Rog and Jane's Blog

Channon is here (our niece) and has taken these photos :). She heads back home tonight.

Peruvian Dream by Roger While visiting Peru I was greatly impressed by the craftsmanship and the industiousness of the Inca who built For...

Food by Roger We had green banana for dinner last night. It wasn't green and it tasted like potato. In fact it was very much like mas...

Guayaquil by Roger When we arrived in Guayaquil it felt like a blanket was thrown over us. The temperature has been constantly warm with ...

Bible lesson with Ninos After double checking our supplies, we jumped in a taxi for a short trip to the Plenitud De Dios school. Ten littl...

We're off the the races! As life often goes, just when you wonder what you are gong to do next...the bomb hits. We went to a near by C...

Last Night with Bob & Elsi After returning from the church activities, Elsi jumped in the pool and did 10 laps while the rest of us sat...

Churches in Cusco Massive. Elaborate. Ancient. Gorgeous. Sacred. Laden with gold, silver & flowers...and Everywhere...barely steps ...

Quechua Today's descendants of the Inca (which once numbered about 12 million) are called Quechua. Their presence is very strong here...

Thoughts.. It seems I can barely keep up with my writing...and miss writing about so many things...we are bombarded by sights & experie...

We had a great day hiking Machu Picchu. We liked our guide and found the inca ways fascinating. The buildings and terraces were so beautif...

Birthday Dinner & Ice Cream I just had to write a bit more((which I could about most everything!) about Bob's birthday dinner &...

Machu Picchu We've seen a million pictures, read the story and seen ruins in many places--but nothing prepared us for the site of Machu...

More in Ollantaytambo Our last day in Ollantaytambo was slow--giving us time to take in this unique village that has many parts much like i...

Update #3 Mate de Coca Tea While we waited for our taxi, Jane went in search of a Diet Coke while the rest drank yet another cup of Mate ...

Hi all and hope you had a great New Year's Eve & Day! Can't believe all we've managed to squeeze in already! Realize some...

Hard to believe just 48 hours ago, we were putting Christmas decorations away and shoveling snow. Since then we had an easy flight to Miami...

Mom and Dad are leaving tonight at 3am. I'll be updating this blog again as I receive their update email. -Bekah

Final Thoughts on China This had been our hardest trip...language barrier, cold...our quick exit...but mostly seeing people in such desper...

Replanting Chinese Style Chinese seem to do everything in huge numbers...it's amazing how many trees have been planted...in every nook ...