INPERSON
On Top
of the
WORLD
Moon student finds
new friends and
culture 14,000 feet
above sea level in the
mountains of Peru.
BY PAUL GLASSER
“When you’re with
people almost a month,
you get to know them
better than some of your
friends back home. They
treated us like family.”
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A
fter having a life-changing
experience in Peru, Colin
Jakiel, a senior at Moon Area
High School, wants to help
make a difference in one of the villages he
visited.
Colin spent three weeks in Peru last
summer and says the experience was very
eye opening. He wears a bracelet made
from Alpaca wool given to him during
the trip by a Peruvian woman. “It’s a daily
reminder of my experience,” he notes.
Now he’s selling sim