tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24628566155074938962024-03-06T10:21:58.949+01:00My trip through Latin AmericaJune 11, 2007 - January 21, 2008 <br>
México - Guatemala - Honduras - Nicaragua - Costa Rica - Ecuador - Peru - Bolivia - ArgentinaConnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16483718664002405019noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2462856615507493896.post-2448947098993627962008-03-25T18:45:00.009+01:002008-03-25T19:40:22.026+01:00Buenos Aires<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3bsM49aziPOTTwXS8JY_tc_whhLPm3TdPVK2u5SO2rMLQsALjEVEVBFq68RenXL1MXJUypW67ZVIxZ1GYEyIBqPU60oD2F9hCrOC0DmeLB6SW4fLUiOJrON4UIygmp_2j6cTdtkUFjnaP/s1600-h/Argentina+075.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3bsM49aziPOTTwXS8JY_tc_whhLPm3TdPVK2u5SO2rMLQsALjEVEVBFq68RenXL1MXJUypW67ZVIxZ1GYEyIBqPU60oD2F9hCrOC0DmeLB6SW4fLUiOJrON4UIygmp_2j6cTdtkUFjnaP/s200/Argentina+075.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181750736281240226" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCG_JWTxqYfXSMiMoYIe4OZ6-PDdAbGHlfy0SrU2FgKAyVxdPLeVK9UQKTvTz_6W1-_OrHPpeLAcPnoXBJ-ivdSRV465k6H5kgHdtc5PrGC-bQ1aekKjNP93bjxHUa1XFnskrGSumRrVij/s1600-h/Argentina+467.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 130px; height: 174px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCG_JWTxqYfXSMiMoYIe4OZ6-PDdAbGHlfy0SrU2FgKAyVxdPLeVK9UQKTvTz_6W1-_OrHPpeLAcPnoXBJ-ivdSRV465k6H5kgHdtc5PrGC-bQ1aekKjNP93bjxHUa1XFnskrGSumRrVij/s320/Argentina+467.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181747751278969490" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh85L66qIc59VanvVdtXFd-nAKu24c6xnXo5vhJ35Xb-vAN9m37iOsEZwRrBL20fu3Yu-Orp3qkD2KAB8hO3kxBnd7e_ZymElTxt-62JIDG5PLrMsFryk9TZ9yI1dzjAiBB8hxOvSXM-cwZ/s1600-h/Argentina+048.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 190px; height: 143px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh85L66qIc59VanvVdtXFd-nAKu24c6xnXo5vhJ35Xb-vAN9m37iOsEZwRrBL20fu3Yu-Orp3qkD2KAB8hO3kxBnd7e_ZymElTxt-62JIDG5PLrMsFryk9TZ9yI1dzjAiBB8hxOvSXM-cwZ/s320/Argentina+048.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181746209385710210" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpUViNN4DeU8ZHvDe0ilrJy28hXaCKMTF5b_qmozVoL0gD1b7N6IGw153znjjbQbE-_NGPTgkNYXgFVDEvURvJTvF7Gp5Y2hIQw2Clzs-K1W3-DNz8YESDIKS9SpAAUH5uC_c5XYsdWjwF/s1600-h/Argentina+026.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpUViNN4DeU8ZHvDe0ilrJy28hXaCKMTF5b_qmozVoL0gD1b7N6IGw153znjjbQbE-_NGPTgkNYXgFVDEvURvJTvF7Gp5Y2hIQw2Clzs-K1W3-DNz8YESDIKS9SpAAUH5uC_c5XYsdWjwF/s200/Argentina+026.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181743821383893602" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsyXFiD9RGi5bUsX9O6B18tgjFv-S1H-M3FyRhEBhOj5b9RP-A0y93E1U4WUCQvCJffZ1pX2sGg3gqPl1EMu7-j4k0eE0DzV1OhSd_R2E7I9WRad2If03jNNJ2x0loyE5JJL20Vi_aNlHP/s1600-h/Argentina+033.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsyXFiD9RGi5bUsX9O6B18tgjFv-S1H-M3FyRhEBhOj5b9RP-A0y93E1U4WUCQvCJffZ1pX2sGg3gqPl1EMu7-j4k0eE0DzV1OhSd_R2E7I9WRad2If03jNNJ2x0loyE5JJL20Vi_aNlHP/s200/Argentina+033.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181744448449118834" border="0" /></a><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">After a long wait at the airport (the plane was about 4 hours late), José Luis finally arrived in Buenos Aires in the early morning hours of December 30<sup>th</sup>. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">After our long separation it was of course very nice to see him again but for me it was also a bit a strange feeling at the beginning, in the meantime I got quite used to travel on my own, to do whatever I wanted and to decide things without asking anybody else’s opinion… and honestly I was also getting a bit worried about my new life after this trip. I already promised José Luis earlier on, that I was going to stay with him in Budapest (where he has been living and working since September 2007) and suddenly I was no longer sure, if things would really work out fine and so on…. Luckily my mood changed after a few days and I could really start to enjoy my holidays in Argentina with José Luis….</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">We immediately liked Buenos Aires with its grand boulevards, the almost European like architecture, the many green parks and the Rio de la Plata, a river almost as big as the ocean. <span style=""> </span>We spent New Years in town, visited most of the touristy sites such as La Boca, San Telmo, the Puerto Madero dock area, Plaza de Mayo, the various markets and of course we didn’t miss the famous tango shows. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Especially José Luis was overwhelmed by the excellent Argentinean steaks, but even I have to admit that I almost started to like the parrilas together with a bottle of Argentinean wine…</span></p>Connyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16483718664002405019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2462856615507493896.post-2726720241574727362008-02-08T11:32:00.001+01:002008-02-08T12:22:38.591+01:00Salta and Cafayate, Argentina<p style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">After an overnight train ride I arrived in Villazon in the early morning of December 26 and the very bureaucratic Argentinean immigration procedures really tested my patience to the maximum. <span style=""> </span>This was definitely the slowest and most complex border crossing I have experienced during my whole trip…. it took as well over 3 hours to cross the border (on foot) and of course I missed my bus to Salta. So I had some time to kill in La Quiaca, the town on the Argentinean side, before I boarded the next bus to Salta. After another 8 hours on the bus I was really happy to finally get to a nice hotel with shower and bed waiting for me!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="" lang="EN-GB">I only had two days in the beautiful, colonial town of Salta in the Northern part of Argentina, because on December 29 I would finally see again my boyfriend José Luis, who came to visit me for ten days…<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: arial;">A very popular destination for a one day tour from Salta is Cafayate, famous for its excellent white wines, which are made from the fruity torrontés grape. The road from Salta to Cafayate takes you through the spectacular “Quebrada de Cafayate”, a river gorge with fascinating rock formations in different colours. I happened to be in a very nice, girls only group for that day and met Judith and her mother from Buenos Aires and Mercedes, a journalist from Brazil.</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" ><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMhQUbMUOvmUfs6CE4mGHHYOZQJ7i6dYbLPyGplrCkmplpuPkEpYLQvPIEpNRrX5-IMdBdMjVxtPnGWYXy-_m1AJLAERsevP-JNNJ6gh_T_YT0Q3Lh4Xl5iF34uauOiJiH9j6t8Sq-1Shm/s1600-h/PICT3038.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMhQUbMUOvmUfs6CE4mGHHYOZQJ7i6dYbLPyGplrCkmplpuPkEpYLQvPIEpNRrX5-IMdBdMjVxtPnGWYXy-_m1AJLAERsevP-JNNJ6gh_T_YT0Q3Lh4Xl5iF34uauOiJiH9j6t8Sq-1Shm/s200/PICT3038.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164563860243936850" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >Salta</span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3jEFKaHFLXM-xS-FL9h4QdtKrTU__HqbKUZj08ALBwi7-JSX3EaJl0KMnq5chJk89B5AvukNLW3K39PshleXRtEw5TxwBx_g2O5ZpNY3j7z33Akf4iZ6ZBH-hIavcHDUkku-Z8qJD8vZb/s1600-h/PICT3091.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH6tUeybvzzzgYbuDTK_lUbads7DCmdfXI8oalkWUMqkEKtcw9Z3clEGAUvY-M-jlib-EaRwlK0q6JsDmlb6Y6ooYyA4S0_6kT6XS44jjV9y7mhRMg0qonV5PCNfn-ijqsbcHHlpNssOoV/s200/PICT3067.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164566072152094354" border="0" /></a>Connyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16483718664002405019noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2462856615507493896.post-37794731504350986012007-12-30T03:57:00.000+01:002007-12-30T05:25:04.560+01:00Salar de Uyuni<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">After arriving in Uyuni at 8 in the morning, the bus Terminal was already busy with travel agents selling tours for the salt flats of Uyuni.<br />I had already met Li from Taiwan on the bus and so the two of us decided to go along with one of the girls, who put us on a 3 day tour leaving the same morning.<br />It turned out that I was very lucky with my group of travelers: a very good national/international mix of a Bolivian mother traveling with her two teenage daughters, a Portuguese photographer, a Japanese guy named Kan who made the tour on his motorbike (he actually started his journey in Alaska and is now on his way to Patagonia…. quite crazy), Li and myself.<br />The Salar de Uyuni is the biggest and highest salt lake in the world; further south you can see some impressive volcanoes, multi colored lagoons with hundreds of flamingos, nice rock formations and hot geysers and natural thermal baths.<br />The first night we spent in a very nice hostal entirely built of salt, even the mattresses of our beds were put on blocks of salt!<br />The second day (December 24) we visited several nice lagoons and we spent the night at the shores of Laguna Colorada at 4’300 meters above sea level. After sunset it got quite cold and a strong wind was blowing all night long.<br />Together with some other groups we celebrated Christmas Eve with a lot of wine, beer and tequila. As we had an early start at 4:30 the next morning, for some of us the night was quite short!<br />Rui, usually very keen to take loads of pictures (he is a photographer after all) could not really be convinced to see the beauty of the geysers at 6:00 in the morning and preferred to rather get some sleep in the car….<br />Mid morning we arrived at the Chilean border and here it was already time to say good bye to Li and Kan, who continued their trip to San Pedro de Atacama. The rest of us returned to Uyuni, where we arrived at 7:00 in the evening after a long and tiring drive.<br />The same night at 10:00 I boarded the night train to Villazon, the border town between Bolivia and Argentina.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"><br />The Salar de Uyuni was another big highlight of my trip and probably because we spent Christmas there, it is a really memorable one too. </span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkKde3jq-LAfpNZxrb6HQufGE_5QaeQ-PWavC440NRS_QUXZmh9mY4A4rEF17YrA5P5tEk-lXVHDQ1fiFSqEn2FyPZaMpd1r1rf3BfmVu-cMfKZD285WuOkIF7U750aMNH7uwVQIWyWBXF/s1600-h/PICT2856.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5149597964191431842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkKde3jq-LAfpNZxrb6HQufGE_5QaeQ-PWavC440NRS_QUXZmh9mY4A4rEF17YrA5P5tEk-lXVHDQ1fiFSqEn2FyPZaMpd1r1rf3BfmVu-cMfKZD285WuOkIF7U750aMNH7uwVQIWyWBXF/s200/PICT2856.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipPrOT4RKBlOnZRFoy23TAmkJMIVipeXUL0ayal5Roi56FWPhJ0wsBL_T-ObDPyOpahSSO2smGvaJUEPFfHMc_Q5s5dyEwbsieiwLS6DLx-CCjKwVUNEeeJUi2o3GRcfff6S5MM7RWPu0/s1600-h/PICT2980.