tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30733776032016415782024-03-12T19:16:01.439-07:00This is FantasticDallas Deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04669224611613690985noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3073377603201641578.post-42799520631162005872010-01-18T17:16:00.000-08:002010-01-18T17:57:11.572-08:00Char<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv5ANqqdBSQLIyUZW5lKi7VeFFKl0_Wo7dXzOhmALnhP0CHyQIIyPrnqthQ6Qgw0ussqDm7lG2QApxrSVxFur92tCQY8qMxJkiIBmvP9eHMXCAH28WOA67jRybRVhVd_Fi2iq_sgNxWqw/s1600-h/RSCN5269.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428261858865012434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv5ANqqdBSQLIyUZW5lKi7VeFFKl0_Wo7dXzOhmALnhP0CHyQIIyPrnqthQ6Qgw0ussqDm7lG2QApxrSVxFur92tCQY8qMxJkiIBmvP9eHMXCAH28WOA67jRybRVhVd_Fi2iq_sgNxWqw/s320/RSCN5269.JPG" /></a> At the Opera: Carmen<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzWF5aG89Xaq60kR0N10OKY3EXfeSG9HCtvtRuf7eyOb5MNGnqcc4bT-La7uYWknZgtjsRK4i931cINLj2t0ta8XtePQ-W5HNcgWGgI1hKs8pVdm-6O1dBTxDw79LGZ9MLtAoY6fojpsI/s1600-h/DSCN5211.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428261434454520402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzWF5aG89Xaq60kR0N10OKY3EXfeSG9HCtvtRuf7eyOb5MNGnqcc4bT-La7uYWknZgtjsRK4i931cINLj2t0ta8XtePQ-W5HNcgWGgI1hKs8pVdm-6O1dBTxDw79LGZ9MLtAoY6fojpsI/s320/DSCN5211.JPG" /></a> Char is very studious at school<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6M-eFkKVgQZ7lyfhNYIbzVGi67RvFQVImJBauBFjwm64JKljeM-kqqdCqTdZ1UdZfHvu40Bc87vdPLGEOqTHWXniqyQwIKogI38sStiMArlj27SI0L5uiT8mWL5hNN0BIhmwWakc1AvE/s1600-h/DSCN5262.JPG"></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkTV5xrY2TKbz6x9tjHDCeGC3c2NGeVpJmfcxLkXwGzevGxaeeKU9_5vs5sOJUvldD8cocAXc9OGM5vCSNrF6145kjNnrqhlgYpcp3js3EjzXVe8o9jcWlvPcSK97vubGH0WSiV-2XnY8/s1600-h/RSCN5236.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428258166404703826" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkTV5xrY2TKbz6x9tjHDCeGC3c2NGeVpJmfcxLkXwGzevGxaeeKU9_5vs5sOJUvldD8cocAXc9OGM5vCSNrF6145kjNnrqhlgYpcp3js3EjzXVe8o9jcWlvPcSK97vubGH0WSiV-2XnY8/s320/RSCN5236.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijo4xNUHMesZuYoVPSeCgGeIu2EOVnJLnB6929wDa8VVRUkG2z4iBNEDjRkMV86JbiNvD-ga4hUNkYnVL2Jxa_6S4UQumeHaO4AXnwhTOa_H7xm75BKV0Gxq3nkwzJAM2C3vOGpmFzRoM/s1600-h/RSCN5267.JPG"></a><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428254734231843250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3T6E3Teq_WEESTQn0CEvgxnw0Q9kYn7-aMbyLsECzHE9JsX6g0wn-zr3QqZ81r_h6QvMwKXLsWI8fqFzgqr1ICZ9ADGUaKNl5R-BjO7TEoEDWQ6X9Lz1CtaAWmn7NEnJJ5p4E8rOaIKw/s320/DSCN5098.JPG" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428254284794555570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWtLWvdH_OEANgiTu85lIbTneEnexrLUty4S6SX3dzggSUO5Pd9DUNzfh81bVWqw1DSAwg9QK9j3CT1Nbtz8n16Dfo2XWfU4rhf9fRR7aqNrQe9JDwiMiOr0qALSd42dcqdpodtL_dHks/s320/DSCN5036.JPG" /><br /><div><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428254091945756306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNGbLXOattbAljDzz-pgXcaU2ogqa7Jf3POwNbJZE2mHK1xsf5PsWobcAXwDIrs-24syHXGo8C_2IVIHHvZgbCHjnDu2DC4xGNwuEE_WcUwtp4eD-JsYPbCYPhYU7zAltR0-Iwng0n3nI/s320/DSCN5033.JPG" /><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428253738539431778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNZFVueadM7QXJnXqfJGbbXGe8W6dfAusdvDLvTz9aGUTDJVYen06_xdh1-WOOOOjsjkXLv4cM1yIYfH1BVbqoUBNNGTh_02WN9YiCPO78U9gejJB9G_l7htsCVEDrtQ6y6lmto5UoJdw/s320/Video+call+snapshot+40.png" /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizPTsFB5M9dezvq_LUpSaDPxe2BM-WIasCQiXWT3K5tBb5ijomYnLu3Cu45gkAp2767ZEkVw7pCBNdBXuAvPAsaE6ZMhTCWrJSFtR1Kny5hRHLhrSbB_PY8tRuCHGJlu7D8L2jkXAb17I/s1600-h/DSCN5099.JPG"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Dallas Deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04669224611613690985noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3073377603201641578.post-11464244206885190092009-10-20T18:30:00.000-07:002009-10-20T18:35:28.187-07:00Around Cuzco and Machu Pichu<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRUiKaVpmxlNjX1bdcC3a3pW3um9k-Y3S6ZhWfEypVD-7X6gtgQaohl8w2lPqEW_KJAFDR6jlio0M1FaHIDJPwGvAv2FtqIaoAJFsewiDxxWnwlZ-q7zwyUx64zB5gRUveK_rJeXE2EJw/s1600-h/machu+pichu+283.