11 januari 2010 | Door: Gilles

The Guide

“Esta el señor?” “Si” replies his sun.” He points to the door of a little wooden house. I walk inside. “Hola!” His wife grabs a chair for me. One of the rare laid back ones in Peru. She puts it in the middle of the room. I sit ...

Huancayo - Peru

24 december 2009 | Door: Gilles

The comedown

I´m leaving Huancayo. For the first time since the robbery, I´m headed for a village. Now one basic property of villages in Peru, is that they´re safe. The past weeks have been filled with strongly light and dark events. Two attacks in my back ...

Huancayo - Peru

5 december 2009 | Door: Gilles

Back to Basic

I just left home. Walking down the Avenida San Carlos, the safest street in Huancayo. I´m going down to Lima. It is at times like this, walking alone, with all my stuff with me, that I feel completely free. ‘Headed for a new adventure’ , I ...

Huancaya - Peru

28 november 2009 | Door: Gilles

Questions

The dinner table. I´m part of the solid centre of the people who eat here now. Most of them are workers. They come and go. My mood is bad. At the other head of the table sits a new guy. He is not handsome, so I focus on my food. Or I try. "Where ...

Huancaya - Peru

2 november 2009 | Door: Gilles

Under fish

The main Inca offering ritual was yesterday. We packed coca leaves, Pisco and all kinds of little whares in two heart formed Pacific shells. While the two folded shells flew through the air, we thanked the lake with faith. I´m sitting on a ...

Pariacaca - Peru

24 oktober 2009 | Door: Gilles

The panel

David and I are sitting on 30 cm high chairs, behind a desk too chiquitito to harbour eihter of my inmense legs. We are waiting for the first girl in miss-outfit to enter the catwalk. Right ahead of us, on the other side of the catwalk sits the ...

Huancaya - Peru

16 oktober 2009 | Door: Gilles

Puna

Ease I´m sitting in the Puna. Short, rough grass, a random gringo might call it, but for a student in biology it is an realm of little living creatures of endless size and shapes. Most would heal you if you asked them nicely. On my left a lake. ...

Huancaya - Peru

19 september 2009 | Door: Gilles

In the dead old stone

It is cold and dark outside. Alex and I are lying on her bed, watching `Todo sobre mi madre´ on her laptop. After a few days of initial stress and oddness we are now for the first time at ease for longer than an instant. The film is good. I am in ...

Huancaya - Peru

Mountaintrips and Medicine

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The Guide

24 December 2009

The comedown

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Back to Basic

28 November 2009

Questions

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Under fish

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