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Yolanda's Smile : Yolanda is incredibly shy.  This is another shot that proves the women and I shared great trust.  Yolanda would have never let me take this shot and she definitely wouldn't be genuinely smiling if she didn't trust me and enjoy my company.
Yolanda's Smile
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Tomasa trying on my sunglasses : Tomasa was curious as to what was in my purse.  I showed her my sunglasses and indicated for her to put them on.  We were all playing and this photo captures our silliness.  The fact that I have this picture shows that Tomasa had immense trust with me.  The people from the countryside, especially the women, are extremely shy.  I went to the clinic expecting that they would not open up to me, since they next to never open up to strangers, especially foreigners.  The look on Tomasa's face and her ability to be silly with me revealed a moment shared between close friends.  I was incredibly honored.
Tomasa trying on my sunglasses
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Group outside of the casa materna : From left to right: Yolanda, Dada, Dada's husband Jaime, Tomasa, and myself.Yolanda, Dada, and Tomasa are expecting and staying at the clinic in Huancarani. We were all sitting in the sun chatting, or playing around since they speak Quechua and not Spanish, so our conversations were composed of body movements and laughter.  It took awhile for them to warm up, but once they did we quickly became friends.
Group outside of the casa materna
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La Casa Materna en Huancarani : The clinic in Huancarani offers rooms for the expecting mother and her family to stay until she delivers.  The women can bring all that they need with them.  It is not uncommon for the women to bring all of their animals, such as chickens, pigs, and dogs.
La Casa Materna en Huancarani
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Tomasa and Heather : This woman, Tomasa, speaks Quechua and hardly any Spanish.  She was one of the pregnant women at the Posta in Huancarani.  She was so curious as to how my camera worked that she was leaning forward to see it closer as I snapped this shot.
Tomasa and Heather
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Heather and Lake Titicaca : This was taken on the Island of the Sun.  It was incredibly peaceful!  Birigit and I stayed the night there.  We shared a room with another traveler we met up with.  The third traveler hailed from Spain and works for an NGO from Spain, which has offices in South America.
Heather and Lake Titicaca
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Meat : Mmm... meat at the open street market.  Yeah, I'm not so hungry anymore!
Meat
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Market in Bolivia : Open street markets are very common in Peru and Bolivia.  In fact, I'm not sure if you can get fresh fruits and vegetables any other place than the street market.  Be careful, though.  Eat only the fruit which you can peel, if you don't have a way to wash it first.  And you can't just wash the fruit and veggies with some water; you need to add a little disinfectant to the wash as well.  And don't drink the water without boiling it first.  This advice is so you can avoid parasites and/or a severe case of diarrhea.  Fortunately, I have not experienced either of these plagues, but I know several people who have.
Market in Bolivia
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Immagrations at Peru : Fortunately, I had absolutely no problem getting back into Peru.  I was simply asked why I was visiting Peru.  I responded, in Spanish, that I wanted to visit Machu Picchu, the rain forest, and, and... and he stamped my passport.  He didn't even notice that I had already been in Peru for 3 months and was only in Bolivia for 24 hours.  As far as I know, this is totally legal so I don't know why I was so worried about it before.  For some reason, crossing borders just scares the hell out of me.
Immagrations at Peru
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