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394860786065279058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRUiKaVpmxlNjX1bdcC3a3pW3um9k-Y3S6ZhWfEypVD-7X6gtgQaohl8w2lPqEW_KJAFDR6jlio0M1FaHIDJPwGvAv2FtqIaoAJFsewiDxxWnwlZ-q7zwyUx64zB5gRUveK_rJeXE2EJw/s320/machu+pichu+283.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2mf-urGRcoX3IVJ5lH9uhN-REcpOIbknDjyX_yLBMayqzZu52WjwMrtK4FB0Ya2yqVtfYmzjzcZf4ovSYDVAJXyGLqJuQFpS-kM80e7r_SBvWXB2r93JC2UlQQZuH3mT2wr3lVOdEXZQ/s1600-h/machu+pichu+421.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394860509295525842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2mf-urGRcoX3IVJ5lH9uhN-REcpOIbknDjyX_yLBMayqzZu52WjwMrtK4FB0Ya2yqVtfYmzjzcZf4ovSYDVAJXyGLqJuQFpS-kM80e7r_SBvWXB2r93JC2UlQQZuH3mT2wr3lVOdEXZQ/s320/machu+pichu+421.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0h2hv1Ex2IoWOAR7lU5Rmb-Sp4-25hoJcTnKR883NK7GRpidRFcoGW_jykHWr-QPBQDJ0y18Fb8JFXTQrOizubUPzOCdGHeThdJRDxtFfxZNQEGvvtC_s156Ha46ZTFzFoJktbp8wkqM/s1600-h/machu+pichu+473.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394860249605821970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0h2hv1Ex2IoWOAR7lU5Rmb-Sp4-25hoJcTnKR883NK7GRpidRFcoGW_jykHWr-QPBQDJ0y18Fb8JFXTQrOizubUPzOCdGHeThdJRDxtFfxZNQEGvvtC_s156Ha46ZTFzFoJktbp8wkqM/s320/machu+pichu+473.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDX5j08RDyQ4RdEEz1S0acxEkPW22XBQg0GORBOazM_DPtdBM4uWAch00ubXCHZfoun6uGyg_GUzr-f2x-qU_9lq0L1bKjnaJBCopcBpy5HSjP3_C1cCuA0KyFjSeM4RLVOSf1IgA0PtM/s1600-h/machu+pichu+345.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394859950222271970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDX5j08RDyQ4RdEEz1S0acxEkPW22XBQg0GORBOazM_DPtdBM4uWAch00ubXCHZfoun6uGyg_GUzr-f2x-qU_9lq0L1bKjnaJBCopcBpy5HSjP3_C1cCuA0KyFjSeM4RLVOSf1IgA0PtM/s320/machu+pichu+345.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div>Dallas Deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04669224611613690985noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3073377603201641578.post-76422266786208906762009-06-21T23:11:00.000-07:002009-06-23T06:43:42.463-07:00Seafood<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350034818748551122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 352px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 247px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC3H1A1Dxi5WHNLFLztsz-B_FAy4pAlsNBVXx_rOvujGd4L9qZePr0flzQfow09M6V_ZtcJ2jo3OhGh9CRLv3fboOuIxtux32sfdOzPftOjaYBmw4raOCWcTdg8GYFVJXF9NCB2BS2IBQ/s320/DSCN4328.JPG" border="0" />Joanne and I went to Eten. My biggest reason for going was to eat more mariscos and pescado (seafood). Neither of us had been there before, so Joanne asked some drunk guy for a restaurant, and, consequently, the food wasn't great. But it sure was pretty.<br /><br /><div><div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350032142624084882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 345px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 263px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjju-BKc4cMK0C6hR46FO8RgIl5k1RvwP_MpIFW0iFaQHtcVAeWE3jwM4_J3zUNj2SbJ0oXkAPGG9SxEqYfBNyPNb7BwSJ7oawaCEviUZh2ub2L9MGn3FZe9S3HgtTJ1lRO9TvD_JXiTTI/s320/DSCN4331.JPG" border="0" /></div><div>Mi Parihuela: Pescado, Pulpo, y alguna mas</div><br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350033397822876690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipSt8uPR85Y4WpVhAwxV6W2IgFXWZFG7IdB0KoKbZajiloOttAfFwWQXRLKNWhx7Y-RJ48HM9s1hikZ-9X7HzHpSDgS9tXQ8sJnBqhqv7bQkBCw66DEy-MehKwi2Zd9WNkQg7V7ZoZRrM/s320/DSCN4329.JPG" border="0" /></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350036122390665170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw_7D59vMH0uuDRdn22msxJXkMrk0bcLFOlnZ9oRL29DohVutzC62sjfhIlPJmUrm8dmyqXq10_XuauY0dNZx4NQjJQl4cRKt2LGeVp3r6dC8XebWCZ7fsyLcRUFF2UecIzHpENeSNXjE/s320/DSCN4317.JPG" border="0" />This is Puerto Eten; it's the beach where all the seafood comes from.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350037407851866066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx_0jFx0NnA781y5tNWIecX4v0oL1PZEtyWTHfsVBOSu5LYNeHjbEjCgyViXDm_BkS5le-fJXf1Oz3x0_nWXcEJ1ANWD6SXxMhjfKrP_L2xZKUZF1JmHEv9Smg-IvXupw0kUB6FcI0sG0/s320/DSCN4290.JPG" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350038824509115810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgluevPA012bFy7Z0c8OLrkuBDZzCvKEnPVDYNPCKKPOh14RAKrDRTtqJ9V7qjkRMSisTR6ftB4tYNxojUv0I6nX8tr2hkHC_nIP3C_vKOfnHQ1ITpAyOgDxNPTOeZPvIIJEzejjHyP1MU/s320/DSCN4322.JPG" border="0" />It was really windy.