Macas

THIS IS A GROUP FROM THE INDIGENOUS SHUAR

PERFORMING FOR THIS WEEKS CELEBRATION

THE CITY OF MACAS
THE SURROUNDING TERRITORY
THE STREET I LIVE ON IN MACASTHIS WEEK IS A WEEK OF CELEBRATION IN MACAS

I have been in Macas for 1 week, so far it has been interesting. I live in a very modest apartment with 2 other volunteers, there use to be 6 other volunteer but they left last week end. I work in a clinic in the center of town, it is a nice slow and steady pace. The mayors wife set up the volunteer program in Macas, next week we are planning to visit an indigenous village deep in the jungle, we have to take a plane to get there. Most of the patients they see have fevers, skin problems or somesort of stomach bug. The people here are very kind and friendly and since there are only 15,000 people in Macas everyone knows eachother.