Archive for June, 2009
Monday, June 15th, 2009
Last day at the clinic, Cajamarca, Peru
Location:
Cajamarca, Peru
Today is our last day working in the Centro Medico “Padre Luis Tezza” in Cajamarca. Despite the fact that we were going to do some amazing sightseeing in the coming days, I don’t think any of us wanted to stop working and leave the clinic.
The medical folks had a lot of patients, so it [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Travel by Mark Dawson
Sunday, June 14th, 2009
Cumbe Mayo, Peru
Start location:
Cajamarca, Peru
Other location:
Cumbe Mayo, Peru
Min altitude:
8750 ft
Max altitude:
11,550 ft.
Today got off to a rough start, but it was all my own fault. A late night in Usha Usha, after a rich meal with wine and Pisco does not make for a happy day of hiking at nearly 12,000 ft. Still, it’s hard to be [...]
4 Comments » - Posted in Travel by Mark Dawson
Saturday, June 13th, 2009
Clinic and the Mountains, Peru
Start location:
Cajamarca, Peru
Other locations:
Mountains outside of town towards El Galeno mine
Min altitude:
8750 ft
Max altitude:
11,700 ft
Today was a slow day at the clinic – very few patients. Found out that all of the cleft palate patients I had intended to photograph had already been treated by another group of visiting surgeons. I was looking forward to [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Travel by Mark Dawson
Friday, June 12th, 2009
Clinic and Banos del Inca, Peru
Location:
Cajamarca, Peru
Max altitude:
8800 ft.
After a couple of pretty intense days the pace has caught up with me. I managed to stay more or less on top of journal entries and photos for the first few days – adrenaline helps – but at a certain point I had to give up on doing everything and focus [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Travel by Mark Dawson
Thursday, June 11th, 2009
Second day of clinic, Cajamarca, Peru
Breakfast is served from 7-8:30 and we leave for the clinic at 08:30. All I have to do is shower and get dressed – I could roll out of bed at 07:30 and have plenty of time. Today started with pan flute music at full blast at 06:30. Grr.
Today is going much the same as [...]