</div></div>Dallas Deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04669224611613690985noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3073377603201641578.post-53576558996289248412009-06-21T22:09:00.000-07:002009-06-21T22:28:29.588-07:00Inca Dogs<div>Peruvians are really proud of their country, as they should be. But one of their points of national pride is a race of hairless dog that originates from the time of the Incas. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>But, honestly, how could anyone be proud of this...?</div><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350016206617298290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 389px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 289px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilTbMJovrTj4IYBIieywhOPfn3Lh0Yvs-zmfOaZjoM_rQ56MxK8GaPQWtX8t00Ep0qjLAUWC2ZOi_FGOWwpmIvawtWU1SA-GBpG33W4ehEWbwXUzbYGvHMSQkXkU5TIUzTDhzfe7Rl4Hk/s320/DSCN4163.JPG" border="0" /></div>Dallas Deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04669224611613690985noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3073377603201641578.post-45294691938515537232009-06-17T12:47:00.000-07:002009-06-17T13:14:41.232-07:00AlessaI was feeling really bad because I wasn't home to see Sophie when she was born, so it is really nice that Stephanie lets me hold her baby all the time. <br /><div> <br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348386182819242402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFBc9MPzExETyQOg2diBwrAb8X2yfCrgmqbSwdRLtKoAaIgKgX1I1RPKx83kWrn9oOhzEuBiJa7O54_UOkxAy_BczHlMlRD17QXREPBycNouuQ42SkInUW_pUqZbTOipmHSgxyJK8s8gI/s320/P1010679.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg89jUOPlM-IjQtV7hpmqBgO2l21TRMrKirSPO_Ymqp8gI9_kkNfRnMCqjhCWSqOQQ3YN85jyV5_pWf2DxmP2OpU8Yp41wdHtm9y5nBrscTB4HDB-S1OIi008BwwOjHPQ3KtzwEg4G8q6g/s1600-h/P1010681.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348388133426112482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg89jUOPlM-IjQtV7hpmqBgO2l21TRMrKirSPO_Ymqp8gI9_kkNfRnMCqjhCWSqOQQ3YN85jyV5_pWf2DxmP2OpU8Yp41wdHtm9y5nBrscTB4HDB-S1OIi008BwwOjHPQ3KtzwEg4G8q6g/s320/P1010681.jpg" border="0" /></a> Dallas, Alessa, and Stephanie (Alessa's mom) Alessa is adorable. She has thick black hair.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjworFivPpTIkO47FEssYup40xUhwY99xSpmLaw9M4XvGooC4pT6dSJXj3h5M_j25c2f1yIcsyiT8YcBM_V0VTgS3onw3cxsNiTecc-mbuNTzja2k_Uci9qkyKAbBLl6Zpf728YuJS0rYU/s1600-h/P1010684.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348387039017208322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjworFivPpTIkO47FEssYup40xUhwY99xSpmLaw9M4XvGooC4pT6dSJXj3h5M_j25c2f1yIcsyiT8YcBM_V0VTgS3onw3cxsNiTecc-mbuNTzja2k_Uci9qkyKAbBLl6Zpf728YuJS0rYU/s320/P1010684.jpg" border="0" /></a> Dallas, Joanne, and Alessa<br /><div> </div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348389563439706242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEESjk3eYMn6EmifX3iJGju_5thxm73UnSPymFb6BBwuyAQv4ij7xZA_KAky_NkPEWhfA6BxKSbaK2zP9kqVpRUa4QYTwEGPdVnjrO-jggRgyjAOjEXf96j-WeoOv57dZciMN1AcAZyhw/s320/P1010664.jpg" border="0" /></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348390840791904802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBpYwyd_Ay8MlS3Th_DD2Mpht5toqrQcqbqp9JkzilI1uV9HuE31SJBBV5DbcjfB4kDDQG1rMFyati5DVB60jMCd_01EGaE_Hu2xwA1oB5UX1_3u5zxGqfbhFmEIysI0vozucl3zHwhIA/s320/P1010677.jpg" border="0" />Joanne looking annoyed<br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div>Dallas Deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04669224611613690985noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3073377603201641578.post-83893087150019066202009-06-11T00:07:00.000-07:002009-06-22T14:24:58.555-07:00CuyTake a close look at these little cuy quarters. Cuy is a traditional dish in peru, and the locals tout cuy as the healthiest of all meats, which I find funny because the only form of preparation is deep fried.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345973286356867298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9baWQogSVJQUE4FFZDvFt0QRV-PA9idXJ9XzOzhNgL27zo0dtjK9CdyN_gVOz7l8m2dT6dmJ_Y6w9zOd0_ZHcV8b2YrCsKWp-_3NyRdzhTF64JTubH7OYIhNLpsn_TWAq4Vufe4ENISo/s320/DSCN4078.