PERU

Our adventurs in Peru exceeded all our expectations. Linda, Dick and I each looked forward to a different highlight: Dick looked forward to Lake Titicaca, Linda looked forward to Machu Picchu, and I looked forward to seeing the Nazca Lines.

However there were other highlights to our trip that none of us anticipated. We had never heard of the Paracas Winds. We did not know about the giant sand dunes surrounding the Huacachina Oasis or the colonies of sea birds and mammals on the Islas Ballestas.

We avoided drinking the local water as instructed only to find our selves eating green mud at a local farmhouse near Lake Titicaca and eating deep fried guinea pig in a lovely restaurant in Puno.			We chewed coca leaves and drank coca tea to avoid altitude sickness on our way to Colca Canyon. We fled the Canyon under the cover of darkness to avoid a strike and later cheered on the Striking Cab Drivers in Arequipa.

We enjoyed visiting the sophisticated cities and the simple rural towns and farms. Rural nights were spent star gazing at the southern constellations. Through a telescope in Nazca, we could clearly see Jupitor and three of its moons as well as the ringed planet, Saturn. City nights offered lively clubs and entertainment late into the evening.

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