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IntroductionWith a panoramic view of the city
To the reader,
Late in the evening of August 9, I joined other college students and young adults arriving in Lima, Peru from across the United States and Canada. We then travelled by bus to Pacasmayo, a town on the Pacific coast in the La Libertdad Province in the northwest region of Peru. Coordinated by Maranatha Volunteers International, the task of this group of young volunteers was to lay concrete block for a church, as well as to hold a Vacation Bible School for the kids. These tasks were accomplished, but it was not really the local beneficiaries of this work that gained the most. The trip benefited the volunteers in life-changing ways through new friends, new perspectives, and a new story. The goal of this online gallery is to tell a small part of that story, and by doing so inspire others to personal service & growth.
This is not an authoritative compilation of imagery from the trip. Others have also posted their photos online, and so you can visit this site that contains a collection of photos uploaded by other members of the group. And for my own part, I was not able to include many of the 1100+ pictures I took for display here.
Your computer display should be set at a resolution of 1024x768 or higher in order to get the most out of this gallery. While browsing through the pictures, you can click on them to obtain higher resolution versions and additional info.
I hope you enjoy these brief glimpses of an amazing experience in a small corner of the world. You can start by scrolling down for instructions on viewing a 360° panorama of the sunset in Pacasmayo.
Sincerely,
Elliot Lee
See the Place
The first step in understanding the experience is to see the setting. Here you can view a panorama that shows the sunset as seen from the top of the Hostal Continental in Pacasmayo, Peru. This hostel was the home base where volunteers stayed for their ten days in Pacasmayo.
There are different software tools for viewing panorama photos such as one. Each of them start out by showing the view in one direction, and allow you to drag the image around with the mouse to see in all other directions in a 360° sphere. To view the photo in this 360° spherical view, please select the appropriate technology:
If you just want to quickly view a lower-resolution panorama in your web browser without installing any extra software, try:
If you want to see a higher-resolution version of the panorama, you can install a full-screen viewing application:
After installation is complete, you can download and save the panorama image, and then open it up in the viewer program you just installed. (If you're using PangeaVR on MacOS, click here instead to view the panorama.)
