Still trying to restore

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Trying to restore. I think only photos will show. We are now (August 22) in Bolivia and loving it.

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Photos

More of the monastery
Arequipa, the White City, is built of a very white stone that is blinding in the noonday light. Apparently, the nuns all got cataracts so they had to paint the walls of the monastery in wonderful colours.

More of the monastery 3
The laundry at the monastery. Can you imagine all the nuns doing their washing, chatting (were they allowed?).

View from the cockpit of our dune buggy
We spent the afternoon without taking a single breath; the driver was a maniac and had never used a clutch in his life.

And here it is -- just for the boys
Apparently, they are not allowed to kill you at night.

Close up
But don't look too hard at the welding. We plunged down almost vertical dunes, luckily strapped in.

Sand dunes
Before being polluted with sand buggies, of course. We also risked our lives sandboarding down precipitous slopes.

View from our Cessna
We flew over the Nazca Lines in a 4-seater. I'd go back tomorrow, it was so much fun.

View inside our Cessna
Once we were launched and bouncing around in the air, I looked down at the meters, only to notice that the fuel guage wasn't working or the plane was empty. Too scared to ask the pilot, who seemed oblivious.

Stunning
The view was just stunning. We haven't put in any photos of the Nazca Lines or etchings (?) as others have taken professional photos.

"Safely" back on terra firma
Apparently, most passengers need plastic bags. We got down in rare shape, all of us totally thrilled.

However, some hours later ...
Hilary and Jane didn't look so good.

Until Hilary saw a Shaman
Hair growth overnight was remarkable.

The main square in Arequipa
Arequipa, the White City, is very very beautiful.

A bank in Arequipa
This is the entrance to a bank. Not unlike the BNZ in Henderson.

Before ...
... giving up all wordly attachments and entering the Monasterio Sta. Catalina. This monastery/convent was like a city inside a city (Arequipa).

More of the monastery 2
Arequipa, the White City, is built of a very white stone that is blinding in the noonday light. Apparently, the nuns all got cataracts so they had to paint the walls of the monastery in wonderful colours.

More of the monastery 3
Arequipa, the White City, is built of a very white stone that is blinding in the noonday light. Apparently, the nuns all got cataracts so they had to paint the walls of the monastery in wonderful colours.

Pelicans always amaze me
This is the only photo we've put in from Las Islas Ballestas, off the coast of Pisco in Peru. More stunning photos in November!

Comments

[Mama]

I like the empty fuel guage in the Cessa. Wow! Love you wildly, Mama :) 0