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5149597710788361362" style="FLOAT: left; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcXp9KgJT0uyvG9IH1Yz56Zhf9voVvM-L5XCrcvIBOK6arn8h4yHxtwTrFlVkHqQfVl-EXGTjqqSy6aa8tfEy-p08W8hOV_GNVhyphenhyphenZQVCVFo5bHlhZrj41ZJN8hsP9hhaOc6ffVyOpgVkg/s200/PICT2822.JPG" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">The bus ride from Puno to La Paz does usually not take more than five hours, but since our bus (coming from Lima) was almost 8 hours (¡) late, it took us basically one whole day to get to La Paz…. </span></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">I immediately liked La Paz, the highest capital city in the world at 3650 meters. Built in the basin of a canyon and surrounded by snow capped mountains, the city was bustling with pre-Christmas activities, colorful street markets and thousands of people everywhere… </span></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">I joined a city tour which took us around the main square, Plaza Murillo, to the witches market and the Moon Valley with its strange rock formations shaped by the weather. </span></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">After three weeks travel with my Tucan group it was time for me to say good–bye and to hit the road on my own again…it was great traveling with you guys, thanks a lot and hope to see you again sometime somewhere around the world! After two days in La Paz I boarded the night bus to Uyuni, my next destination, where I would spend Christmas touring the salar flats of Uyuni.</span><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQThyPSxUVj-G61520WZaQJTnBi0JX0Kuj3KfsBwd5wp9JAaq9AoYvL_8u4SWyhzHXsJrxeDQpVwiFNw0SzM4EzTsQfwBZ9e-i1ffMKovQtxV3JRYnsfU0xv1W2ph_frthjQNtRQ0om9A/s1600-h/PICT2819.JPG"><span style="font-family:arial;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5149593454475770818" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQThyPSxUVj-G61520WZaQJTnBi0JX0Kuj3KfsBwd5wp9JAaq9AoYvL_8u4SWyhzHXsJrxeDQpVwiFNw0SzM4EzTsQfwBZ9e-i1ffMKovQtxV3JRYnsfU0xv1W2ph_frthjQNtRQ0om9A/s200/PICT2819.JPG" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><br /><div><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong><span style="font-family:arial;"> La Paz</span></strong><br /></span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRiz-_wslrA7LgKHjjHXcpyc2iK8xRpXZAGprejImwPcnCoPkaLdVxa53FOdmO5WGCpvZVSMDpoOFvnv_-xsiRDDUv7NpPmWciXAr3tQp80_0UTxIRv40DCBXlZkbDfFrYhaAQIrbjSPk/s1600-h/PICT2814.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5149593089403550626" style="FLOAT: right; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBcT2XwUskW2tIxrt_bROyEbRFf2jSxcDsAcFWD36rguM4-As_azJUtvLWBcgqSMFNSAJlM878n4rwP8t05_sRO4OpVxexkXNlMnqYXJkWih2rkcbkg-c8CzSzqMC2ZYAmXblAADZLg5U/s200/PICT2786.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><strong><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Colorful street markets</span><br /></span></strong><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHgCLjgfvmfA-rw5TIZoV7GU5A6gcDrcFeF9yNqLfxbXQeEd-_LJl7zCO6c0ycaK6UZUqlhjgGNO4LpI8GYxduKR_eq4V0cMWxr7VWINY3sVcrlnRS_ff8HvWjiQlegz_osgF8sVo4P7s/s1600-h/PICT2783.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5149592286244666226" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHgCLjgfvmfA-rw5TIZoV7GU5A6gcDrcFeF9yNqLfxbXQeEd-_LJl7zCO6c0ycaK6UZUqlhjgGNO4LpI8GYxduKR_eq4V0cMWxr7VWINY3sVcrlnRS_ff8HvWjiQlegz_osgF8sVo4P7s/s200/PICT2783.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjgh64w1viQzwwZ9Zh15GcDMfPO7kicEEF3ylXn1cWIL6jp6RvJt2dMKrzhqhE8wVQS3L_jVasTaH0ec1lCVfY16jZlsZUt7wvxIVIOHkikHG2LQPZx3ez9NqEHy0522MQ_P8y59KYvww/s1600-h/PICT2809.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5149591702129113938" style="FLOAT: left; 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MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4GX-_hmiWrsYlOodLO9BuA8yD2gDu0PbxeMrRCBMxYx2LOJm8rOPCPnTOt6mpeCsyJtw3uv8gnCNz_P4DgnfMBUGl66kgUQNh2Ec_-VWIMvd0x4ScFDBFmTF_jjEDHcXgJ8f-nja_rUk/s200/PICT2736.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Finally leaving Cuzco we took the bus to Puno at the shore of Lake Titicaca. The journey accros the Altiplano was very nice, with snow capped mountains in the distance and herds of llamas and alpacas all along the road.<br />After one night in Puno we first visited the floating reed islands in the Bay of Puno, the home of the Uros indians, who build their islands and boats from reeds.<br />The boat then took us to Amantaní island, where local Aymara and Quechua indian families hosted us for one night in their homes. This was a very nice experience and the local community even organized a party for us, where we were all dressed in the traditional costumes...<br />After breakfast the next morning, our “mamas” did escort us back down to the port, where we took the boat to the island of Taquile. After a walk in the rain we arrived at the main square of the village, where we had lunch and some free time to explore, before the boat did leave back to Puno</span>.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><strong><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Floating reed islands</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"></span></strong><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxB6lfKG3qQ5GE4eDHMDmZ1kNE8ky7ofQblRhKt9W6qygQBavgSX4nyZv-4VcGIaNIyCybZp2AHccw_l5whLPm_LcR1aRRi28v2dBlUiC_u7Tziw1PyricKlu61SkmUfmP0TU2D0Hym80/s1600-h/PICT2731.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146920064967277314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxB6lfKG3qQ5GE4eDHMDmZ1kNE8ky7ofQblRhKt9W6qygQBavgSX4nyZv-4VcGIaNIyCybZp2AHccw_l5whLPm_LcR1aRRi28v2dBlUiC_u7Tziw1PyricKlu61SkmUfmP0TU2D0Hym80/s200/PICT2731.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfpaNdnXQz6P5E5yToHLApFu0PiYmlCJmLNOYtZkdM-NhZ1txKail1eaiELfRa3OkX_7sE4vyybjaMpJSTcZxT-sVgyT6QTrxjn-apjhYBtI6KBO4bwidHH9yUlWF57Amw8u71_cejTeQ/s1600-h/PICT2729.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146919923233356530" style="FLOAT: left; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwyinVK36TaVt1vWQt275NLEcRpYuSZru6m8HEvy91Nmms_asg9TIY6yZXLJhz0_VdoeObqjuv7AOAggugNsH5T09gLIROQj7XyO9IVtEE7tDNf-CjOecM2iWQmormm-rdyfZnswzA7HU/s200/PICT2727.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div><br /><strong><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Hike to top of Amantani island (4200 m)</span></strong><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsjDHtjGz3ZBwCC9x8Uw7XiSt-P16XNaPi3x5LsxjeM1ob7lSzZ4fouEJqA5Xz6zKnF386d_egij4eIacXoDoBI9a281E2tYrQQsKT-VpIPNHDxz1dhbGMlSqv-BrZ2ICPAco2P-RA5fQ/s1600-h/PICT2760.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146919304758065858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsjDHtjGz3ZBwCC9x8Uw7XiSt-P16XNaPi3x5LsxjeM1ob7lSzZ4fouEJqA5Xz6zKnF386d_egij4eIacXoDoBI9a281E2tYrQQsKT-VpIPNHDxz1dhbGMlSqv-BrZ2ICPAco2P-RA5fQ/s200/PICT2760.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfOaR3Y8_sqag-EwyShoVV2eYFdgRC4Ab70OJkUmdga3pD3zeRtd6WzTPbip-uHU5mUCa3yE1gBuQMMDKd4wZu_DSIgEt-DDrR5W4ExtHPV-yBZzlZj4SFF5sgEPMHZCWYJxO3BlRHMtE/s1600-h/PICT2756.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146919154434210482" style="FLOAT: left; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCXgSMRRu-jX2S-r741zGvF9ERWuhwjm_kOOSMSilAX4qYjBwvmfDj2wYgGi4zQOJj5bNWLGE1-cUIvc1uFgl2y7_9r3MGfrUF2zxvuwuIfThzGBAb4X5PsQ7r-acP-bJaXgBIKSk75DU/s200/PICT2684.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9vGXVw68TtSE79w6NGs99Ev2zbAiD_7NTK5JeiniBzVJE5ilh8Z9Sfmq_0HLOixoJyzxAzR94Y8ckbRUloCybeEy6Hmaba9Jlr8R27THmAckoPnO4kTTr5jKsZnG67LLfIdcRcqoOZPA/s1600-h/PICT2672.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146915555251616178" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9vGXVw68TtSE79w6NGs99Ev2zbAiD_7NTK5JeiniBzVJE5ilh8Z9Sfmq_0HLOixoJyzxAzR94Y8ckbRUloCybeEy6Hmaba9Jlr8R27THmAckoPnO4kTTr5jKsZnG67LLfIdcRcqoOZPA/s200/PICT2672.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">From Cuzco we flew to Puerto Maldonado, the starting point for our visit to the Amazon rainforest. After a journey of about 2 hours first by bus and then by canoe, we arrived at our jungle lodge.<br />After lunch we left for our first jungle walk on monkey island, we didn’t have to wait very long before we saw the first monkeys in the trees above us...<br />In the evening we went downstream by canoe to spot caimans, unfortunately they didn’t show up for our visit.<br />On the second day we set off early for a walk through the rainforest and our guide explained us a lot about the fauna and flora of the area. After about 2 hours walk we arrived at a hidden lagoon, where we took a short ride by canoe and could observe various wildlife such as parrots, tucans, herons, turtels etc.<br />In the afternoon we tried our luck fishing in one of the smaller side rivers, as nobody did catch anything that day, the cook had to buy the fish for dinner in the local market....<br />On the third day we had an early start again, leaving the lodge at 7 am by boat in order to catch our flight from Puerto Maldonado back to Cuzco (of course the flight was late as quite common in Peru....) </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"></span></div></div></div></div></div></div>Connyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16483718664002405019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2462856615507493896.post-2754591046152112342007-12-22T21:52:00.000+01:002007-12-22T22:18:49.165+01:00Sacred Valley<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuKg3sDm9FikrHqmYwHeHgfnEcDT6TGTwknt6WWqFsHatf09PSKlP1llgu0irR3PZrt4i-a6BdfDiZ5mmCC2c3-epyIGFU22SsImBML3bACNIm8DjveKgF9y3w5kv7BeJsy845zeoF7V0/s1600-h/PICT2664.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146905646762064194" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuKg3sDm9FikrHqmYwHeHgfnEcDT6TGTwknt6WWqFsHatf09PSKlP1llgu0irR3PZrt4i-a6BdfDiZ5mmCC2c3-epyIGFU22SsImBML3bACNIm8DjveKgF9y3w5kv7BeJsy845zeoF7V0/s200/PICT2664.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">The four days on the Inca Trail were followed by a relaxing, “touri” like one day excursion to the Sacred Valley of the Incas. We first stopped at the site of Sacsayhuaman in the outskirts of Cuzco, where we could see some impressive Inca walls with massive rocks weighting up to 130 tons. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">The next stop was at the museum of the llama, where you could of course also buy all sorts of things made of llama and alpaca wool.<br />Unfortunately the weather was not great that day and so our visit to the Inca fortres of Pisac was cut rather short. We had lunch in Pisac and also some free time to explore the local market and spend our money on presents and other stuff!</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">The next stop was at a traditional chicha bar, where we tasted the typical chicha (corn beer). </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">The last stop in the afternoon was in Ollantaytambo (which was also the starting point of our Inca trek a few days earlier), where we climbed the enormous Inca terraces constructed on the side of a steep mountain. <br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"></span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146904843603179794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqe9FpGcpz9w6JEJTSotSYFxrWQsw15EbKdTGJXjIabVByZ7ld_mKNfLi3zONr8hyVrnbg8lYFQJMfqJ5wpm6it83JYWaIPhb-jcC60Uid3Q_m-7Yf42QnJs_XZFG5eWORFo4h5zF5C9U/s200/PICT2659.