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Peru & South America

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    Tres Pachas

    December 4, 2018 in Peru ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C

    Dinner from the 'fixed price tourist menu'....small small Pisco sours... soup....entree (grilled alpaca, grilled chicken)...fruit salad....$5.80 CAD

    The waiter had talked to Bernie and Troi earlier and was waiting for us with the Mexican, Canadian and US flags on the table. We told him we needed him to take the flags off the table to make room for our dinner 🤣Read more

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    Hotel Taypikala

    December 4, 2018 in Peru

    Breakfast was nice... Quick because we were headed to Machu Picchu early. There was a fridge in the room and a kettle with cups and saucers and tea - 2 bottles of water of 630mls were provided.

    Linens were very nice. Lots of hot water and good pressure    Read more

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    Lake Titicaca

    December 7, 2018 in Peru ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C

    visited the floating islands
    Lunch on Taquile island

    Lake Titicaca (Spanish: Lago Titicaca, pronounced [ˈlaɣo titiˈkaka]; Quechua: Titiqaqa Qucha) is a large, deep lake in the Andes on the border of Bolivia and Peru, often called the "highest navigable lake" in the world. By volume of water and by surface area, it is the largest lake in South America.[4][5][6] Lake Maracaibo has a larger surface area, but it is a tidal bay, not a lake.

    Max. length
    190 km (118 mi)
    Max. width
    80 km (50 mi)
    Surface area
    8,372 km2 (3,232 sq mi)[1]
    Average depth
    107 m (351 ft)[1]
    Max. depth
    281 m (922 ft)[1]
    Water volume
    893 km3 (214 cu mi)[1]
    Residence time
    1343 years[1]
    Shore length1
    1,125 km (699 mi)[1]
    Surface elevation
    3,812 m (12,507 ft)[1]    Read more

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    Camacuma Lodge

    December 9, 2018 in Peru ⋅ 🌧 26 °C

    It is the rainy season here and the water is already starting to rise. Most of the walk from the boat to the lodge was done over a small raised walkway. Later in the rainy season the boat will be able to turn off of the Amazon river and go much of the way to the lodge.

    The Lodge consists of a cleared area with some buildings for cooking, dining, general washroom hammocks and a pool. Each group or couple had a small cabin with good mosquito screening, a couple of beds, a small wooden safe, and a bathroom.

    After lunch we rested until about 3pm and then went for a jungle walk. We heard many different types of birds including two wild Macaws that were very friendly. Valerie and others held a sloth that was about 3 years old.

    We had electricity from about 5pm until 10pm each night to charge our batteries for our electronic devices (cameras etc).    Read more

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    Cumaceba Lodge

    December 10, 2018 in Peru ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C

    Went for a river ride and visited a couple of villages and saw giant lily pads.

    On the way home we had a beautiful sunset.

    Shortly after starting our way back to the lodge from the boat we encountered a baby snake (poisonous). Our guide said that he had to kill it as it but we found out later the other guide convinced him to let it go.Read more

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    Hotel Jose Antonio Lima

    December 12, 2018 in Peru ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C

    After breakfast we took another jungle walk before packing up and leaving Cumaceba Lodge. We made our way back to Iquitos by boat with a short stop at a native village and an animal sanctuary. Then we waited in the airport until about 11pm before boarding a flight to Lima.Read more

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    Field Service in Lima

    December 15, 2018 in Peru ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C

    We did public witnessing (mostly talked with a return visit (Caesar and watched him play chess - which he does for part of his living). (We did a little more than the cat :-) ).

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    Peru Bethel

    December 17, 2018 in Peru ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C

    We went to the Bethel in Peru today. The exhibits are still mostly up (moved so that they can get back to work). They are still giving tours and said they had more that 7,000 through yesterday 🙂!

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    Barbarian

    December 18, 2018 in Peru ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C

    Lunch at the Barbarian and Valerie had a Barbarian Barbara burger :-).

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