Lima, Peru | Saturday 07 November 2009 10:42 | | |

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Saturday morning Marmelita and I flagged down a motocar to take us to the Amazon Golf Course. We agree to pay the S/. 10 fare, loaded up three large bottles of water, and an equally large container with 6 turtles in water and we were ready to go.
Last March I received a general invitation in my E-mail to attend a 20/20 Cricket competition at the Lima Cricket and Football Club in the suburb of Magdalena via the expatperu web site I had registered on. It was being played over three weekends and since I had no plans for the last weekend of the competition I thought it would be an interesting experience, plus I was surprised to see this sport being played here. I E-mailed the gentleman, a Julian Walter, who had sent out the invitation expressing my interest. He responded promptly and agreed to meet me at the entrance to the Club and give me some background on the sport in Lima and his team. It turns out he is the Captain of the Lima Cricket Team.
Here are some photos from the Lima Model Car Racing Championship held at the Mini Auto Track, Costa Verde, Magdalena on May 17th. Each car was electronically monitored to decide the winners, speed, etc., of each of the 3 classes - 1/10 scale, 1/8 scale & 1/6 scale. It was a fun event and the guys are really serious.
One donation is shaping the history of surfing in Peru. Global Surf Industries (GSI) sent a shipping container full of surfboards to Peru last year. It’s true as GSI founder says “Life is better when you surf”. The driving force behind the boards’ arrival was a new not-for-profit association in Peru, Switzerland and the USA: WAVES for Development. With the help of IPD (Instituto Peruano de Deporte) and FENTA (Federacion Deportiva Nacional de Tabla) the donated boards have made it into select schools along the coast of Peru. Earlier this month WAVES for Development completed a two-week pilot project in the community of Lobitos, 65 km south of Mancora, putting some of those boards to good use.
Categorized as an extreme sport, river rafting sees a group of people aboard an inflatable raft, trying to navigate through usually rough waters. The activity is popular worldwide, with fans heading to the Arkansas River for whitewater fun or to the harsh waters of the Tara River in Montenegro. Obstacles in these types of rafting adventures usually include drops in elevation, large waves and big rocks. The annual Great Amazon River Raft Race in the rainforest waters of Peru is considered just as extreme, but reasons entirely different since jungle is like no place on earth and this competition can't be compared to many.
By Jim Plunkett
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