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br />Nadia, Luisa, and I went looking for a good restaurant that served cuy. We tried a couple of restaurants before we ended up at <em>El Huaralino, </em>which turned out to be really fancy. I thought I was early to a wedding party; everything was white; there were fresh flowers on every table, and the service couldn't have been better.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345968340389034450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzsTq5vWl7J-FhGbajrtXnzJbX-aL2wtHmCYZ373NVCxA-n2Hj751Nu0BkylMN9c1z2k0BE_SxgdOwc6V3szEddLxZ7GqWcAWx1F-0CcIGP-E8HcVn9Bve7i6Ktg72mrXSQu1bS8C4Sao/s320/DSCN4073.JPG" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345969927797946690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBxyimk6OmNe9EdzyniK2DP3-EXYyziPuPpjfolcfcy_6JHZdmI2FHyp07sjiPqHt6Z54pB33HWDnWhsogGCIeEPkAUige2wxWsxHVQZsGdBagDxHA9mS50sUrxtcDV_V9p41p5OJzzRg/s320/DSCN4077.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345966948021568706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbk6WJCe2e2n09mW4a_Pg7P8KJSlcGh4ZTCMlw8HEiCUYrihZaotExhJULX9WjYvBS5V0HxtGK8dRYQupFyWmUTsjFnqbzb5dpFXicP2csE7FdABxwYx6AsjKNW5e0eSRgy-Wdjvebffo/s320/RSCN4080.JPG" border="0" />Cuy, by the way, is guinea pig: and if you look really close, you can see its little toe nails<br /><br /><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345966490359659922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0T8c-lA9FXyYMDBsXo5Fam4_JAhR8hclWwrQ7AGi9yezE31kI5qkpI1MNUQ8OHfvVjl9Rir61T209QrK9uq01LMRUacJNDq6-u1pRJ85fFGS6II1J_m1-aaQJl8zNF-KSdQcq3WXroK8/s320/dallas+362.JPG" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345964918793237970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdTijbYxcF0ZPmHP2-rNLR33ts7zxz4oaxZ4BBIVx66MmMc_RX-UYsVouMu3RVkHt0dK25LpFiDAu17eXydH0jriJay2uWWz9jPJ3km6GJ4sD52SbiuIVm4thtpZ9bIXxHxy1g8PFJuBQ/s320/dallas+353.JPG" border="0" />This is the <em>Mercado Modelo </em>where cuy are sold.<br /><div><div><div></div></div></div></div></div>Dallas Deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04669224611613690985noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3073377603201641578.post-81929104661554918972009-06-10T23:10:00.000-07:002009-06-16T06:55:38.650-07:00Monsefu and Wichu<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345949925186110530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd6fFEGJzIN1Ym1B47ncFqLGR_-Sl36tLstei3-SExXMyVL7HqBo4kcP57z14fETap09Zedn47pvD54pmmXQ7Hbxp5I4sfg5kZkUkqYb0uCIlITshJJtPrCI9a_qu63k02Qdq0df4dFXc/s320/dallas+288.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div>All of my life, it has been my dream to run around in the jungle like an aborigany, swinging in the trees and playing with monkeys. But apparently, the jungle is dangerous. You can't run around without clothes or play with monkeys; therefore, what's the point of going?<br /><br /><div><div><div><div><div><p>Naturally, I was very disappointed, but Nadia's grandmother in Monsefu has a pet monkey, and because of this I have been looking forward to visiting her for a long time. What I didn't know was that her monkey is racist; he hated me. Everyone in that house, including those who were visiting for the first time, got close to the monkey, and he repeatedly jumped in their arms, everyone, of course, except me. Whenever I approached, the monkey would bark at me like a dog and run to anyone else for safety. The only chance I got to touch him is when he was latched on to a cat; otherwise, he would push my hands away.</p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345952587899161554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZu-tuZ2G5a_suxGHVjLFFB6rpzcrj0j5TZ6xHxni15oJ4yrPu9SBkMuEueoFmVs0htAfzOzhFMda-6SoxzCyoDwlKhvJu86_hJfJFsJ4uVoXRbHBmRmncCQg7s-ebN1bRzSzltmez0Jk/s320/dallas+270.JPG" border="0" />I decided to try again another day because everyone had a theory as to why the monkey didn't like me. The second time I went, the monkey did get closer, but only so he could bite me. In all seriousness, afterwords, I was sad and disappointed. But then Nadia's mom took us to eat camerones sudados, and they were oh so delicious. I think they are up there with lomo saltado and pollo a la brasa in my list of favorites. