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Hello all, 

Yikes! Sorry for the delay in post, I was traveling with my mom and brother last week and haven't been able to get to a computer. Photos don't do the places and people justice. We were in Paracas (Nasca Lines, Sandborading), Cusco (Machu Picchu) and the Amazon.

PARACAS

Our trip began in Paracas, where we flew over the Nazca Lines. There are over 200 individual figures. . 

Pachumama (Symbol for mother earth)

The Nazca Lines can only be seen from the sky. They were thought either to have been created as a message for the gods (hence why the symbols can only be seen from the "heavens"); used as sacred ceremonial walks (many artifacts such as ceramic pieces and other materials used for offerings where found at the edges of the lines, but no human remains indicating that locals didn't live around/close to the lines); or are believed to relate to the constellations.  

Humming Bird

Monkey

Spider

Tree

Hands 

Picture showing proportion of symbols in regards to surrounding objects .

Star

Max and I went sand-boarding.

CUSCO

In Cusco we visited the cemetery. Death in Hispanic culture is much less solemn then in American culture. The people here believe that the soul and spirt continue to live and be present as long as they are remembered. Graves are decorated with objects and trinkets that the deceased loved in life (and use in death). In the shrine there is usually a glass of water. People are buried with very few clothes because it is thought that the dead must walk to heaven and retrieve any clothes that they may drop along the way, so both water and little clothing are necessary for the journey.

The market

We were in Cusco during Holy Week. There was a procession at night, where Jesus was carried through the streets and would leave red petals behind as a sign of his nobility.

Machu Picchu

 Mirror-to monitor changes in the sky (constellations, eclipses etc. )

Condor-symbol of the heaven and powerful god world

We climbed to the Sun Gate, a good hour or so of uphill trekking. All worth it in the end through to catch a glimpse of the iconic view of Machu Picchu

Sacred Valley

Demonstration of the weaving and dying process of textiles by locals in Peru

AMAZON

Mom with a Brazil Nut. Yes, it resembles an orange....

89/98 Butterfly

First! Pirana :D

Night Walk of Death. Saw the most poisonous spider in the world 2 cm from my face...No anti-venum for that baby...

4:30 sunrise over the Amazon