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /></span><p align="left"></p><div><span style="font-size:85%;"></span> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivYZirIn3vX5IBSqLc0Xy2mLBnmWsvwQPH0QJpLmQ8SMXdwta-FW0ryqd_KZuOaVxzNkY5M6s2-A7Hdc0kw7QkFW-RNXvidbuSvZG5YYQhSuFfWK7qpJPrNNmXJSVoDfl_wWsIcnIKTzk/s1600-h/PICT2652.JPG"><span style="font-size:85%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146904667509520642" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivYZirIn3vX5IBSqLc0Xy2mLBnmWsvwQPH0QJpLmQ8SMXdwta-FW0ryqd_KZuOaVxzNkY5M6s2-A7Hdc0kw7QkFW-RNXvidbuSvZG5YYQhSuFfWK7qpJPrNNmXJSVoDfl_wWsIcnIKTzk/s200/PICT2652.JPG" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146904349681940706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpXKv1T8IvnBph3VX1xEkkE7dY7a2CbJ9KTd1KvmFn619LwvPoXDI4TK0hKVQtraZgTYg52S5rscks4gPItDjdHaOs2mXM6UftNmF_QPcFmAFUfZ5HCjPs9wzCs-_okjsckwKRLGkZbac/s200/PICT2642.JPG" border="0" /></span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeujdqvOOoOlunzpcyS0CjZtmHvXwQD1rtaP13DQA2Te0ihX3Eel0aeLD0_wbOvkI2Wvb4fqyQZ9qK1xbYgwscwMCac9igmoc43wFSkqdf9J0sXu-UGXNVzmXAlooRnr4iSxRd-4C_7h8/s1600-h/PICT2648.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146904508595730674" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeujdqvOOoOlunzpcyS0CjZtmHvXwQD1rtaP13DQA2Te0ihX3Eel0aeLD0_wbOvkI2Wvb4fqyQZ9qK1xbYgwscwMCac9igmoc43wFSkqdf9J0sXu-UGXNVzmXAlooRnr4iSxRd-4C_7h8/s200/PICT2648.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP2ppDHtLms1pYpbr7HKN_vusorVVR_sDjaOP4XWIOIL_SGyz1hpNRp1tv5MRtQytuuE00vFVYVMpmuskcvumlPdQKOT_N9lR-Z5g5HVfNLSJsR6qCCanHEF-zHE_OYGWoNoe7wvbuxjE/s1600-h/PICT2633.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146904061919131858" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP2ppDHtLms1pYpbr7HKN_vusorVVR_sDjaOP4XWIOIL_SGyz1hpNRp1tv5MRtQytuuE00vFVYVMpmuskcvumlPdQKOT_N9lR-Z5g5HVfNLSJsR6qCCanHEF-zHE_OYGWoNoe7wvbuxjE/s200/PICT2633.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div><div></div></div></div></div></div>Connyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16483718664002405019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2462856615507493896.post-30351387108575284022007-12-20T15:20:00.000+01:002007-12-20T16:21:09.747+01:00Inca Trail / Machu Picchu<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">The four day hike on the Inca Trail was certainly one of the highlights of my tour so far and I really enjoyed every minute of it even though it was quite tough at times….<br />We started with a relatively easy and more or less flat 4 ½ hour 12 km walk on day one and made camp at Wayllabamba on about 3300 meters.<br />The second day began quite early and was probably the most challenging one, as it was mainly uphill to reach the highest pass on the trail, the “Dead Woman’s Pass” on 4200 meters. We were rewarded with spectacular views of the surrounding mountains and valleys and after a short break we started the descent to our next campsite on 3600 meters.<br />The third day started with another uphill part to the second highest pass on 3950 meters; the next 6 km where then downhill again through lush, tropical forest like sceneries. After the third pass on 3600 meters it was then all downhill to our last campsite a Winay Wayna, this part was all stairs (3000 steps) and quite challenging for your knees and legs too…<br />In Winay Wayna we welcomed the opportunity to have a hot shower and a nice cold beer!<br />On the last morning we got up at 4am to begin the final section of the trail to the famous Sun Gate and then down into Machu Picchu. We had been really lucky with the weather on our first three days of the hike (no rain whatsoever, even though we are in the rainy season right now… wenn Engel reisen, dann lacht der Himmel kann ich da nur sagen); only our last day was not that great and so we did not really see anything from the Sun Gate, as the whole valley in front of us was covered by fog. So we continued our hike down towards the entrance of Machu Picchu and only then the sky suddenly cleared and the ancient Inca town of Machu Picchu majestically rose from the clouds…<br />What an inspiring view, I was standing there almost in tears……..<br />After a guided tour around the site we then had the rest of the day to explore this mystical Inca city ourselves and after a visit to the Inca bridge I went down to Aguas Calientes and soaked in the nearby hot springs, what a nice treat after four days of hiking. After a four hour train journey we finally got back to Cuzco in the late evening and enjoyed the comfort of having a nice and warm hotel bed waiting for us again.<br /><br />I earlier said that this trail was probably the highlight of my trip so far; well this all would not have been possible without the great Tucan group and the team of guides and porters accompanying us. It was simply amazing to see how our porters would carry our belongings, the tents, cooking utensils, food etc; each one having to carry 25 kg on his back. It seemed so easy for them and they were always smiling….. and then not to forget about the food, simply delicious! I had no idea how they did it, but everyday they were surprising us with yet another culinary delight!</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"><br />The Inca Trail was truly an amazing experience for me and I can highly recommend it to all of you!</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"><strong>Getting ready</strong></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9-wQNq6pbUo8mF1X-bBS-MR_ye6E70EBLlWmiTkcYnJwJPAIM4b9JJ4OmePJghaWl7SGnXpnZoPHsqe2iesSpD4ua86F6xc2GDzAXgLkH7_WgpNsRKg7sP6Q8QwMst-3GfqUSFqyO-R4/s1600-h/PICT2528.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146063992085838018" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9-wQNq6pbUo8mF1X-bBS-MR_ye6E70EBLlWmiTkcYnJwJPAIM4b9JJ4OmePJghaWl7SGnXpnZoPHsqe2iesSpD4ua86F6xc2GDzAXgLkH7_WgpNsRKg7sP6Q8QwMst-3GfqUSFqyO-R4/s200/PICT2528.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBxkN1ImiIt84WgSAenkAWHUdfn8Xc3V8NWZnFZcV4M2B_ayFeaJJc3oJ8ygtJKmXajUNDy2tm8GqcV-AbVNRvHooTh-n2yUK6vozz5pKJpJMUN9c41DVJkxpopON34hyphenhyphenkxdx99hHZM-U/s1600-h/PICT2504.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146063871826753714" style="FLOAT: left; 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MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8GF0KTuotDjuttKO_f5t0xOnGOle3HSiXJv7N4FsL40DWnEqjZDKGslXBMt2sxc5ThArLaKgLlsQGkEL0G0TWdRMr5hq5sWlGIn081uHy7OFjdauS2UIDH5l4nE3eTB9h5apzGQDA5B8/s200/PICT2566.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146062175314671650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwlFsyc5-2b2SEwNit7sy13dIgNZcGhW-C4Qjk42YaOGPZevc5g9OeLakuEbfew1oDIjYl4LAn-ifSWRGCbUpyYH-110tviJXuFrNJV2RK7-hkjEpszmV2FfYdqEth3ETAhO2TDS8gn08/s200/PICT2550.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong><span style="font-size:85%;">Arriving in Machu Picchu in the morning of the fourth day</span></strong><br /></span><div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibVLBtvrB0Vus6y4NRooUhM6fHOdbcI8tabX5FA104q7gJSKxax735DghrDXRHWSUZqBhknu7WkJcVi2vr1LMLYVEuaUUyRyptmsAqsda_Jm7_tUht42UNR8hrJL4zWoi52IxSKZAVcsM/s1600-h/PICT2557.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146062076530423826" style="FLOAT: left; 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The city is located at the foot of the snow capped volcano El Misti and the town is also called the white city, as most of its buildings are built with sillar, a pearly whit volcanic material. Besides the central plaza dominated by the large cathedral the most famous sight of Arequipa surely is the Santa Catalina Convent. It is a complete miniature walled colonial town of over 2 hectares in the middle of the city; over 450 nuns used to live in total seclusion in this convent. Nowadays only a few nuns are still living there and most of the area has been opened to visitors.<br /><br />From Arequipa we drove to the Colca Canyon, said to be the deepest in the world (twice as deep as the Grand Canyon). To get to Chivay where we stayed for the night, we had to pass the highest point of our journey so far, 4900 meters above sea level. It was pretty windy and cold up there and quite a few of us could feel the extreme altitude and the lack of oxygen….The next morning we went for a hike along the rim of the canyon and also spotted some condors from the lookout point “Cruz del Condor”. After a lunch stop in Cabanaconde we headed back to Arequipa, from where we would fly to Cuzco the next morning</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong><span style="font-size:85%;">Arequipa and Santa Catalina Convent</span></strong></span><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBp4Pa0TW-RUYGzb1zrQpbQrvVb44nzUJqwvxgpH15lkY1mWbObf4PB0kQP_ILeHva13xw_Ogo7iBWn-UgcKhJE_2MwRTyO11hnSAWz2f44Nf8RRHlR5WX77ESkP3TolOyJChR57TvSNo/s1600-h/PICT2421.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5144702745151043506" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBp4Pa0TW-RUYGzb1zrQpbQrvVb44nzUJqwvxgpH15lkY1mWbObf4PB0kQP_ILeHva13xw_Ogo7iBWn-UgcKhJE_2MwRTyO11hnSAWz2f44Nf8RRHlR5WX77ESkP3TolOyJChR57TvSNo/s200/PICT2421.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirtcv5YbTv6NemfNIE-3ALRs0LunPonZg3VF4bYUIAQUnqZp5k4dGsiCelCjsdO0fBXAyqJ58JyapGANTa1TxDLB51e9T0ftnA8IlE_CBrXLHMeSRseuuDPtSjVxpHZecUF_Yqqel48qU/s1600-h/PICT2444.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5144696036412127026" style="FLOAT: left; 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MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzuMPCW4LJt6awWl-mn6py4pKx8EQl_zg7yS_d9GaamFaUOWKH-nigNUmbNZ5zE2ui5Oug679rGqb3_HKrEfPaaAezC93sITWVuGu7YGAiJmimoXzoKYN2ZxIxc7i1KuqYo0BePb7GS6s/s200/PICT2483.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid9QoqRmmOJe2LJwzL9h0TzoWPXvsleAtJ9je4HNU36Az5QTMULgO1g0PCPzXJMSd2I3pJL9vATO8Kl2fFx8Ifd9X1_xX2qdBP815ccdKaDR8Tp_ket6ug47dcR82ZihN7ywM1yTXmGkk/s1600-h/PICT2478.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5144698879680477010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid9QoqRmmOJe2LJwzL9h0TzoWPXvsleAtJ9je4HNU36Az5QTMULgO1g0PCPzXJMSd2I3pJL9vATO8Kl2fFx8Ifd9X1_xX2qdBP815ccdKaDR8Tp_ket6ug47dcR82ZihN7ywM1yTXmGkk/s200/PICT2478.JPG" border="0" /></a> <div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Connyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16483718664002405019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2462856615507493896.post-19562926570355904002007-12-16T21:42:00.000+01:002007-12-16T22:47:32.505+01:00Nazca Lines<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Our next stop was in Nazca, a town famous for the strange parallel lines and geometrical figures etched into the dessert floor. The images are best seen from above and so we took a flight over the lines and below you can see the pictures of a spaceman, a monkey and a giant hand.<br />The designs are thought to have been made by three different groups of people - the Paracas people 900-200 BC, the Nazcas 200 BC-600 AD and the Huari settlers from Ayacucho at about 630 AD.<br />In the afternoon we visited the Chauchilla cemetery where we saw ancient mummies with their skin and hair still intact. The dry and humidity free climate helped to perfectly preserve the mummies, tapestries and clothes; unfortunately many of the graves were ransacked by grave robbers who were looking for valuables such as pottery, skulls etc. to sell on the black market. Nowadays the area is protected by the Peruvian government and the graves are covered with roofs to protect the graves against the wind and sun.