After lunch with the YMCA Peru, we invited a guest lecturer to come in and speak with us about identity and the indigenous populations in Peru. He is a professor and researcher and just published another book on the topic. We thought the Y of Peru staff would leave while he presented, but they stuck around to listen. This added a complex dynamic. There are 76 ethnicities and 16 different dialects in Peru. There are Andian-Indigenous (those who live in the Ande...

Arrived around 11pm. They ran out of customs forms on the plane so I had to track someone down and ask them in Spanish or they wouldn't let me into the country. We first went through immigration. It was a long line and we were exhausted carrying heavy bags. There were many other people there and of course you wonder what they are doing, why they are here, where they come from, what their stories are. Everyone got through immigration fine, although there were so...