Back from Peru
Posted: February 25th, 2008, 3:35 pm
Well, I made it, looked chancy there for a while. I'll post more about my trip later, right now I have to get to get to work.
Welcome back to this world.
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Re: Back from Peru
Posted: February 25th, 2008, 11:19 pm
I admit the first picture looks a bit more impressive than the second. Machu Pichu?
Welcome back to this world.
Welcome back to this world.
Re: Back from Peru
Posted: February 26th, 2008, 3:08 am
First pict, Machu Pichu, the second pict is from the Amazon jungle, about 50 miles downriver from Iquitos. More later, I have a lot to catch up on now.
Re: Back from Peru
Posted: February 26th, 2008, 9:38 pm
Glad you made it back on time!!! Can't wait to get home to see all your pics and hear the stories!
Re: Back from Peru
Posted: February 28th, 2008, 9:21 am
welcome back^^
Re: Back from Peru
Posted: February 29th, 2008, 2:35 am
Ok, a few picts from our first day in Peru. We flew into Lima about 1:30 am, went to our hotel and slept, sort of, till morning, then had a tour of downtown Lima.
art of the pre Inka civilizations
Downtown Lima
John F Kennedy park in Mira Flores
More next time, I have a real story to tell about out travels to the Amazon. I didn't think we were going to get there.
art of the pre Inka civilizations
Downtown Lima
John F Kennedy park in Mira Flores
More next time, I have a real story to tell about out travels to the Amazon. I didn't think we were going to get there.
Re: Back from Peru
Posted: February 29th, 2008, 6:56 pm
A story about life and death with a broken boat and many piranhas?oldwrench wrote:More next time, I have a real story to tell about out travels to the Amazon. I didn't think we were going to get there.
Re: Back from Peru
Posted: March 4th, 2008, 4:47 am
Well, we did go fishing for piranha, on my birthday, I caught the biggest one. Our guide said a group of Russians that he was guiding offered him 300 dollars to jump in the river with the piranha's and swim around for 5 minutes. He said that was a lot of money to him, so he did.
My travel adventure. We had a 4:30 am flight to Iquitos, and got to the airport in Lima about 2:30 am. When we got to the window to get our boarding passes, they could find our reservation number, but we had no tickets. They spent a bunch of time messing on their computer, and trying to talk to us in mostly Spanish......... after some time, our tour representative finally came over and was soon on his cell phone with the tour office. They did a lot of talking and typing and we ended up having to buy tickets. 4am we still didn't have our tickets, when we got the tickets, we ran through the airport, really, and got through security and taxes and onto our plane with only 5 minutes to spare. We were really thankful to have had the tour company rep to get us through that mess.
My travel adventure. We had a 4:30 am flight to Iquitos, and got to the airport in Lima about 2:30 am. When we got to the window to get our boarding passes, they could find our reservation number, but we had no tickets. They spent a bunch of time messing on their computer, and trying to talk to us in mostly Spanish......... after some time, our tour representative finally came over and was soon on his cell phone with the tour office. They did a lot of talking and typing and we ended up having to buy tickets. 4am we still didn't have our tickets, when we got the tickets, we ran through the airport, really, and got through security and taxes and onto our plane with only 5 minutes to spare. We were really thankful to have had the tour company rep to get us through that mess.
Re: Back from Peru
Posted: March 7th, 2008, 3:02 pm
Oh, Amazon pictures......
Iquitos.... a city of half a million people, the only way to reach it is by boat or by air.
Reading the Fairfax paper, in the jungle
The Yagua people
at the lodge, we had no electricity, no hot water, and outhouse toilets.
scenes along the river
Darlene's Piranha, she caught the smallest one
A rum distillery and bar
Charley, the lodge's pet capybara, the worlds biggest rat
The canopy walk, a quarter mile and up to 120 feet high
Darlene holds a baby sloth
a river people village, the kids sang for us and I recorded it, then I played it back for them, they really smiled, they had never seen themselves on a video.
Iquitos.... a city of half a million people, the only way to reach it is by boat or by air.
Reading the Fairfax paper, in the jungle
The Yagua people
at the lodge, we had no electricity, no hot water, and outhouse toilets.
scenes along the river
Darlene's Piranha, she caught the smallest one
A rum distillery and bar
Charley, the lodge's pet capybara, the worlds biggest rat
The canopy walk, a quarter mile and up to 120 feet high
Darlene holds a baby sloth
a river people village, the kids sang for us and I recorded it, then I played it back for them, they really smiled, they had never seen themselves on a video.