</span><br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Nazca Lines</span><br /><br /></span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></strong><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_N-a337t8iBwXNsTQ9B7mTP8U7EqmM7-h5rS7xe52e41unsamvzxZ7MMAfqR86S8DfhWoWtXxPgp8qvsaLPA5lZImyvDXUQQJ-uAssYkFxdJ8-OKEoZy0e3HI2qp3V0hV9uOlV0Ypr2s/s1600-h/PICT2379.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5144681910264690402" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_N-a337t8iBwXNsTQ9B7mTP8U7EqmM7-h5rS7xe52e41unsamvzxZ7MMAfqR86S8DfhWoWtXxPgp8qvsaLPA5lZImyvDXUQQJ-uAssYkFxdJ8-OKEoZy0e3HI2qp3V0hV9uOlV0Ypr2s/s200/PICT2379.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5144682563099719410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXzjxhXeiMAwVLAP0LM2PiOepweGXElIR4FAtZ57tBoL23aLVUxPKGVNAGspsfgDmcharjsUF8vDAii7V9lv3nur69aoZv1Yzq8Jga3gQg8fH41WNUC4Szpl4AIAZuiiVa-GFnI06bgCw/s200/PICT2387.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibsyKDyK8yybs_hiJxKdcpmaduSnhI3LkB5azG4hJHzNJfpkFNiyUHhlJrKwoH9lCFdlHMOa3uTvCi_1ZA8JMmOuGYC0rETRQLpzIKOhMXCS2wj_jw3uCrMiFvk4D6kaYtoxFh5W4KkmQ/s1600-h/PICT2391.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5144677842930661058" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibsyKDyK8yybs_hiJxKdcpmaduSnhI3LkB5azG4hJHzNJfpkFNiyUHhlJrKwoH9lCFdlHMOa3uTvCi_1ZA8JMmOuGYC0rETRQLpzIKOhMXCS2wj_jw3uCrMiFvk4D6kaYtoxFh5W4KkmQ/s200/PICT2391.JPG" border="0" /></a> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5144681205890053842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge9S1wCVlOlDiojOMYnp6gQvTI1rq8_Qrl4zMYX0-focMPt3iI2TeW0OaGSkP5pt7-mJi8-511UalsmkOY4X1bzrLks4vtuvIBX8I2s8_2KTp7lSEcyWeJy7HmwNDkruRmxV0AsATFVjw/s200/PICT2376.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><strong><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Chauchilla Cemetery<br /></span></strong><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic3TdwlOclXSeXsjghBdYvhDukRhNF07CQ4Ue52J0quita0JoNVoUdi7QYLHpleLSS5c5f73mrEvtfuXNyVO4WbiQobsDPF81-F0j6FeeiSBmhZMNwdnYoWViDrJ8JnCldDIcOqmbjqps/s1600-h/PICT2401.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5144684628978988834" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic3TdwlOclXSeXsjghBdYvhDukRhNF07CQ4Ue52J0quita0JoNVoUdi7QYLHpleLSS5c5f73mrEvtfuXNyVO4WbiQobsDPF81-F0j6FeeiSBmhZMNwdnYoWViDrJ8JnCldDIcOqmbjqps/s200/PICT2401.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8wqAiHv3Y0CORHLmWz2QIMILGtRVVp6tZcAjLNa16zhjZkngKzOLH4_frdAvt__hFOyQfnMgYbRupp2i5AMk4Gnw4hiyWUv8Y_A0UZXau8M2Ul6RpEM5Q6Oq1cPsb2ByyztyqtzbNFfQ/s1600-h/PICT2396.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5144683203049846530" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8wqAiHv3Y0CORHLmWz2QIMILGtRVVp6tZcAjLNa16zhjZkngKzOLH4_frdAvt__hFOyQfnMgYbRupp2i5AMk4Gnw4hiyWUv8Y_A0UZXau8M2Ul6RpEM5Q6Oq1cPsb2ByyztyqtzbNFfQ/s200/PICT2396.JPG" border="0" /></a><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5144683808640235282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDwBpHqm3Hqlr6byylHUwiAEa531HfwU-u-FdKHrBLIDooo5kOMdZ-x1LOI_xeqnkgsiD1LELgptGJNn6d11k5rjXTO2dq6mA_M4laUmb6qhxMeoGpcM0bAR-JOwzoN-1HC_rUjBfmKdo/s200/PICT2397.JPG" border="0" />Connyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16483718664002405019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2462856615507493896.post-40555026692103306712007-12-08T22:44:00.001+01:002007-12-08T23:17:54.214+01:00Ballestas Islands and Huacachina Oasis<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Hello there, it's almost been a week since my last blog entry and in the meantime we have left Lima and are on the way to the South of Peru. I had my camera repaired back in Lima and it is working again, although not quite as good as before, but it's certainly better than having no camera, I guess.....</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Our Tucan group is very nice and with only ten people also not too big; we have four people from Australia, three from England, two from Germany and one person from Switzerland (that would be me..) and our Finish guide is completing this quite international mix!</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Our first stop was the Ballestas Islands, where more than 150 species of birds and thousands of see lions are living. There are also some amazing rock formations and the mysterious Candelabra (a figure etched on the side of a mountain) to be seen. Many people believe that the Candelabra is linked to the Nacza lines, whereas Erich von Daeniken is actually thinking that this is some kind of drawing/message from Aliens.....</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">In the afternoon we headed to the Huacachina oasis, where we took a tour to the enormous sand dunes and did try sand boarding. This was really great fun!</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Huacachina oasis and sand boarding</span></strong><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTk1JNDHw11PPxT-ejeQ1eemhaRilu3DyYX2J-aYJS7Surw4XiSl0GLmsnpFuen6N35TiGeOL1BZGuehIZPu6BWUZ5b8LGMN-sl_Dd4seAU2iznYyRS4ln0tnIGJYLtnp6KjM55rhdDCo/s1600-h/PICT2347.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5141723501140517250" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTk1JNDHw11PPxT-ejeQ1eemhaRilu3DyYX2J-aYJS7Surw4XiSl0GLmsnpFuen6N35TiGeOL1BZGuehIZPu6BWUZ5b8LGMN-sl_Dd4seAU2iznYyRS4ln0tnIGJYLtnp6KjM55rhdDCo/s200/PICT2347.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA5OErmzyXhuDpW9JjXuZFy4L6YsFz26zlQi04-CHhN2FDA7mVFHsXp-cenweNgMGXdv1GyCLRm4-7CgG73WtflL1YKWHbKrBQoQyJAc5OOvoGu2IXME8ZmIglAmIvDByvecHdaHMI298/s1600-h/PICT2351.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5141723849032868258" style="FLOAT: right; 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MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxuFRcXkqznGYqKSyENQiOiFDF4MG5i8Ey-ALlhPeIUa6xkkddySUWmwCLp8Pqo7HOU-mEoazgTGPIKIYyiQnu5TZg3bgP-GamELfl7irzHBEYHe_xMWfs2dqtAwDwDBMmfit1IEj0_ys/s200/PICT2345.JPG" border="0" /></a> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5141723385176400242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0e4d5JrjHRRgX9H-Gxo8fSoAJ9eH6ydUoYnFj5dhCC-w950gYR6BHJUyH6FbSd68Jm4kaA3JnTH3Bhxqu-peQZwI4IR1Gh6V1HbpXpEugbmC-alAcdOzs2ACUKF89IOfEdfJimnICqr8/s200/PICT2359.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div><strong><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Ballestas Islands<br /></span></strong><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxi-eq-sAHT_b1yPL7l54fHtuM-MpMHSnTb1UeCicpf5V03n36-ttvnPmIIsYmj1ADcotvXESB2h-DSfp7zDTyy92AdTsN6J7gd3s1jpkUDGkkjrixj2dGBMF37yXLDrVaw3V5ejxuhlA/s1600-h/PICT2333.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5141722461758431538" style="FLOAT: left; 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TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipSx7IcLLwcwYHS7kT1x5NXCkxEVfe2EpjzMAY4HkT6s6eaJX9aY7Zh_agrXBh9xpGe7zljzGC7p61dtX03KCyqR28sT4SWKDEZivmBVDkKmjLmTVX2j7PL3TnIGpDO9en41vI8H-ZSLA/s200/PICT2337.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"><strong>Lima</strong></span><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg78CFD3z7HmQSZnTgpeLpfLBEMBC3p0XAKEmjv3ygGH_yRc9ORuhwn7BEi_J7c-jJSDDIYOXXGVip3uFcEaBvNX-tAGWAQt0KnZQX4beQ3Z3FMAfHO7dLrB6hykmqsMmZ519uDmg1tf-Q/s1600-h/PICT2326.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5141721718729089298" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg78CFD3z7HmQSZnTgpeLpfLBEMBC3p0XAKEmjv3ygGH_yRc9ORuhwn7BEi_J7c-jJSDDIYOXXGVip3uFcEaBvNX-tAGWAQt0KnZQX4beQ3Z3FMAfHO7dLrB6hykmqsMmZ519uDmg1tf-Q/s200/PICT2326.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOQmvA_txGdmgi8yv516eM7RtrigFA8MT9px13tE82fgwM0N9OrX2c27Im9BacegSi3FWC_iNDZHi8WlEfenOVWJy0jllrqZiMeuwWVwz6fSyMjDPuhlfHfRp8TOUF_gKjsFz3WSwmI_0/s1600-h/PICT2327.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5141721869052944674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOQmvA_txGdmgi8yv516eM7RtrigFA8MT9px13tE82fgwM0N9OrX2c27Im9BacegSi3FWC_iNDZHi8WlEfenOVWJy0jllrqZiMeuwWVwz6fSyMjDPuhlfHfRp8TOUF_gKjsFz3WSwmI_0/s200/PICT2327.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Connyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16483718664002405019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2462856615507493896.post-2993670291021586442007-11-28T20:50:00.000+01:002007-11-28T20:55:52.912+01:00Touring Peru<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Here an overview of my itinerary and the highlights of our trip through Peru (starting on Saturday, December 01)</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137981229343853970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2LYMz4bkRbjMJdDSeSx5DFFG5LMfKgDApBFXC8HEuUufyfwSZdj6IS2DY10hsNtoLFmw8TbLtMuw7hm3qclmZ8k5Pig4P31v5BnLpGMKmS0XukzIdMFKTiaU9StjtO6fKt59EbYhKlD0/s200/aep.jpg" border="0" /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Itinerary</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Day 1 to 4 </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Arrive Lima - Pisco - Ballestas Islands - Huacachina Oasis - Nazca - Option Chauchilla Cemetery & Nazca Lines flight</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Day 5 to 7</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Arequipa - Chivay - Colca Canyon - Cruz del Condor - Arequipa</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Day 8 to 13</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Cuzco - Sacsayhuaman - Sacred Valley - Pisaq - Ollantaytambo - Inca Trail - Aguas Calientes - Machu Picchu - Cuzco</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Day 14 to 16</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Puerto Maldonado - Amazon Jungle - Cuzco</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Day 17 to 19</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Puno - Lake Titicaca - Uros, Amantaní & Taquile Islands - Puno</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Day 20 to 21</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">La Paz (Bolivia)<br /></span>Connyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16483718664002405019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2462856615507493896.post-5256276295303092182007-11-28T20:36:00.000+01:002007-11-28T20:45:47.981+01:00Good bye Ecuador and welcome to Peru<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">After almost three months in Ecuador, it was finally time to say good bye on Monday, November 26. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Together with Andrew, a guy from the UK whom I met in Vilcabamba, I was boarding the bus in Loja that would take us to Piura, in the North of Peru.<br />After one night in Piura I continued straight to Lima (15 hours in the bus...), where I will join another Tucan Travel tour group this Saturday.<br />At the moment I am trying to have my camera fixed and I am confident, that I will soon have some more pictures to share with you!<br />Oh, bye the way, I really like Lima and unlike what most people had predicted to me, the weather is even sunny and not dull and foggy all day. Lucky me…. