So a little heads up to all, this is a rather long entry, but it was more than 3 weeks of my trip since my last blog. Just a note to warn you. So, now that it has been quite awhile since my last entry I have quite a bit to write about to fill you all in. Last time I wrote we were staying at Felipe and Sylvanas house in Santiago and had gotten back from Portillo. We had to get some more skiing in so we stayed in Santiago a little bit longer to go to the resorts that [View Full Entry]

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Here are some pictures from the trip to the lake and of us going surfing. [View Full Entry]

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We have finally made it to the mountains to do some skiing and snowboarding, but the trip there was rather long and interesting. After surfing last week we had some down time the day after because we could not catch a bus until Thursday night when we had hoped to leave Thursday morning. That bus ride from Iquique was going to be rather interesting. It was a 26 hour bus ride straight through. We left at 530pm on Thursday and did not arrive in Santiago until 730 on Friday the fourth. So I hope all of you had a great 4th [View Full Entry]

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Hey all, hope you are doing well. This past week has been fun with substantial travels but we are finally in chile and ready to do some skiing/snowboarding. Getting back from the trek to Machu Picchu last week allowed us to have a little bit of rest before we headed on to Puno and Lake Titicaca. After getting back from our trek we were getting ready for the fiesta Inti Raymi which as I said before was the celebration of the sun god and the solstice. On monday there was a parade that lasted all day and into the night. As [View Full Entry]

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After the end of the last experience I was excited to get to Cusco which is a much larger city and the center for the Incas. When this town was first built it was in the shape of a puma because that was a symbol of belief for the Incas since there were many in the area. On top of the hill near town are the old ruins Sasqaywaman which is pronounced similar to sexy woman. There is only 20 percent of it left because the spaniards took most of it to build the city below when they came into Peru. [View Full Entry]

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Well this is really my first time doing this so i hope you all enjoy it. I have been in peru for just over a week now and have been on the go since we got here. We landed in Peru Saturday the 7th at 2am. The beginning part of trip was full of luxury. Thank you dad for the points to the marriott. we stayed on the 15th floor overlooking the ocean in the nicest part of Lima for three nights. This marriott was actually chosen as the nicest marriott in all of south america. Not really the start you [View Full Entry]

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