The lancha crosses the Amazon River takes Project Peru members back and forth each day to Cabo Pantoja.

A typical house in the village of Cabo Pantoja.

The beginnings of a new school for the village.

Mr. Hiers and company makes sure the supplies stay dry.

A WUHS students explores the night life on the Amazon.

Another typical dwelling in a nearby village. Most homes are made of wood with grass roofs and built upon stilts for protection against flooding.

WUHS students gather with village children outside the local health clinic.

Project Peru participants had a chance to enhance their blow gun skills.

Village residents met the WUHS group at the local airport in the wee hours of the morning.

It was a two hour boat trip from the city of Iquitos to the lodgings where the group would be staying.

The WUHS group was quite the curiousity for the village children..always smiling, always happy.

Students had a chance to get to know the local flora and fauna. Everyone was required to make friends with Kiki the monkey.

Measure twice, cut once.

Getting up close to the other residents of the Amazon.

Ocelots are one of the many endangered animals of the Amazon that are hunted for their fur. Here, a local holds a live ocelot.

Elementary students from our district sent letters to the children of the village in hopes of establishing penpals and continuing correspondence.

The anaconda is one of the largest snakes found on the planet. Don't try this at home.

A plaque with the names of all Project Peru travelers was placed on the school building upon its completion.

Slowly but surely great progress was made on the school throughout the week

Nearing completion of the school.

Where are all the women?