Bill Phelps visited Peru in June 2014 and explored several regions, cities, and sites searching for what he called "Paradise." He saw the famous Nazca Lines and Machu Picchu ruins, spent time in the city of Cuzco, and visited the neighborhoods of Miraflores and San Juan de Lurigancho in Lima. While encountering beautiful scenery and learning about Peruvian culture, Phelps realized that Paradise could be found in both the major tourist sites and everyday lives of local Peruvians.

1. A Place Called “Paradise”
My encounter with Peru
Bill Phelps
June13-19, 2014

2. Peru
Nazca Lines
Machu Picchu

3. Regions in Peru

4. Cuzco

5. Is this Paradise?

7. Miraflores

8. Or perhaps here?

9. What about this place?
One could spend a lot of
this!

10. But many of the Peruvians we met
spent those here:

11. Or Here

12. Did they dress like this?

13. Well
sometimes

16. What I expected to see when I got off
the plane:

17. What I really saw:

18. So where is Paradise?
We spent a lot of time on
these

19. Municipalidad de San Juan de
Lurigancho
• Lima is comprised of 43
Districts with 8.4
million people total
• San Juan de Lurigancho
has about 900,000 of
these people

29. The Mayor of Paraiso, Edgar