02 March 2017
Dr Klaus John makes a Diospi Suyana presentation in the
council chambers of Puno and this is followed by a short notice council ceremony
awarding Dr Klaus. Also a certificate of
honour for Udo, Doris and me (we don’t seek any recognition for our work, that
is not our purpose). But for what it is
worth, this certification makes us honorary lifetime members of Puno!
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| My honorary accolade from the Puno Province. |
Here is the original Diospi Suyana article posted by Klaus
with additional photos;
After this quite incredible morning we took a moment as a team to reflect on the
shore of Lake Titicaca and get something to eat for lunch. It was one of those amazing perfect days –
warm, sunny and peaceful.
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| The Puno team on the shore of Lake Titicaca (despite our winter attire it was not cold!). |
Then we tracked down the landowners of the only transmission
hilltop authorised to serve Puno. This
was a mother and son who reside in Puno.
We visited their house and from appearances they seemed relatively
wealthy as they had on display some amazing antiques. Their collection included antique radios,
typewriters, cameras, gramophones, rifles, owl figurines (would you believe)
and even some genuine Inca artefacts.
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| The landowners antique radio and camera collection (one of a number in their home). |
Klaus makes his Diospi Suyana PowerPoint presentation to
them and they were impressed with the story of faith. We made a time to meet on site on the transmission
hill the following day to select a transmission site for Diospi Suyana.
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| Klaus presenting to the Puno transmission hilltop landowners. |
Whilst on this trip I had further contact with satellite
operator Intelsat, and it became apparent to Klaus and me that their senior
management in Washington were unprepared to meet us in person, as previously committed
by their CEO and SVP Sales and Marketing.
Furthermore ARSAT were unresponsive in correspondence to finalise their
agreement option.
So I then looked at satellite alternatives and on the Friday
3 March I commenced discussions with the Spanish satellite operator
Hispamar. They cover South America with
their Amazonas fleet of satellites which are operated out of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. I subsequently arranged a meeting with their South
American management where Klaus I would travel to their offices in Rio.
Regards,
Chris
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