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Home Restoration Service Project and Trekking in Peru!

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by: MILAGROS POLO
The Greenberg family decided to give back to the area they were visiting in Peru. They participated in a home restoration Volunteer Service Project in Cachicatta community. They continued their tour on the Salcantay Trek where they ended on the Inca Trail at Machu Picchu ruins.

Want to go? Cachiccata Home Restoration, Salcantay Trek, Cachiccata Group Service Project, Cachiccata Group Service Project with Machu Picchu

I went to: Peru, Cusco, Cachiccata Community Campsite, Lima, Machu Picchu Ruins, Ollantaytambo, Sacred Valley, El MaPi Inn
The work begins with a lot of wheelbarrow trips of suppliesPatching up the siding of the homeThe whole family works together on the projectHardwork. . . and some play timeWorking on the muddingMaking a contributionStringing cableInstalling the new roof!Putting on the new roofThe volunteers sign their workPacking in the new door to their home!Mattresses for the familyThe whole crewPeruvian man at the entrance to his new homeCelebration of the home restorationBegining of the Salcantay TrekTour of the local Peruvian weavers and their textilesFamily photo with the Peruvian weaversViews from the Salcantay trekTaking a break on the trekConquering the mountain peaksSnow along the trailCampsite at the base of the mountain peaksThe whole trekking crewStarting off againThe alpacas graze in the fieldstaking photos of the surrounding beautyfamily photo on the Salcantay trekOne of the many gorgeous birds on the trekAt the end of the Inca TrailArriving in Machu Picchu with the family

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