Natural pool

massage at the cataract

 In a few days, the conversion of the muddy pool to a natural swimming pool at the first waterfall will be complete, it will have over 2 meters of depth (about 7 feet), crystal clear water and is made with stone from the waterfalls themselves with respect to the natural beauty of the place. We are making a stone wall to allow it to fill not only at high waters but all year round, and a drain to allow mud and leaves to filter out. It will be an amazing addition to the wonders of TierraMitica!!

This is the life- soon, deep and clean!!!

More Okopua pics

Okopua is getting more comfy and beautiful

The back of Okopua

the loungers to watch the stars

Door to Okopua

Okopua by night!!

Our Peruvian Staff

 Our Peruvian staff is growing . Now Lucas has joined us , he is a master carpenter and builder and will be in charge of all building projects. We also have three new field workers, Roy, Himne and  Wilmer and our older staff has graduated to new responsibilities: Hans is in charge of the natural pool project, Abel is in charge of our agricultural projects in our organic vegetable garden and our fruit tree garden, Brus is as always the chief and Jessica is responsible for the housework at Okopua.           

We also organized a movie night with our projector for the employee's children. We showed Disney's classics Fantasia and Bambi , and both kids and parents were fascinated!!!

Shaman's Tambo details

Theo in front of the Shaman Tambo

We have been doing some detailing on the Shaman's Tambo, some finishing to make them as comfortable as possible. Some stone and wood stairs for the pathway, some steps after the bridge leading to their tambo and painting and finishing on their bathroom, shower and outdoor traditional kitchen. Soon they will be back and enjoy the additions.

The bathroom and shower freshly painted

Their traditional kitchen finished

The bridge to the tambo

Tigre, our new workhorse

 This is Tigre, our new workhorse. We needed a sturdy truck to transport materials and do heavy work, so we got this 2008 Toyota 4x4 HiLux truck which is great!! It is really strong and serves all our needs and we no longer have to rent a truck for all the work needed. He is beige and black, he is a Turbo Intercooler model so he is strong and roars, so Tigre is his natural name!!

Huascar, The ferocious German Shepherd!!

Huascar running at Babushka

 This is Huascar, our "ferocious" german shepherd "guard dog?" He is a new addition to our community, he was born August 9th, and has the same birthday as Sara. Everyone is in love with him although he pisses and shits all over the place!! He also bites evrybody's trousers but he is sooooo cute!!!

Just look at that face!!

 He is growing every day, he now follows us around on walks, jumps up and down stairs and munches on everything . We have built him a huge house (pics in a future blog story) but for the time being he is sleeping in a closed veranda, he is still too small. He has come to join Pasha and Luna (our cats- pics in a future blog story) as a TierraMitican, and already he is friends with every creature around!! Sara named him Huascar, which is the keeper of the underworld in Q'ero lore, and also the brother of the Inca Atahualpa with which they fought a civil war that weekened the Inca Empire and made it vulnerable to the conquistadores.

Here, even smaller

Cute as a button!!

Sara is his Godmother

Aeropuerto

Aeropuerto view from above

 The Airport, Aeropuerto in Spanish is ready and operational.  It is our meeting room for the Mythic Voyage, and the place for private and communal consultations, as well as for any kind of meeting. At the back it has a small tools storage (because we wanted to milk this construction for all it was worth and save lots of time and cost. It has amazing views to the creek, beautiful acoustics and feels great. It has already seen service in the last Mythic Voyage and is becoming nicer by the day.

A beautiful spot right under Okopua

                                                                           It is called Aeropuerto because this is where we go to fly and since we give everything names, this one stuck very naturally. It has space for 23 people, 20 Argonauts and 3 Guides , nice coffe tables and a Shipibo woven cloth on the wall. The t
 ools storage room was also really needed, we had lost count of of our tools and materials, they were all over the place, so now we have a chance to be organised.

Interior with Shipibo cloth

Airy, with views all around

View down the creek

The door to the Terminal going UP!!