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137979610141183362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOORAobtDeMpKM07R359nWUzSlNkFFuV2dd47d16XBNimJIeeznN2GVls6A48Yy9YP3udZp0h1s8UazhIrzAHmqbr0X-wpDZ_yu44adX40Mh1FejcxFTfF1hF8g4v32XZS-ixVk5bMS10/s200/PICT2213.JPG" border="0" /></span>Connyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16483718664002405019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2462856615507493896.post-82811345262006043872007-11-28T20:08:00.000+01:002007-11-28T20:35:48.974+01:00Vilcabamba, the valley of longevity!<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">No wonder Vilcabamba in the south of Ecuador is such a popular stop along the “gringo trail” between Ecuador and Peru….. the area is so beautiful and tranquil with a very agreeable climate all year round and some great hostels!<br />I stayed in Izhcayluma, a great place run by two German guys, have a look at their little paradise (and it is not even expensive!) </span><a href="http://www.izhcayluma.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">www.izhcayluma.com</span></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"><br /></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsd-kYVJJZQiALWnL2TtkgPiw6hIMcABP70g_-t-WsulF7nXAqpNRLd63Y1_tWK1TvPiGA-GPwDm_VM867YnGiXAN4nTu6qvl_HgLkLoA9K5Or7bZbpYG5S_wcKGN-ramuB24WJ0hsFII/s1600-h/PICT2206.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137975744670616930" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsd-kYVJJZQiALWnL2TtkgPiw6hIMcABP70g_-t-WsulF7nXAqpNRLd63Y1_tWK1TvPiGA-GPwDm_VM867YnGiXAN4nTu6qvl_HgLkLoA9K5Or7bZbpYG5S_wcKGN-ramuB24WJ0hsFII/s200/PICT2206.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137975912174341490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgnW9bstbQNu3jaLsrh-SkxygjJGPeublY6ZbNFAlDbhnE1aCSbnNSbrgoB3e9Ur0vPDwP2geHs-_iE-CjrzVg4scQUqyyIap0YQFU_tHwU6q4xNUSVNwHIc1qhebjvSmAw-ZuHOmFOGM/s200/PICT2208.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiIpmO2NQp4qL_6vADFNcoC_l4sQCUhLpV2-vuNaVdaiEm7zp-8pb8fsjXbFNHa-zVB_jFp_koUHdc-1r9Y3U9eSLE-Oob9KXJMHxeVcZMXOLaKyUHqnQKfdWsavZ0aVMqkSJ0lslWEsw/s1600-h/PICT2204.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137975306583952706" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiIpmO2NQp4qL_6vADFNcoC_l4sQCUhLpV2-vuNaVdaiEm7zp-8pb8fsjXbFNHa-zVB_jFp_koUHdc-1r9Y3U9eSLE-Oob9KXJMHxeVcZMXOLaKyUHqnQKfdWsavZ0aVMqkSJ0lslWEsw/s200/PICT2204.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxgUqrDemUhe27bVXTDDUcK8aUAZs-JJ-_5B5vjCeE8ql5tXNi_vgaelVDMhPgpFZBbYluASqthRZ1ThBrnpEVKpA1z745zRpIsEgtl713SDGZLvsgPLz5-h1qmgYx1Evqf39uRGFcGv8/s1600-h/PICT2209.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137975512742382930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxgUqrDemUhe27bVXTDDUcK8aUAZs-JJ-_5B5vjCeE8ql5tXNi_vgaelVDMhPgpFZBbYluASqthRZ1ThBrnpEVKpA1z745zRpIsEgtl713SDGZLvsgPLz5-h1qmgYx1Evqf39uRGFcGv8/s200/PICT2209.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">At the bus station in Vilcabamba I met Stacey, a girl from the States who is also travelling on her own and as she was going to stay at the same hostel, we decided to share a room. The next couple of days we spent relaxing in our hammocks, getting some really great massages and going for some hikes.<br />It was my idea to go horse riding and I convinced Stacey that we should do the one day tour. </span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Well, she didn’t really like it that much but it was actually my horse that decided to fall into the river (while we were crossing the river that is…) and I got really soaked!<br />Fortunately nothing happened to neither me nor the horse, I only got quite a big bruise on my left tight and my camera got wet as well, until today it is still not quite working yet....<br /></span></p><div><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Horse back riding with Stacey </span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwGIMwYKM2q3dC5NIxqXPjwIYDOy3LcLO-2X7YSRPCvMPv-e87QlUrpX1aJsxmnmyzJQc-hSsEUUv2b0lULlekQcso2ks7slvjqZ15pL4_58N_BfoOY-MfH5bd7nWngN50MP87Kbq5_bI/s1600-h/PICT2218.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137971535602666722" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwGIMwYKM2q3dC5NIxqXPjwIYDOy3LcLO-2X7YSRPCvMPv-e87QlUrpX1aJsxmnmyzJQc-hSsEUUv2b0lULlekQcso2ks7slvjqZ15pL4_58N_BfoOY-MfH5bd7nWngN50MP87Kbq5_bI/s200/PICT2218.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihLjE6mHl5A9EB9Wwx2RhYByNw6HxUtM9mye3sI0affDEf6KsepVeeo7kQGzI-6FZIApZ8UQOCzY9JtB3BiojNx7XW8SWnFeZrkMUMYTDGBYUMTIJdsfwifkw0h5Gso79RPiqc-yQWYeQ/s1600-h/PICT2232.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137972952941874482" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihLjE6mHl5A9EB9Wwx2RhYByNw6HxUtM9mye3sI0affDEf6KsepVeeo7kQGzI-6FZIApZ8UQOCzY9JtB3BiojNx7XW8SWnFeZrkMUMYTDGBYUMTIJdsfwifkw0h5Gso79RPiqc-yQWYeQ/s200/PICT2232.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL3UnyvAHDsOkSccjBh3UUkkadTYd5EKGFFuymIcVlUtFbM6iTTcWDmDF8Ps8loa4cmiKbDUmKa-CdGc0dXeTxyu_uNo0TxQ-I6eJokSkMYRNFFzfXqbsQHJV9_0GO-sNMbTDzP3rtyR4/s1600-h/PICT2230.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137972136898088226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL3UnyvAHDsOkSccjBh3UUkkadTYd5EKGFFuymIcVlUtFbM6iTTcWDmDF8Ps8loa4cmiKbDUmKa-CdGc0dXeTxyu_uNo0TxQ-I6eJokSkMYRNFFzfXqbsQHJV9_0GO-sNMbTDzP3rtyR4/s200/PICT2230.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1sqZzuIpyPVx-kt07vqXbWEGRAJ73H-rJHEM_Ouzwvb-1Jl-9X6zewOejyZOCRKjnIvQZaHOF5OKL8fjhL-x-qCRiHYzqTSz1lZajFUpC8f6Hs5N0nGkgJp2eiXwF0eRlWZnX_z4Kt9o/s1600-h/PICT2226.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137971965099396370" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1sqZzuIpyPVx-kt07vqXbWEGRAJ73H-rJHEM_Ouzwvb-1Jl-9X6zewOejyZOCRKjnIvQZaHOF5OKL8fjhL-x-qCRiHYzqTSz1lZajFUpC8f6Hs5N0nGkgJp2eiXwF0eRlWZnX_z4Kt9o/s200/PICT2226.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlry2dEpcxJkfExg0BcrNwP4TF8JwL9S4mZn-IQKvUPSMNMG3FsKrAuKgwNDKOV0mJx9IHTM9hKwxqm5fgLmUCP2opRoZIzaQFBN_qbkASP7mr5PA-k1wL8Yf3eYXhDiabC-uJWG8zZBw/s1600-h/PICT2223.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137971819070508290" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlry2dEpcxJkfExg0BcrNwP4TF8JwL9S4mZn-IQKvUPSMNMG3FsKrAuKgwNDKOV0mJx9IHTM9hKwxqm5fgLmUCP2opRoZIzaQFBN_qbkASP7mr5PA-k1wL8Yf3eYXhDiabC-uJWG8zZBw/s200/PICT2223.JPG" border="0" /></a><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137971655861751026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_ZxbrUef1Cz1TABFhiiPL52XhdhuPTX3jj06NSRIJrdypRyPIS5TrSeb4zYuRl54r7GQo72F1XZnafG9YWEIG9VHNXyVVSwYqT9cS7fow7zoHXELnOeQ2C60PzWDNrxFQbjAMf0qnrC8/s200/PICT2220.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div>Connyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16483718664002405019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2462856615507493896.post-20758008334935772322007-11-28T19:39:00.000+01:002007-11-28T20:07:42.055+01:00Granja organica Susudel<div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">While in Cuenca I had met Fernando, a young agro engineer, who runs an organic farm in Susudel. As this tiny village was on my way to Loja anyway, I decided to stop by for a day and experience some Ecuadorian farm life! My father will probably not believe me that I did this voluntarily..... but it was an interesting experience. </span></div><div><br /></div><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137967395254193266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidgWaDOhL7hxyK4SjxjIF1O7Vf4uyYckIaNvu8jqTDogwAvpW3e4GHfa7-VuBTnnniXaqlJX0DFodhKBewaxma7VH33KtH_xYnuybTxWOf326Nb1qdciq_7nrACSYig8kO25xqwWIf5Ik/s200/PICT2183.JPG" border="0" /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Fernando and his wife mainly produce dried fruits and meat, different sweets and jams as well as tea, which they sell in some shops in Cuenca and on the local markets around Susudel. For me the village life looked almost like out of a museum, all the work is done manually with oxen and only a few (like Fernando) own a tractor and machines!</span></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Around Susudel</span></div><br /><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Arl3OX-G0uPBhuMfH2GCjGvHw1xkcC-5UByXQlNQLJsL-QKzeVpjs-NT9fI3DOw2_Dhs1rw0EgVwF1M9QSd7dRzuXztQSAMazwkMJSPWHHK6KPL-4IYE6cdqMI8YvQ8aRymLbYYKpXI/s1600-h/PICT2175.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137967060246744146" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Arl3OX-G0uPBhuMfH2GCjGvHw1xkcC-5UByXQlNQLJsL-QKzeVpjs-NT9fI3DOw2_Dhs1rw0EgVwF1M9QSd7dRzuXztQSAMazwkMJSPWHHK6KPL-4IYE6cdqMI8YvQ8aRymLbYYKpXI/s200/PICT2175.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137968829773270210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVTqIR-nOEerdk-M9DwidzA4Bu0HDGLcqsRwWHUsSuk_Oo19gqpy7WYP24WPgN2FIsNFeoUBy4Nhef-68Wnkv_bKfLnXqr2uMdJDC5tbNNGk0x4Kee9uHLyFQZV50QHKTYT4-sK3BlBr0/s200/PICT2201.JPG" border="0" /></p><br /><p><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">The farm and Fernando in action<br /></span><br /></p><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX5SZcihfHS8vb674Xk7qC28sf0aV_PFen0rOijRbCWKiQkyg31lMi1ZzIlu34HTWKRu02F1OKsYeWss3uGPcUDb9p240A88jKifL5QfLA2cPVkGMhPnqSWggaI56icsbVKAPwQAYPuxA/s1600-h/PICT2195.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137969628637187282" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX5SZcihfHS8vb674Xk7qC28sf0aV_PFen0rOijRbCWKiQkyg31lMi1ZzIlu34HTWKRu02F1OKsYeWss3uGPcUDb9p240A88jKifL5QfLA2cPVkGMhPnqSWggaI56icsbVKAPwQAYPuxA/s200/PICT2195.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNTWP1fTWxi8Jw7ahyMcOeqh-lc20LPtbg_lQXVfEapMat9SH_dYnwN4uR87PZm-RGvOuPcnZmP9XgmyxR_Pdg_V2FanI9pvyi6CYj0NgSUZYeRXYVLrW6vkx3Fwp1k0YXLlkusuL2M-E/s1600-h/PICT2191.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137967854815693970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNTWP1fTWxi8Jw7ahyMcOeqh-lc20LPtbg_lQXVfEapMat9SH_dYnwN4uR87PZm-RGvOuPcnZmP9XgmyxR_Pdg_V2FanI9pvyi6CYj0NgSUZYeRXYVLrW6vkx3Fwp1k0YXLlkusuL2M-E/s200/PICT2191.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0rnS31GcxW4hj-Z2P3kYuBfI8oiNvHF3lZtnig-zUROVlwvfQmTzo9gIIgJ3-YtX_bRA-uG62FLUim-5pqRd9OFn11a1R2lu5wKKd91FTf7rVqlmqmeodCxwb4izPU4g6PPiKVuYfPto/s1600-h/PICT2202.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137967704491838594" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0rnS31GcxW4hj-Z2P3kYuBfI8oiNvHF3lZtnig-zUROVlwvfQmTzo9gIIgJ3-YtX_bRA-uG62FLUim-5pqRd9OFn11a1R2lu5wKKd91FTf7rVqlmqmeodCxwb4izPU4g6PPiKVuYfPto/s200/PICT2202.