At the beginning of 2016 we moved to Lima to work with the Oikos ministry (http://oikosperu.com/en/), so this is the last post on the Cusco News blog for the time being.

To finish, here is the text of a song we wrote for the Latin Link annual conference earlier this year, remembering the highlights of nine years in Cusco. It goes to the tune of 'These are a few of my favourite things', from The Sound of Music.

White fluffy llamas and 1 sol bananas

Mangoes and monkeys and lakes of piranhas

Hummingbird colours and big condor wings

These are a few of our favourite things!

Thunder and lightning is fun but quite frightening

Clear sunny days when our tempers need brightening

Beautiful valleys and hot thermal springs

These are a few of our favourite things!

Streams we can play in, cheap hostels to stay in,

Dark windy caves you can spend half a day in

Climbing on ruins of old Inca Kings

These are a few of our favourite things!

When we´re out of place

When they make us wait

When we’re feeling blue

We simply remember our favourite things

And sing ‘We love you Peru!’

Houses with courtyards and plazas with fountains

Quechua markets and white snowy mountains

Ponchos and chullos and quipus of strings

These are a few of our favourite things!

Lomo saltado and choclo with cheese

Papa rellena and hot roasted cuys

Donuts for dunkin, picarones in rings

These are a few of our favourite things!

Fencing and dancing, karate and running

Huge sandy beaches and pools to have fun in

In Lima, there’s so much ... where to begin?

But these are a few of our favourite things!

When the people stare

When life isn’t fair

When we’re feeling blue

We thank Father God for our favourite things

And sing ‘We love you Peru!’