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345951289426568290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYvZI-9OoyGBDK_jjVtgcjMR6qX5dAa2Cxwgybt-gjEs8zhkJ1O0YMxq-HyQdjUsfXqY7gczRN3WaqSv6WpRXohGbM-lqqa-7eQ6TXJetFCXVStcWo5jDyqfsVQGYUzfTsimiB4qVNxow/s320/dallas+273.JPG" border="0" />This is a good example of how my date with me monkey went. The monkey is in Nadia's hands. I am trying to put my hands under Nadia's, hoping the monkey will grow accustomed to my hands, or that perhaps he simply won't notice whose hands are holding him; the monkey, however, is peering at me with fear in his eyes and pushing as hard as he can to get away.</div></div></div></div></div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345957382203072098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIty58Fd2eAHOO9wpXoMptB0hQWDZixi_rr1w4a2sAnmIDXe24fZp8BYc_4ss3XUca-W2gEwJf1Ieldo4dD5Yx1nvHrhiiOe5NUWlyJTLj5GvZmWhQCo5Kgsz7A9J_9IIMvc-B8mhoJ9U/s320/dallas+313.JPG" border="0" />The monkey looking for fleas in Nadia's hair<br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345955963138002690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjil5GU2IZ3lbBygGySjdJahynPCKAq8L6STAPDBPTrthiPqW5xUsQevoRArV0qOagLD7ec3rLSssqRpVceVVqrNa4nDjaVjjD4DSFFyYhYtfjgW-Zvpp7u3nz4m7-XXjJRFHSJmtFQ46Y/s320/dallas+310.JPG" border="0" /></p>The monkey eating Nadia's hair<br /><p></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345955692130736290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5suDqZvlSJr049rXczkLnI2fVUiegWmMGbvnebwzM0L0mNqV9LdUQpkxqWWf_uDihJMkuYB291wjZxI5MoJRtBRwCsDuhrFddh4mQJ0C72GzEjzyoEhmNe99W51vuGN5nXt_BKAFwV6w/s320/dallas+295.JPG" border="0" />Nadia acting like the monkey<br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345954095176112690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimbf9ZGhDNi123GZSpWFMpCXKhcKQhWESIX7VX30CXblbDisHzR1YSQi5bC3eqar-AV1JFbufTVw9-0AEx10uWxevFLq3CT_B2IbHNs9JQG1MO8E-JzPhWcXq6ePcseDLxtlEeUY4rdoc/s320/dallas+296.JPG" border="0" /></p><br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345959305175129330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhHHgXpJgEd-VX63cB3qcgIaDi9kMbQrZJw4JpO3ioK22n7Jk4aQYXvwGcg-brFFwQW43eNeUzRG9pSmU3Oo5fq8J_hznYHcS9nW9aGquc23HcMIHCdaSB3kRMnfraLCj2Oujg2bcu3F0/s320/dallas+343.JPG" border="0" />Sudados de Camerones: Los mas ricos mariscos en el mundo</p><p>Skipper should be very jealous.</p>Dallas Deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04669224611613690985noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3073377603201641578.post-90062012021919554662009-05-17T14:00:00.000-07:002009-06-07T09:55:58.630-07:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCB-AP6Q7h9mXlDr34LxzWN3MC046PebUB9c3n1j_yswiBhdJXnDGcUVSjX_BDHTRnAmI_5OvPLglKprq03QbjBJccsonNbhax9kqxNDiqnhyDhmf9dkGl0W05S497EmYT-uq6BDDT0zg/s1600-h/DSCN3605.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336901356684632482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCB-AP6Q7h9mXlDr34LxzWN3MC046PebUB9c3n1j_yswiBhdJXnDGcUVSjX_BDHTRnAmI_5OvPLglKprq03QbjBJccsonNbhax9kqxNDiqnhyDhmf9dkGl0W05S497EmYT-uq6BDDT0zg/s320/DSCN3605.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">This</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">is</span> a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">trip</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">we</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">took</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">to</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Monesfu</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">where</span> I <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">was</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">asked</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">to</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">drive</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">told</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">to</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">drive</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">the</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">wrong</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">way</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">down</span> a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">one</span>-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">way</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">street</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">and</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">then</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">arrested</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">because</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">of</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">it</span>. