Guest guest Posted February 27, 2010 Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 Hello Bradly, thank you very much for this beautiful description. And , thank you for posting it. I enjoyed reading very much. love Yiara --- . schrieb am Sa, 27.2.2010: > Von: . > Betreff: from Brad > An: > Datum: Samstag, 27. Februar, 2010 07:17 Uhr > Hello and thanks to for > posting this. > > All is well in South America in Peru. and I wrapped > up our time in the Amazon Region nicely. There were a lot of > mosquittos down there and we were bitten up pretty badly. > But despite that there were many wonderful things. I > saw some beautiful fireflies my last night there. I had a > great time swimming with some of our companions in the river > and even some of the local kids. They loved my idea of a > mudslide into the river during a downpour the first day > there. I juggled oranges one time for a bunch of villagers, > I´m not sure they´d ever seen that before. The villagers > make pets of these tiny little monkeys that can sit on your > head, they are incredibly cute. The sunset on the boat ride > home was sweet as the light from the setting sun hit the > water perfectly infront of us. And on one boat ride looking > for the dolphins we saw an amazing rainbow. > > We had a long boat ride back to the city, then a long > gruelling 20hr bus ride the next day to Lima, followed by a > short flight to Cusco. > > The Andes were beautiful on our bus ride, some places even > had snow! One spot had waterfalls on both sides of the road. > Some awesome views. I can share some photos and even a > little video later when I get back to America. I have lots > of photos of everything, too many in fact! I might be able > to put them up on a web hard drive or something like that > later. > > Tonight we had a walk around our town. So many Incan stones > still in the base of many buildings here and in many walls > as well. When you place your hands on the old old stones you > can feel some energy. Some stone walls even have designs on > them (puma, snake for example). We may visit some ruins > close by tomorrow. Some of the final battles when the Incans > were defeated by the Spanish took place here. > > Tonight we treated a young 9yr old girl to dinner. She was > selling hats and mittens to people on the street. She was > very sweet and we helped her a bit with her English. She > saved half her sandwich to take to her mom! She was very > kind and quick, and pretty street smart. A lot of young > people walk around with Lamas and pose for pictures in > traditional garb. They charge about 33 cents for a photo. > > The climate is cooler here. It´s still raining a lot. We > might not be able to get into Machu Pichu, the latest we > heard is that it might open again on April 1st. We may be > able to hike to spot across a small river from it and see it > from a distance, or just go to the city gates, though we may > not be able to enter. There are many other ruins to see > though and some other wonderful spiritual places we hope to > find. > > Many of the hotels here boast of having Incan walls in the > hotels, some even in the rooms! Although ours didn´t > really, despite what it said in the guide book, there are > some nice hardwood floors. I don´t think they are Incan > though! > > I better head to bed now. Still getting used to the > altitude change. If you walk even at a brisk pace up a > slightly inclined street here, you get pretty huffy and > puffy. And there are a lot of steeply inclined streets and > stone stairways here in the city! > > be well all, > > bradly > > > > --- > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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