I spent the few hours preceding our 10:15 p.m. overnight bus to Ayacucho on May 26th busily helping the EPAF staff collect supplies for our three-day excursion to Putis. The EPAF team had begun working at the Putis site on May 17th. Ringing phones, last minute errands, making sure I hadn’t lost my bus ticket – we all were checking our things twice over. We were promised much during the trip: 14 hours in transit, brutally cold nights, little sleep, no showering, very long work days, and possible security issues. By the end of only my fourth full day in Peru, the prospect of seeing a mass grave for the first time in my life the next day coupled with the sudden reported revelation of drug traffickers at the Putis site the night before made me think that more than just the high altitude of the Peruvian highlands would have me catching my breath. Fuerza! (“Strength”!)
[youtube]WIxwr1OBpCU[/youtube]Posted By Ash Kosiewicz
Posted Jun 1st, 2008
6 Comments
gk
June 2, 2008
Awesome! Welcome to Web 2.0!!!!
Good luck on your trip. Hope to hear how it’s going as soon as you get back online.
Caitlin
June 2, 2008
It’s one thing to read about your adventures and another to actually see you. I can’t wait for the next installment – I’m hooked! p.s. nice to see your face too.
Holly
June 2, 2008
Hello Reporter Ashley – you finally made it on Youtube. Congrats. Tell us about your experience in more detail as we are aching to hear your stories and your thoughts. And thanks for clueing me in on Alan Garcia and his actions during the conflict. I actually talked to Alvaro about it and he told me some frightening things. You are my Peru conflict – human rights expert! 🙂
John M
June 3, 2008
Love the video feature. Y’all should keep doing that.
Exciting stuff, good luck out there! Keep us posted.
Amy Burrows
June 3, 2008
very, very, very cool Ash…
Deion
June 21, 2008
🙂 It’s nice to see your face and to hear your voice again. You’ve just given me some ideas about my blog….hmmm 😛 Oh the possibilities!