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28">Luckily</span> I <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29">was</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30">with</span> a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_31">car</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_32">full</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_33">of</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_34">people</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_35">who</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_36">all</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_37">spoke</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_38">Spanish</span>. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_39">All</span> I <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_40">had</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_41">to</span> do <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_42">was </span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_43">stand</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_44">in</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_45">the</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_46">police</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_47">station</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_48">and</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_49">smile</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_50">while</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_51">everyone</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_52">worked</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_53">out</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_54">the</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_55">details</span>.</div>Dallas Deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04669224611613690985noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3073377603201641578.post-1482252088708870772009-05-17T13:20:00.000-07:002009-06-11T00:51:28.094-07:00Raspadillas<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336893229540237202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXOpD_5-qBaPcvg6GTUm_oG_PwfJ5qn7d8Q1_LOnjn_bKUMuzAxPgfD_gxEhM-xOzJ0F_8fRSjaMouRbJe_OYyX3O3yg6U-Uy70obeHvN5BHTyHY4L_Z0eqQ0ymbTT31dbE1eoS5Z_U5Y/s320/DSCN3624.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div>I love raspadillas. They are snow cones, but the syrups are much better because they are made from real fruit. I sometimes find little ants in my raspadilla that somehow got into the syrup. </div><div></div><div>The vendors have hand-held metal devices that shave thin layers of ice off a big block.<br /></div><div></div><div>This particular raspadilla stand has been here for years and is well known by everyone in Chiclayo. This man has been making raspadillas since he was a little boy; in fact, his mother, who is pictured here, sold raspadillas while she was pregnant with him. Cute!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIVAY_u-1PZxflcpEwOT766NdhITIM9ezh8PYl0ZQIlzDxQpH60QBUK4N1jGEOrPhZAP7AIdYKlfMWvwO-wzcoEkNX7gDW9e9v8JLtLloEHzbchHe3OdOWfO9MWsDhr0FsrDif4w4zyXo/s1600-h/DSCN3622.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336894081607903698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIVAY_u-1PZxflcpEwOT766NdhITIM9ezh8PYl0ZQIlzDxQpH60QBUK4N1jGEOrPhZAP7AIdYKlfMWvwO-wzcoEkNX7gDW9e9v8JLtLloEHzbchHe3OdOWfO9MWsDhr0FsrDif4w4zyXo/s320/DSCN3622.