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137967257815239778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIdP-UaaUOvpnPQthyffSCRj6ID-P837Z6qV2Juz11lPDkO_u2ENH5DaV5JIZ7YoDw7gpcVyUxTf_X4wsLYJcXxkxUY0EHUtaoNBuJD3iNRpjdleJcMdleMJf2OAgH0Q5O-D-xW-14sHQ/s200/PICT2178.JPG" border="0" /> <div><div><div> </div></div></div></div></div>Connyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16483718664002405019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2462856615507493896.post-56853484742141041912007-11-28T19:09:00.000+01:002007-11-28T19:38:43.097+01:00Ingapirca and Parque Nacional Cajas<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWdKldqJ89_2pO2QdAQncpg4SvG_QMidvK48rBS0XuJpKBsLgDccJqBN70hrx6KqMiLHPynfDQhpz6Ft1vgaANHZ4IPRQNcnX_LFLKPKlribHnspvPYt-VadOvxbrAQbeMEO1aQR6d5q4/s1600-h/PICT2155.JPG"><strong><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137959977845673026" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWdKldqJ89_2pO2QdAQncpg4SvG_QMidvK48rBS0XuJpKBsLgDccJqBN70hrx6KqMiLHPynfDQhpz6Ft1vgaANHZ4IPRQNcnX_LFLKPKlribHnspvPYt-VadOvxbrAQbeMEO1aQR6d5q4/s200/PICT2155.JPG" border="0" /></span></strong></a><strong><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"> Parque Nacional Cajas</span></strong><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Another day trip I made was to Parque Nacional Cajas, which is located near Cuenca on 3100 - 4500 meters altitude. As you can get easily lost and as the weather does change quite often and suddenly, I went with an organized tour and we did two nice hikes along some lagoones and saw the different vegetation at the various levels of altitude.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">I also met Neil and Coralie, a very nice French/UK couple, with whom I watched the football game between Ecuador and Uruguay the next day (unfortunately Ecuador lost...)</span> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137959166096854066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Cdi-5prOpUrGVLKcyBof4tv5NcjBOwv7H6S-ZY1aVc1kRK2_LQ6UWTCHUe4G4xv0OeU6sRG5s1PAVagrVSR3Gwxs9pjdakhRqwDpWHunY4ayG8SqhTNGH7KmNY8rAL7G0PT6m35cqhQ/s200/PICT2158.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr8c6dunlTIKLv1nXy1j9Izw93FUXRG-7hf4EhmnpujNLsIyb69Qlj802JjZ2X1OMW0bpl7HjbrycvPB-clgukWYMZsHRMVUGe-ZXOJ4-fMhktxPrZXEHs3SQSh5uACFnoahwDMMrQfVc/s1600-h/PICT2169.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137958165369474034" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr8c6dunlTIKLv1nXy1j9Izw93FUXRG-7hf4EhmnpujNLsIyb69Qlj802JjZ2X1OMW0bpl7HjbrycvPB-clgukWYMZsHRMVUGe-ZXOJ4-fMhktxPrZXEHs3SQSh5uACFnoahwDMMrQfVc/s200/PICT2169.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiKv3wRD_9LdMZfSXPzDXITnv9Eb2axBHh_jERG98_apnHIXa37BKe7Xh5vhqyZFPORVZRniy8eCcMHNEz1lJzV698noncegUYnfaXVnbnBAe_ZvYYlsULGMs8GsXDOUuHJsHnDNZJGYA/s1600-h/PICT2161.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137958659290713106" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiKv3wRD_9LdMZfSXPzDXITnv9Eb2axBHh_jERG98_apnHIXa37BKe7Xh5vhqyZFPORVZRniy8eCcMHNEz1lJzV698noncegUYnfaXVnbnBAe_ZvYYlsULGMs8GsXDOUuHJsHnDNZJGYA/s200/PICT2161.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwOfdv_lehjyHORIRN9T8AmY0vv9Fsp73EA4KpW8T5ddiopw1bK-y6ezv_Pqz0hk9mTp7JYrXQ-9-wXwX51DGHbIWqN1uciY129Ziovg9UkQE0q3ycWOoJcva37Y_BC3grxUfar62HHi0/s1600-h/PICT2165.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137958470312152066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwOfdv_lehjyHORIRN9T8AmY0vv9Fsp73EA4KpW8T5ddiopw1bK-y6ezv_Pqz0hk9mTp7JYrXQ-9-wXwX51DGHbIWqN1uciY129Ziovg9UkQE0q3ycWOoJcva37Y_BC3grxUfar62HHi0/s200/PICT2165.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"><strong>Ingapirca<br /></strong></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Ingapirca is Ecuador's most important Inca ruin and was strategically placed on the Inca trail between Cuzco and Quito. Local people have used most of the original stone material of the site to build their houses and therefore not much is left of the old buildings and you can mainly see the foundations of the site.<br /></div></span><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzQHVwERZ7GEibpksXBkNnsOr3AxPalaDe1FXf1iPL-7YmbwJ2J8Hy5gr7eKl_kIX4er3fn2PL8S1SMASa_3htokaZQ_k2Ut6EV-Opd0OC86OTkhgRRVuCf6wfdxO83Xx_EXoY4WOKH3g/s1600-h/PICT2136.JPG"><span style="font-size:85%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137955828907264978" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzQHVwERZ7GEibpksXBkNnsOr3AxPalaDe1FXf1iPL-7YmbwJ2J8Hy5gr7eKl_kIX4er3fn2PL8S1SMASa_3htokaZQ_k2Ut6EV-Opd0OC86OTkhgRRVuCf6wfdxO83Xx_EXoY4WOKH3g/s200/PICT2136.JPG" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137955678583409602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9xomjR4_RWkiTC0cS6TmV1EojjaQsT-srJqutRK7IFHh1E0RhnsHf5av8UcW5TkfD6L7R-RwW-eIrS-KEhwQeOjp9QeuhHXLbABCgPkpXag2wjcQHz8HxHt-A_tme-tGO6iBWD9x_jeM/s200/PICT2142.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijhBFbkyXe_I8jALcG_JXLa-pNCcPaSZ1KwJDbD082WcsPC-qEhSBNZmTFh5ZuzIJ_cdx2k7LKRImQdOB6nkCanOejx7LqeoUQggdWp-Nh8TFX-VECmDR07ObBlCkvNatnKZ0WPq1lxOA/s1600-h/PICT2140.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137956026475760610" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijhBFbkyXe_I8jALcG_JXLa-pNCcPaSZ1KwJDbD082WcsPC-qEhSBNZmTFh5ZuzIJ_cdx2k7LKRImQdOB6nkCanOejx7LqeoUQggdWp-Nh8TFX-VECmDR07ObBlCkvNatnKZ0WPq1lxOA/s200/PICT2140.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV_XHryOzsivtr7b_wz_Z_AhUMAsOoCZdG2e7StDileRirpBD_aGJGKys1feLr5DPMz8RRBZJz4lBGa8V-h_cBmBNwLG3jxEBj0Ut6eYV44CD1A2a1t9nIhYaVjDMYHfo_rYGTnEGtXws/s1600-h/PICT2147.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137955498194783154" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV_XHryOzsivtr7b_wz_Z_AhUMAsOoCZdG2e7StDileRirpBD_aGJGKys1feLr5DPMz8RRBZJz4lBGa8V-h_cBmBNwLG3jxEBj0Ut6eYV44CD1A2a1t9nIhYaVjDMYHfo_rYGTnEGtXws/s200/PICT2147.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Connyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16483718664002405019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2462856615507493896.post-5673776158175350292007-11-28T18:33:00.000+01:002007-11-28T19:08:33.781+01:00Cuenca<div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">From Guayaquil I continued my journey south and after a four hour bus ride got to Cuenca, the third biggest city in Ecuador. It was almost love at first sight... the many colonial buildings in the old town, the churches, the cobblestone streets, the nice plazas and the rivers; have a look at the pictures yourself!<br />I really enjoyed Cuenca a lot and had I known the place before, I might even have done my volunteering work here...<br />In Puerto Lopez I had met Alfredo, an Ecuadorian-Swiss tour guide, who gave me some nice tips for Cuenca, so I stayed with Belen in her private house and had the best spaghetti in the restaurant of a Swiss girl from Appenzell! Should you ever visit Cuenca, ask me for the directions!</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;">I stayed five days in Cuenca, enough time to visit some places around Cuenca (see next entry), to go to the hairdresser (now I have really short hair again...) and to buy a famous Panama hat; they are not from Panama but from Ecuador and Cuenca is one of the best places to get them, did you know that??!! </span></div><div> </div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"></span> </div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137954338553613218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBHBQqrADbDUKjBQ61CgVnDjkYWQj2zeHfSdZ7zQXby95Ojqhtt-eGNa87HnGTMvpfyxpx2oi8IXj744hsj-idQzsOTuXQTN8VZZA3LAlG6MS43TtnBlVq6kuhEPpWw-O0MRuT1F4D_WU/s200/PICT2121.JPG" border="0" /> <div><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Impressions of Cuenca</span></div><div></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI2ztw7kzikpTHYooec3yKm9fjUQelFT5S2Nj5nMA-RTv6L44M89ns1dtO-lAku8r_HbFO0fryVw78Y2Keg3R4CDtsGI26xLIA39ZhvrQtfEBX4ZfGsLGzFlRlyR58A4DN1FVXXHX77Lk/s1600-h/PICT2129.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137952315624016770" style="FLOAT: left; 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MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBRIvbjNtN9iq0Q28OhE5jUhqqCpl1MFhMpFlb2GJ5b4_1UWoz6rAIygUqtWBQq2Sc19tBt-4XckcVg5uDyfgCPbPxtU7kWGJRngifUc2tUG4kMiJDV2OIKvTTMk7n46DNX8pgIl4lLqE/s200/PICT2046.JPG" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Guayaquil is the biggest city in Ecuador, located at the coast with a hot and humid climate all year round... I spent three days in town and really enjoyed it a lot. </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Actually I only planned to stay until Monday morning, but just minutes before I was leaving the hotel, Tim a Belgium guy that I had met earlier on my Galapagos cruise, called me because he was stranded in Guayaquil for the day... so we spent another day sightseeing and eating delicious ceviche and seafood!<br /></span></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbuUlHU66AW9AlME9IZXn7saK-qTLEumSYkG3V6c2a6nQaIAFFccQMnyxC0KRmkQzRPbAqRNgbi8-yo_mUvp8VMVmq-VRGdaKJyRqUbWfwepat3R_hZrCdRK67paSjSi62SfOepZxPOns/s1600-h/PICT2044.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5133240916888931042" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbuUlHU66AW9AlME9IZXn7saK-qTLEumSYkG3V6c2a6nQaIAFFccQMnyxC0KRmkQzRPbAqRNgbi8-yo_mUvp8VMVmq-VRGdaKJyRqUbWfwepat3R_hZrCdRK67paSjSi62SfOepZxPOns/s200/PICT2044.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div> </div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5133255034446433042" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqu_aAnpuaDUHiBgV6Ylh-j_dP_4tw1BWQLz1c4RvZApUh-XJpGEXAnyT9ybqHBLu0XIVTYsZkrueuoyMAHKWFYmjJ9zaP7F6yLLb6EkUCxfyZS-j4L3pWfNTVojfbqCRt16M5gmvN7H0/s200/PICT2020.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaaxjJMMTpoAcjtHQwUZWAAN51o1AIB6GT4cwtFE-uzpMIXJNfoeJnAX-6zQOJ4WWxUKKHrsLE-4RCg_SOcWAvyqPIBHVyxMfMLBchRtcPtdUZw1KugU4QT8eGk5cQSmzzvOJ8BLkZGNg/s1600-h/PICT2018.JPG"></a> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Connyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16483718664002405019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2462856615507493896.post-34206552084126743032007-11-14T03:23:00.000+01:002007-11-14T03:52:27.801+01:00La Ruta del Sol<span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">From Galapagos I was once more returning to Quito before taking the bus to the coast of Ecuador. I started my trip down along the coast (La Ruta del Sol) in Manta, not a very special town but with a nice and very clean beach. I only stayed there for one night before taking the bus to Puerto Lopez.<br />Puerto Lopez is a pretty seaside village and the starting point for visits to Parque Nacional Machalilla and Isla de la Plata. The vegetation and animals on the island are similar to the Galapagos islands and therefore it is also called Galapagos for the poor (the park entrance fee is only 15 dollars compared to 100 dollars on Galapagos plus you can do Isla de la Plata in one day).<br />In the Machalilla park you can visit Agua Blanca, an indigenous community where there is an archaeological site and a sulphur pool with therapeutic mud..... after such a mud bath you are supposed to look at least ten years younger, of course I had to try it!<br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Also in the park is Los Frailes beach, for many the nicest beach in Ecuador. Unfortunately the weather wasn't that great but I did take a short bath nevertheless.