Our first visit to a CEDRO project site was Tarapoto in the San Martin province. It is a place in the jungle as the peruvians like to say. It is in the inner part of the country, after the Andes and already near the amazon. The weather is completely different from Lima, it is more moist and rain can fall at any time.
Today we visited San Roque which is also part of the San Martin province and one of the places where CEDRO currently has a project. It is also a place with good potential for eco tourism thus local government is looking foward new ways to promote San Roque as a place to visit.
Willian Del Aguila Vela, a local enterpreneur, have even won some national competitions on enterpreneurship so there are also great potential on local resources. We have met also the local mayor to understand better their point of view on the issues with San Roque.
One of them is about the transportation as the road is not paved. The other is about how to diferentiate the city from others so it requires some strategic thinking. San Roque is a city that is safe and even has some foreigners living over there.
Below some images of what we could see:
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| Coffee and cacao drying under the sun in San Roque |
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| Bungalows in San Roque |
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| Meeting with the local authorities |
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| By the river |
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| By the river in San Roque |
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| By the river in San Roque |
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| Flowers in San Roque |
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