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336895111922950290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdc1ERbPX_2-ufV5ZbZBen3dvcP-BvKCNbh_LOkomJGfh6CT-8oSoH1WWjDPYOW6CEtnCUNBA_VGtSEnBb9Bov7YVIn-eLMbWsiYYUTH1kEflAV45OeoV9gov567Ls_cc5Fun-riB1BBE/s320/DSCN3619.JPG" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336892358761635602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7f_EgNfa5avYW0ucyYrLEYVOHjias0ui2F5bty5MZ0459oKhJmoglKXo4A4_Fh8U_yzfNw1dSQpiBzIGbkYCjvY7j_KiUB6v037-oWRQMnKpEjmaVGaRMkj7lDNT0Hs4JDxIREyrWOYg/s320/DSCN3632.JPG" border="0" />Los sabores: coco, piña, fresca, tamarindo, lucuma, coco<br /><div><div><div></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336896832288834130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfds1Y6OECORXe0I3pAOnIgBBOq1_-Ef0b0_YRAyf0iqTl_SNrzwiJAbfhliZLweB8GJ5tNjkG3lHV3UzMF7cwLfJpCHSy1FBOYULojLUXjG9ETzXbBlPqSqDwkgNhZQTDR7qZp3P-BK8/s320/DSCN3623.JPG" border="0" /></div><div>Darrin and his raspadilla, 2 soles; but you have to return the mug<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336891189519767426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 350px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 270px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitkmgpCSXNZhl7GpLnDnxu_y7JOpTcIryp90wIdi7_9UqmJJAFftFFU2LOSghL8i5riKFK-5q-XAiY02bYjP1SqDyxmqpZ7LQJ83s_va-hEy_I-dRINjm0_20u90r1xjrrvJwaCmJ-SL4/s320/DSCN3628.JPG" border="0" />A bee Darrin found in his raspadilla<br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Dallas Deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04669224611613690985noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3073377603201641578.post-87822185194200317362009-04-14T19:36:00.000-07:002009-06-11T00:52:41.977-07:00A little break from ChiclayoI was really getting cabin fever, stuck in a routine in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Chiclayo</span>. So, I went to stay with Oscar in Lima, and afterwards we went to a beach in Ecuador. Part of the front for going to see Oscar was that he had been sick, and I was going to help him get better. His being sick is actually a little funny; we went to a doctor the first day I arrived. Oscar had been sick for nearly four weeks with diarrhea and had lost about 16 pounds. The doctor asked if he had done any traveling, and he said yes, that he had traveled to the sierra, to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Chachapoyas</span>. The doctor asked a few more questions and announced <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">definitively</span> that he had contracted a stomach bacteria from his trip. The funny part is that I too was on that trip and ate exactly the same meals and swam in the same dirty water he did, and I didn't get sick. The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Galvez</span> family make comments about me never <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">getting</span> sick because, apparently, all the North Americans who come to South America get some stomach sickness. Oscar, the dad, said that it was a blessing from Heavenly Father because of all the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">prayers</span> of my mother; and that's probably exactly what it is. <div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGGZ5HBYVZiUN_JU-3nQZWSvSMYofBz1qUGKB_T5lnImIQDm1Rmef8NbGinMhuCdnhioGzzFtNGDXv4SlZV2pmNW2vPBFtfycdDJIGGs-AJ0EUxggqK6JLhW8Q0MZtOvW3YOKiboZ9MSE/s1600-h/DSCN3710.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324772619423453746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGGZ5HBYVZiUN_JU-3nQZWSvSMYofBz1qUGKB_T5lnImIQDm1Rmef8NbGinMhuCdnhioGzzFtNGDXv4SlZV2pmNW2vPBFtfycdDJIGGs-AJ0EUxggqK6JLhW8Q0MZtOvW3YOKiboZ9MSE/s320/DSCN3710.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNO52gxiO3_5yHd8rlDvMeKrx3sUuSJEKyV8ZwLTsJtrsfJSLvFEPqvxVPLCN1SVjmThTaBArFrnQohFRQxmygQFxcxEtalXs_9MPH3hV6bdCJS-Ut1CVK4IHif446wYhALJxXGs1wdoI/s1600-h/DSCN3698.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324771044669622242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNO52gxiO3_5yHd8rlDvMeKrx3sUuSJEKyV8ZwLTsJtrsfJSLvFEPqvxVPLCN1SVjmThTaBArFrnQohFRQxmygQFxcxEtalXs_9MPH3hV6bdCJS-Ut1CVK4IHif446wYhALJxXGs1wdoI/s320/DSCN3698.JPG" border="0" /></a>I got to go to the Temple in Lima and watch General Conference in English with all the gringos who live and work in Lima, mostly in the embassy. The Temple is very pretty, as all Temples are, except the one in Provo. The endowment rooms are very little, at least the one I was in. It could only hold 20 people, and there were 5 in my session.