<br />After three days in Puerto Lopez I had about seen what there is to see and I therefore continued further south along the coast to Guayaquil, Ecuador's largest city. </span></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Los Frailes Beach</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDjPZRaiDJR7JH-hOSToMZF0O7T84jQYgWUq7moPL3mzuzlcEUNydsYbdCi3G2vJyTyId-_yFrklDSiAdIARMLoXLl1e9Gv3YCHFuUxfZcOT6ui5CGErKL5BaU3f1HlEX-FfVvVspBgUU/s1600-h/PICT2017.JPG"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132522264282583090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDjPZRaiDJR7JH-hOSToMZF0O7T84jQYgWUq7moPL3mzuzlcEUNydsYbdCi3G2vJyTyId-_yFrklDSiAdIARMLoXLl1e9Gv3YCHFuUxfZcOT6ui5CGErKL5BaU3f1HlEX-FfVvVspBgUU/s200/PICT2017.JPG" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Agua Blanca with sulphur pool<br /></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyj-Qwbrdvej9kDFnUKLpO8NwzsgS-d4eWF-r2-O6tJopiKfYl2iSuWrIlyhsHboCwNbd97wAZyCNHCmUkrqyfB_6yMV_jhkjrF36KH9upBniD_hOVjjSasQ4T7Z4w5FvApDkFHcZhNxo/s1600-h/PICT2012.JPG"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132521800426115106" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFupE55i0EsC-iPydw5O4c6iIvPW6gjzEGO3gO6K0ehhxus5IzsqYryR73ZjEzQzUkq1gLEJVc-JeMaUjrJOf5saPsLkQIututEy9i35sFunFHAGSkksXUqvPDPQpFtjqLK1CHWoWYjj8/s200/PICT1967.JPG" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></div>Connyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16483718664002405019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2462856615507493896.post-34456913722049648162007-11-14T02:10:00.000+01:002007-11-14T03:22:56.752+01:00Galapagos Islands<div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">The trip to Galapagos Islands was probably one of the most exciting and special experiences I had on my trip so far! </span></div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"><br /><div><br />I took an eight day boat tour around the various islands and usually we visited one or two islands per day, could snorkel in the freezing cold water at least once a day and did sail during the night. I wasn't too sure how well I would take the rough sea and if I could sleep in my bunk bed on board, but no worries.... with the exception of the last night, where it really got quite rough, I slept almost like a baby.<br />Our boat, the Guantanamera, could host 16 passengers and 7 crew members and we were quite an international group. The first part of the trip I was sharing my cabin with Barbara, a nice lady from Atlanta/US and during the second part of the week, Susan from Winterthur was my companion.<br />The most amazing thing on this trip was that all the animals we saw, had absolutely no fear of humans and you could have touched and stroked them all (which is of course not allowed); the animals act as if the humans are nothing more than slightly annoying paparazzis....</div><br /><div><br />I don't really want to bore you with too much information and text and rather put some pictures, but here just a short list of the various animals we saw on the various islands:<br />- Sea Lions<br />- Crabs<br />- Land and Marine Iguanas<br />- Various Seabirds and Boobies<br />- Penguins<br />- Albatrosses<br />- Finches<br />- Mockingbirds<br />- Giant Turtles and Sea Turtles<br />- Lizards<br />- Dolphins<br />- Flamingos<br />- Rays<br />- Sharks<br />... and much more</span></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ7S-Fp1IhCxrBJpiNgn-QLgNmxhSW7l9BZl32wTfhi8mRQiJkDAQevBV9Kk5M5s2SLFbwKqfTf2Z6fdoLuVnmSiz4V-S2F2praZi8nYKcpy9YNtTNV1LJOuOjfJpUBbz0dquXkgR3qAY/s1600-h/PICT1689.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132512192584273842" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfqQPZVvlbxaayaQV36e2pAJNMA4fEI9fmWNQPrZ8rNB2BgsutPk_Ul1EChhFOLam_QHJVwgi36MMF92uGKsVMUEp_AV1MLDogOspaN_C3eHsQngyEW2ZMAw_Urm3Quxl_Bc8uPwEpxhs/s200/PICT1600.JPG" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"> Only about 2 hours drive from Quito, Mindo is a pleasant little town in the hills west of capital city. The climate is much warmer than in Quito, almost tropical and humid-hot, what a change when coming from the cold and dry weather in Quito......</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">My host parents Caty and Eduardo took me there one day shortly before my departure and we took a pleasant walk to some waterfalls and had a ride in the tarabita (wire basket hooked on a steel cable) high above the tree tops!</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi60Z4ybH1PYz_mt-K1YZZiBUm-DDd9BNUSV8HdvIspic5UijW8p414UywlTV98KWh5aJP2sNpu4VqC92TLkaoljgGD7zUWGCdk_khvsdQoA864nmkMKy9GDbZxKIeGMzLgABEiv7CJ2M/s1600-h/PICT1597.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132495420736982530" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi60Z4ybH1PYz_mt-K1YZZiBUm-DDd9BNUSV8HdvIspic5UijW8p414UywlTV98KWh5aJP2sNpu4VqC92TLkaoljgGD7zUWGCdk_khvsdQoA864nmkMKy9GDbZxKIeGMzLgABEiv7CJ2M/s200/PICT1597.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiwoo4R2Spb-tPuvHFDJ1NxN3LMbajSLLFncIBVypx_cj8QsOMnEUFl2jxgswi44i3PPJO6QBjlprgRuiIICIbFxctouFcIGi_O6L1XpN3TVQxyln8oK1YoThVDvksbTKkUVlebHj-Bno/s1600-h/PICT1603.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132495167333912050" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiwoo4R2Spb-tPuvHFDJ1NxN3LMbajSLLFncIBVypx_cj8QsOMnEUFl2jxgswi44i3PPJO6QBjlprgRuiIICIbFxctouFcIGi_O6L1XpN3TVQxyln8oK1YoThVDvksbTKkUVlebHj-Bno/s200/PICT1603.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div>Connyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16483718664002405019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2462856615507493896.post-87440076342303364372007-10-24T01:09:00.000+02:002007-10-24T01:38:58.797+02:00Visit to Zaragoza<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">When I met José Luis at Ankoor and Roopal's wedding in Detroit, he suddenly had the idea that I shou<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivl_hcEdoFz80ef-ifk3gYDPWBu0GDK0BQ4s9UYuPnZpx7Hw_T4sBYHr6BDPS9mUIY28RFECjX5P06eBAUkhDj6DzWoRClvhRa5lUdQxb4n7TDDw_18t4adEBD_GrT-LOW97Neamh-15A/s1600-h/PICT1517.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124677005571043058" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivl_hcEdoFz80ef-ifk3gYDPWBu0GDK0BQ4s9UYuPnZpx7Hw_T4sBYHr6BDPS9mUIY28RFECjX5P06eBAUkhDj6DzWoRClvhRa5lUdQxb4n7TDDw_18t4adEBD_GrT-LOW97Neamh-15A/s200/PICT1517.JPG" border="0" /></a>ld visit Zaragoza during the "fiesta del Pilar", which takes place every year in October.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3G8vtpExokVolPV4EozS1qtvE-TJ1eMdcB4hieHRt676ZraKV3dWH0qRWW2xThHXZXYYB8fuj1ZcFXq7cZNJmk5st-J4Grn8QBl1ss4raU2PwVcZ_nMZ9lBIpBUFLLhQuBfvDj8mf4z8/s1600-h/PICT1535.JPG"></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"></span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"><br />I indeed liked the idea of visiting Spain, meeting José Luis family and friends (for the first time) and most </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivl_hcEdoFz80ef-ifk3gYDPWBu0GDK0BQ4s9UYuPnZpx7Hw_T4sBYHr6BDPS9mUIY28RFECjX5P06eBAUkhDj6DzWoRClvhRa5lUdQxb4n7TDDw_18t4adEBD_GrT-LOW97Neamh-15A/s1600-h/PICT1517.JPG"></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">importantly of course, to see José Luis again.....<br />So I did take a week off from work and travelled to Spain from October 9 - 15.<br />It was quite an intensive week, meeting loads of people, sightseeing in Zaragoza surroundings, attending the procession of the Pilar, going to the bullfights, eating and drinking and eating and drinking again!<br />The time did pass very quickly but it was definitely a very good experience and I would like to say thank you very much to the parents, the sister and family of José Luis, who made me feeling really welcomed and did all they could, to pamper me.<br />Of course a big thank you goes to "mi amor" as well, who invited me to his hometown and whom I really miss a lot now!! Let's hope that all works fine and we will meet each other again at the end of December in Argentina.....</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKdSGPXGqKRsBegcRsCnyN4gFr-rHAuxmbhZQKF3Yr0rr3R0F8-hsWb1WJyBPh3pgp-WjMN0i8uI9bnlrN_VBCVPFmAWlViSqxGflGkzCZaUj5dQLulxkMBSDwmnkRA-4aCFrWJ_GkddM/s1600-h/PICT1574.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124679960508542802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKdSGPXGqKRsBegcRsCnyN4gFr-rHAuxmbhZQKF3Yr0rr3R0F8-hsWb1WJyBPh3pgp-WjMN0i8uI9bnlrN_VBCVPFmAWlViSqxGflGkzCZaUj5dQLulxkMBSDwmnkRA-4aCFrWJ_GkddM/s200/PICT1574.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9fhYglNTRKUV7bRXVZojeNFQGsB_Q9HC3j7Ea6Sp0UUzITixxogIWRr4T0vf3TEJfpQnEsVsz3kDqSM3uj-ujyAdGHPic03wKkWD8O3CBZrqzsfv5SsNl7cPtYj6m8s8mLcHgMOfiVSo/s1600-h/PICT1560.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124679406457761602" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9fhYglNTRKUV7bRXVZojeNFQGsB_Q9HC3j7Ea6Sp0UUzITixxogIWRr4T0vf3TEJfpQnEsVsz3kDqSM3uj-ujyAdGHPic03wKkWD8O3CBZrqzsfv5SsNl7cPtYj6m8s8mLcHgMOfiVSo/s200/PICT1560.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9kzWa9oGp1gtari42Ug6NJ0uHaRKX3iNoymjs00T6lTrIuxiFzlAVlCaXlmDd7AUjqSUfg6YkDrsF9w-01os3HYCx2sb3UtQAQgN8_hGYbapHzFwvzrJhf6Qu3iADmq7zXD8hQ-myR3c/s1600-h/PICT1558.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124678916831489842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9kzWa9oGp1gtari42Ug6NJ0uHaRKX3iNoymjs00T6lTrIuxiFzlAVlCaXlmDd7AUjqSUfg6YkDrsF9w-01os3HYCx2sb3UtQAQgN8_hGYbapHzFwvzrJhf6Qu3iADmq7zXD8hQ-myR3c/s200/PICT1558.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3G8vtpExokVolPV4EozS1qtvE-TJ1eMdcB4hieHRt676ZraKV3dWH0qRWW2xThHXZXYYB8fuj1ZcFXq7cZNJmk5st-J4Grn8QBl1ss4raU2PwVcZ_nMZ9lBIpBUFLLhQuBfvDj8mf4z8/s1600-h/PICT1535.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124677611161431810" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3G8vtpExokVolPV4EozS1qtvE-TJ1eMdcB4hieHRt676ZraKV3dWH0qRWW2xThHXZXYYB8fuj1ZcFXq7cZNJmk5st-J4Grn8QBl1ss4raU2PwVcZ_nMZ9lBIpBUFLLhQuBfvDj8mf4z8/s200/PICT1535.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Ay9c787A_sIqIaxtFMwn5ce1hO8Qx8jEWGErlepatfJLlLngHM7dRp4u5Fg0PGqHLxinm6iYFXoUZUIvEzfnV4BQu_XAbNpd18UB4hMPeyqQmHn2DaMjVtmLtAhohRcHgqDDpsAb1kw/s1600-h/PICT1553.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124678564644171554" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Ay9c787A_sIqIaxtFMwn5ce1hO8Qx8jEWGErlepatfJLlLngHM7dRp4u5Fg0PGqHLxinm6iYFXoUZUIvEzfnV4BQu_XAbNpd18UB4hMPeyqQmHn2DaMjVtmLtAhohRcHgqDDpsAb1kw/s200/PICT1553.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGeQ1xuT5c4ZUuWKK0lSW6lCYQTRj2skwn9_DY-ZhGKTCwmSDcbMYqLJ_OE0lCfKW9Jk9f-BegSe5fWt6stLY7XUDrEdY1J4ngQx1iSG_Bjz7bdaWNA6lCql2HZQomGx6URtgnj539Wi0/s1600-h/PICT1559.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124678027773259538" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGeQ1xuT5c4ZUuWKK0lSW6lCYQTRj2skwn9_DY-ZhGKTCwmSDcbMYqLJ_OE0lCfKW9Jk9f-BegSe5fWt6stLY7XUDrEdY1J4ngQx1iSG_Bjz7bdaWNA6lCql2HZQomGx6URtgnj539Wi0/s200/PICT1559.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div>Connyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16483718664002405019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2462856615507493896.post-72330135209790504642007-10-22T01:34:00.000+02:002007-10-22T01:52:35.107+02:00Otavalo and Laguna de Cuicocha<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Otavalo, about 3 hours north of Quito is famous for it's colourful local artisans market, which takes place every Saturday. Together with Laura (the program director of Nuevos Horizontes), her family and Marisol and Emmy (two other volunteers) we made a day trip to Otavalo and also stopped along the way at Laguna de San Pablo. Unfortunately the weather was quite bad and it was so cloudy and misty, that we could not even see one of the several volcanoes surrounding Otavalo.