Pics and Footage of Opening Events for 2011 Vilcabamba Raw Food Gathering :)

WELL...what an eventful last 48 hours or so we've been experiencing here in Vilcabamba, where the 2011 Raw Food Gathering kicked off for a two-week run last Sunday...yesterday we enjoyed a lovely opening circle at the beautiful Madre Tierra resort, followed by an absolutely fabulous Opening Reception evening catered by the delightful Kirsten Gum of RawTrips.com and her hearty crew of helpers - over 100 revellers were there to celebrate the opening of this event, delighting in the delicious raw appetizers, soaking up the lush surroundings and mingling with friends old and new...beautiful times... :)

You can see some of my photos from the day here on Facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/fbx/?set=a.10150231154231410.360034.684101409&l=6ad8b301ee

Mr. M also uploaded a fun video today from the Opening Reception - 

you can check that out HERE - enjoy :)))

on May the 1st I loved:

1 quart water
1 cup VIBRANT mandarin/passionfruit juice
a few berries from the garden and a yummmmmers dragonfruit
shotglass of powerful greeeeen elixir from Mr. M; coconut water, Elixir of the Lake, Greener Grasses, Vitamineral Green
1 quart greeeeeen juice mixed with pineapple juice
little pot of hemp seeds mixed with hemp oil and salt, stuffed into nori sheets (a long-forgotten favourite power snack ;)
watr of three young coconuts

On the subject of this current Raw Gathering, I want to give a big shout out to the lovely Claudia Morales in Chile, who has so kindly and generously volunteered herself as the online translator of all the info for the Gathering from English to Spanish (e.g. on the schedule page HERE, all of the Spanish translation is provided by Claudia - thanks :) Claudia and her boyfriend have also recently started their own blog, in Spanish, all about healthy living, with videos and articles - if you or anyone you know would love to connect more to raw/health info in Spanish, please feel free to check out her work at: www.lovinglife.cl/blog - thanks again, Claudia :)))


on May the 2nd I enjoyed:

1 quart water
1 quart coconut water/mandarin juice/passion fruit juice
a dragon fruit and half a mango
1 cup coconut water
1 cup coconut water mixed with intense greeeeeeen powders
little pot of hemp seeds mixed with hemp oil and salt, stuffed into nori sheets, followed by a DELICIOUS little bowl of homemade raw lavender ice cream - WOW :)
water of a young coconut
a few little *delicious* appetizer morsels at the opening night of the 2011 Vilcabamba Raw Food Gathering - yummmmers :)
water of a young coconut


on May the 3rd I appreciated:

1 quart water
3 cups watermelon juice mixed with passionfruit juice
a dragon fruit
water of a young coconut
an avocado with lime juice, little pot of hemp seeds mixed with hemp oil and salt, stuffed into nori sheets, followed by a sample of Lucuma Balls from Diviana
water of three young coconuts

PLEASE NOTE: we have had a couple of recent schedule changes for The Raw Food World Radio Show. The interview with super-star raw chef Ani Phyo this week has moved from Thursday to Friday at noon Pacific, 3pm Eastern.
Also, we have been able to reschedule the call with the lovely Nadine Artemis of Living Libations, whose call got "eaten" by internet gremlins a couple of weeks ago...we're lined up to be speaking with Nadine again on June the 9th at 6pm Eastern, 3pm Pacific.
Please visit http://www.TheRawFoodWorldRadioShow.com to get the call-in info for these events and...ENJOY :)


All love and blossoming joy,
A. C. Stokes-Monarch. xxx