<br />The weather got a bit better in the late afternoon, when we visited Laguna de Cuicocha. This lagoon is cradled in a collapsed volcanic crater and is more than 200 meters deep. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbVB4dG_E_exKaQJwVBVZwkBHzx_k7zRiSNUCNsMlj0LVsxc4W31hG5jKGXQIgGMhWkK7x_w6iS5HufeBCgXEljlllrHsDIHN0Yta5Noor_Fb668br1gh1YunSXMGxOmHejtP2zaK3Kw8/s1600-h/PICT1285.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123941616975654610" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbVB4dG_E_exKaQJwVBVZwkBHzx_k7zRiSNUCNsMlj0LVsxc4W31hG5jKGXQIgGMhWkK7x_w6iS5HufeBCgXEljlllrHsDIHN0Yta5Noor_Fb668br1gh1YunSXMGxOmHejtP2zaK3Kw8/s200/PICT1285.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzWZ3JC8yE7bej4SgdexKoOcBkhL0PzES7G6TlsrUyxuiHqdM83cfezwopr4EJDJk6OtVFuiHLNcCfT0Mg4sUObMYR744wLdSJhwS9nfU3zrICc7ez9J3VnA4p9SL3qT91wXuWSwnMlpE/s1600-h/PICT1287.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123941861788790498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzWZ3JC8yE7bej4SgdexKoOcBkhL0PzES7G6TlsrUyxuiHqdM83cfezwopr4EJDJk6OtVFuiHLNcCfT0Mg4sUObMYR744wLdSJhwS9nfU3zrICc7ez9J3VnA4p9SL3qT91wXuWSwnMlpE/s200/PICT1287.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdzeMjoZ2ioe_ZgbtluqsZ1g_DFpMEOfZ6riw6e3do_PxQZTzE4E5_lEU2l59nRw4beIcIVaHxzTSMrSEHI4aBMkiB04vz3urh7NF7NvnR0tdqPmgPjc-M2TwZvg18b3T2zgBWDuzJ9Dg/s1600-h/PICT1282.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123941148824219314" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdzeMjoZ2ioe_ZgbtluqsZ1g_DFpMEOfZ6riw6e3do_PxQZTzE4E5_lEU2l59nRw4beIcIVaHxzTSMrSEHI4aBMkiB04vz3urh7NF7NvnR0tdqPmgPjc-M2TwZvg18b3T2zgBWDuzJ9Dg/s200/PICT1282.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilV6fddZh31IGQLBlWQyx4W2RZFG3cdtbqnijruaJHn5YTLtcysck7y_lsCzsUvF36-1Ow1cNFhY20I4GvLPGJW-wp1Ql8QEXxTUR0T-JtVA1lz5XYfUEuCDoEs3RzaVwEKN23knmG7xA/s1600-h/PICT1284.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123941410817224386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilV6fddZh31IGQLBlWQyx4W2RZFG3cdtbqnijruaJHn5YTLtcysck7y_lsCzsUvF36-1Ow1cNFhY20I4GvLPGJW-wp1Ql8QEXxTUR0T-JtVA1lz5XYfUEuCDoEs3RzaVwEKN23knmG7xA/s200/PICT1284.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div></div>Connyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16483718664002405019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2462856615507493896.post-72132560839169086222007-10-22T01:10:00.000+02:002007-10-22T01:33:17.380+02:00Baños<div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Baños, known for its thermal baths and the many beautiful waterfalls surrounding it, lies about 4 hours south of Quito. I was visiting Baños for a weekend and really liked the idyllic town at the foot of volcano Tungurahua (which last erupted in 1999...)<br />Unfortunately the weather wasn't really as sunny and warm as expected on I did not only get wet in the spas and near the waterfalls but from the rain as well!<br />Baños is also famous for its milcocha, a delicious chewy taffy (Toffee) and caña de azucar (chewable sugarcane), which unlike the cuy (roasted guinea big/Meerschweinchen!!), I did try and liked it a lot.</span></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><u><span style="color:#0000ff;"></span></u><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Od7kZl9lfxz83tQlsQqGhNL7hSIyFvMSW4vbknOcY22LtL4q-5qOQiOvDuPG-mLrc2HbyN3pl2jIEcFdNtc9t6KL_MjsZTnryqZkr_c4WJFfT3IpIQ641pxTI9SeCw77CBpiWoU0Rwo/s1600-h/PICT1420.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123934311236283906" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Od7kZl9lfxz83tQlsQqGhNL7hSIyFvMSW4vbknOcY22LtL4q-5qOQiOvDuPG-mLrc2HbyN3pl2jIEcFdNtc9t6KL_MjsZTnryqZkr_c4WJFfT3IpIQ641pxTI9SeCw77CBpiWoU0Rwo/s200/PICT1420.JPG" border="0" /></a><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123934568934321682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1SKgmtQN0bQ-bHG0wwRIPrHf9x3BHTj7LivZ_28MCy4EeJDrJHm62C5fJGeMCJOvK6cyVu_l5w2xQRIO8sXxVdPiEymwRgfFd3TX4OjzKfWxYF3862xlwRjgyGLqzGatkBh1iviv3KR8/s200/PICT1422.JPG" border="0" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg53M3xNinlZej0cjWr0eu5AKyUwZsRl0vGDmW2m5thZW-3WDknpk9p1G003itLUbB3h-OmxGw-oYNTJOJ6DvIGMiAHo1-Un8saWfZny_hI8XxlUfgIsiM_bM_4KaI3AHCjYOFhgyb02ts/s1600-h/PICT1451.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123935032790789682" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg53M3xNinlZej0cjWr0eu5AKyUwZsRl0vGDmW2m5thZW-3WDknpk9p1G003itLUbB3h-OmxGw-oYNTJOJ6DvIGMiAHo1-Un8saWfZny_hI8XxlUfgIsiM_bM_4KaI3AHCjYOFhgyb02ts/s200/PICT1451.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCB8NrnXTLIjDDe6rUqOlf6U4Xaq5koIObKSnM0Cd89NCYnTop7TXDQuzs-Aiou2o1z6DCusUoF910iWubIlb540brnVu6OeZqlBfeY6AADeiAuFy750hIAIdNpVUK4LWpN0cEosM0rs8/s1600-h/PICT1436.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123934783682686498" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCB8NrnXTLIjDDe6rUqOlf6U4Xaq5koIObKSnM0Cd89NCYnTop7TXDQuzs-Aiou2o1z6DCusUoF910iWubIlb540brnVu6OeZqlBfeY6AADeiAuFy750hIAIdNpVUK4LWpN0cEosM0rs8/s200/PICT1436.JPG" border="0" /></a><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123935363503271490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinZdsG_d3dEiFB6BWnRUQPytEiuU9qKuRzWHc-FxecOUPjk2IyXMj2wBxZP-sW7nHj5CT6vjRthZSXLosjqyq0qvH2AR97lmY5YRNETfxTJFuTVvR8SMGsPGQCVIvG8f5lB0ysglkWOuk/s200/PICT1455.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div><br /><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrJ-gT4gLP2ZqBDeKB32Wxg2GCfFL9Yla9qwe7lkxR3Vk6LpbgRxYtsDl1_WQBFf22jjvkQ0QCgrF5RMh8Y1HD5EbiyHX2ySS9XgeVwaPI8I2LnsoVl3r8lSPJaG0l8ikMDZ4xgREU7zQ/s1600-h/PICT1458.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123936922576399986" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrJ-gT4gLP2ZqBDeKB32Wxg2GCfFL9Yla9qwe7lkxR3Vk6LpbgRxYtsDl1_WQBFf22jjvkQ0QCgrF5RMh8Y1HD5EbiyHX2ySS9XgeVwaPI8I2LnsoVl3r8lSPJaG0l8ikMDZ4xgREU7zQ/s200/PICT1458.JPG" border="0" /></a><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123935913259085410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib9coaS0lMO0DJKuk_s1bFX7PoBlMAXbTsapeVrNdkqLnr6zgGfruCAzO1HZkcG3rLqfqlBOVtDDLs3iS6FKo87zhlZDDsg3P96HGE65Ak1ZgU-4JrxPtb6xxHzaSKeVBbJiDUDUac_88/s200/PICT1459.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><div><div><div><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Connyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16483718664002405019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2462856615507493896.post-5404586642310303392007-10-22T00:47:00.000+02:002007-10-22T01:09:52.182+02:00La Mitad del Mundo (the middle of the earth)<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">About 20 km north of Quito lies Mitad del Mundo, where the equator line passes through and it is quite a feeling to stand with one foot on the northern and the other one on the southern hemisphere... </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">I was lucky enough to spend the night of September 23 at Mitad del Mundo, witnessing the Equinox, that moment in time when the center of the sun can be observed to be directly above the earth's equator. This event only happens twice a year, on March 20 and on September 23....</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Mitad del Mundo with the equator line and monument</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy_8xQ3QFhw0eY4-L6vWbnftpVOpK3Q4YcGfTVvUeJZXp6ITueXSm89-OMYjZCo6RADyq43qZZrq1LzuGku_BSkTooc_lpGsH2pFT38y2l4Nr_TFZ-BEcKYFAeTAszOV4JcYbNW_Ak98Q/s1600-h/PICT1297.JPG"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123927529482923506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy_8xQ3QFhw0eY4-L6vWbnftpVOpK3Q4YcGfTVvUeJZXp6ITueXSm89-OMYjZCo6RADyq43qZZrq1LzuGku_BSkTooc_lpGsH2pFT38y2l4Nr_TFZ-BEcKYFAeTAszOV4JcYbNW_Ak98Q/s200/PICT1297.JPG" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"><br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTjE9CGT59KZY6WuV6UIKF0lP1MwCMo0SeBUaQHcIY-kn4p_z0O6s1nvPRuD3QH2Euc_DpODjwblVynfRYGS-AUuVGL6QwSUf1T2fRLJEr4zXncYy6k1zD3_H1n1wHE8fQp3b8a8pdUz8/s1600-h/PICT1298.JPG"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123927258899983842" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTjE9CGT59KZY6WuV6UIKF0lP1MwCMo0SeBUaQHcIY-kn4p_z0O6s1nvPRuD3QH2Euc_DpODjwblVynfRYGS-AUuVGL6QwSUf1T2fRLJEr4zXncYy6k1zD3_H1n1wHE8fQp3b8a8pdUz8/s200/PICT1298.JPG" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"><br /><br /></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJIE0e3ayyveOP57Yqf8PL0y-Vu64I6FWf7mt5Y8ho8QKasOqDYhxY3GbEOzzg107n9ZtKgQsWFalALhqXKimXlSCfBaRiG2FyZ-yVlx1ZIFCoyQ8uqW0k5sG6WRdnQ989F-E1F-jfJRQ/s1600-h/PICT1350.JPG"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123926627539791298" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJIE0e3ayyveOP57Yqf8PL0y-Vu64I6FWf7mt5Y8ho8QKasOqDYhxY3GbEOzzg107n9ZtKgQsWFalALhqXKimXlSCfBaRiG2FyZ-yVlx1ZIFCoyQ8uqW0k5sG6WRdnQ989F-E1F-jfJRQ/s200/PICT1350.JPG" border="0" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj4ZwWn5JHWgR1G-wscOqqbsL9EuTf545CsVYrNTbT4LlR-sZi3WfkTcUy87LoLde2XlbEI_1UylTQV6syJU8ASrY7MkwxvxKkbCNW6vj-2jbvEwzkTt4o7a0sp5QO-DxlHZMRUHVojyw/s1600-h/PICT1294.JPG"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123926996906978770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj4ZwWn5JHWgR1G-wscOqqbsL9EuTf545CsVYrNTbT4LlR-sZi3WfkTcUy87LoLde2XlbEI_1UylTQV6syJU8ASrY7MkwxvxKkbCNW6vj-2jbvEwzkTt4o7a0sp5QO-DxlHZMRUHVojyw/s200/PICT1294.JPG" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"><br /><br /><br /></span><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Witnessing the Equinox at Mitad del Mundo on September 23, 2007</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"></span> </div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"></span></div><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7hZhttgTcBEygYhpEmZ_RINK4hUFihzl_oM53xyGILP6nW_XdzffziH4SNebJyWwVy9MaO2SjJly_YVU_F5qMnAHJ06zufM6Ap1oFGnCHR_osjtulu4oYuyoyRJfh6fltdYGpLjHfQdw/s1600-h/PICT1344.JPG"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123926429971295666" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7hZhttgTcBEygYhpEmZ_RINK4hUFihzl_oM53xyGILP6nW_XdzffziH4SNebJyWwVy9MaO2SjJly_YVU_F5qMnAHJ06zufM6Ap1oFGnCHR_osjtulu4oYuyoyRJfh6fltdYGpLjHfQdw/s200/PICT1344.JPG" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3EEJHZ6wQmc_Rhr4BpASu85OhEp7QdLZIhSwqvNKIo7RMfJDPqubh2-lqgIVjxfyjVJ31uXEsia9pGDjIhcbLUBy2p41qtYgv4D3KNFQcHtXZy4TppuF1WDUGy85Kgq-Cfz0Ri-aA2pQ/s1600-h/PICT1332.JPG"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123926047719206290" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3EEJHZ6wQmc_Rhr4BpASu85OhEp7QdLZIhSwqvNKIo7RMfJDPqubh2-lqgIVjxfyjVJ31uXEsia9pGDjIhcbLUBy2p41qtYgv4D3KNFQcHtXZy4TppuF1WDUGy85Kgq-Cfz0Ri-aA2pQ/s200/PICT1332.JPG" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div></span><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123926245287701922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOa1infpw03SOAGKO7NKAR8E87RandTrrzb9QoQVllvqRHHkEg-0HLGdiMbYRQDsDdTncKmLQUx5ZqFVx2f1IIn19hGJ5YL3QGSOTAgsyohT2iHQmVZ_3zPbfs92XwybpC7iR99DuDu-8/s200/PICT1340.JPG" border="0" /><br /></span><div><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"></span></div></div></div></div></div>Connyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16483718664002405019noreply@blogger.com0