<br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324793436736001170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIuegempTYIK8_3gIvl-OKabBu204_gc4nU4JtNkCb8wVgLGgqjI5FwjogwFrmpqplxc5twrgAQYbPGxfV4UwJ7JZA0xJbvWi7L8ey4nLFWN7HZdeYld6CjO8KHTIDJyQ-GMNNROcVbHM/s320/DSCN3676.JPG" border="0" />The top of Oscar's apartment building where I washed my clothes<br /><div><br /></div><div>Oscar was nice enough to miss school a few times so we could do stuff. We went with his friends Pedro and Ara and their little boy Marcelo. We went to an old convent and a museum of the Spanish Inquisition. The Spanish Inquisition, directly translated from Spanish, is <em>The Holy Inquisition</em>. <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Unfortunately</span>, our tours were all in Spanish, so I missed a lot.</div><div></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324767366769907394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig42W94TSl6f0x4U5Hh0JQj02hj0qGJHp_WZBvXmDMBKbV4FsNG8Ez7Ccv8Sz-hXZ486TvDI96j0IhwWQyOgmXBqfbhKLonFulz4kypnTV1WWwVp-q5SaEDQa2XJpkb5eH77IzrqqIO-o/s320/DSCN3641.JPG" border="0" /></div><div>The <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">cathedral</span> at the Plaza <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">de</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Armas</span> in Lima</div><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324774582022204994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLBcR1zEo-riSOPBa9mp1aiAexVYDgSjhr6neESJFKOKlrMlz7Guh2cFf3ssef9flcU9kPv9TpxhxDsJ219RRecYnmRwxrJiRdX5CnpF-rdSDkaFIkXo-WsP5tTTkp1xsgdUK7schQwbI/s320/DSCN3731.JPG" border="0" />Standing in front the Lima's main Cathedral in the Plaza <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">de</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Armas</span><br /><div></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324775808363485762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxF91-h43AhZ_j1IYyR1PSPD2fpZjciQUwwaIWF6gJJC8VvZ8_NJcoai4VRQomsG7JmI7QemCKL1iRPZDkXBt4LoFXdySm3Rr-2uY7PH6_eopBsH5yyotZ-nN50h7r5yloDgO8yigCiOg/s320/DSCN3732.JPG" border="0" /></div></div><div>Jumping in front of Lima's main cathedral in the Plaza <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">de</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Armas</span><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324777346191319730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI__IeJ2AmRR_mHN1vNx4s7zck_csN2vjjQATnjL3OH7qwLcG-6NbjwD4I-s-wy89M56WNR01mLXJgvi2kRQSPRGB_E5XRhLrpjDH4p53y5-Mhr3i994p5EA-TwVcHPIXFmfSenLVRIM4/s320/DSCN3733.JPG" border="0" />Finishing a cart wheel in front of Lima's main cathedral in the Plaza <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">de</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">Armas</span><br /><div><br /><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaZAK_sxn9BSGFSm7uf5QMw5v33D9XlB51V0QxCq3utkXN9RhClWbJ00sVhOuRbGsDlRpBi8ZUzZaDgEpUaWugMuLy6i6kNlb44sSjy2XJL6vN-6Be8ei9RJE1iHGwyocQfh8M_WnottM/s1600-h/DSCN3817.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324789094175299074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaZAK_sxn9BSGFSm7uf5QMw5v33D9XlB51V0QxCq3utkXN9RhClWbJ00sVhOuRbGsDlRpBi8ZUzZaDgEpUaWugMuLy6i6kNlb44sSjy2XJL6vN-6Be8ei9RJE1iHGwyocQfh8M_WnottM/s320/DSCN3817.JPG" border="0" /></a> Outside an old <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">monastery</span>: Saint <em><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">Something's</span></em> <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">monastery</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpZSLlHBO9QWQKAvYagfvW88QHTbNyYDvJrr_xZ_R1A2rA13lC01QM3PaVbcHvnlu5xMnmpmxGnNj-_rX4WU8YFyjMw8IKIYzex5nVy02jcja5l9u-Jmz_Z4JD1kDrDc6pZxbxnFabKNI/s1600-h/DSCN3749.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324779801520801442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpZSLlHBO9QWQKAvYagfvW88QHTbNyYDvJrr_xZ_R1A2rA13lC01QM3PaVbcHvnlu5xMnmpmxGnNj-_rX4WU8YFyjMw8IKIYzex5nVy02jcja5l9u-Jmz_Z4JD1kDrDc6pZxbxnFabKNI/s320/DSCN3749.JPG" border="0" /></a> In front of the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">monastery</span> with pigeons<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFpzmSVpS3Lyj2szD9i1hWSpWAT5cZDfd7v9GrnEqyGl3PpbK36mehj8sx6dihzmYcO6JRx2kQukMpunJU0G9s4cYE5lLcEDutLLM-0uz9t8o-q7_X69Ob2DPWoitZusQPxWLgYZavMtg/s1600-h/RSCN3822.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324778282356443026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFpzmSVpS3Lyj2szD9i1hWSpWAT5cZDfd7v9GrnEqyGl3PpbK36mehj8sx6dihzmYcO6JRx2kQukMpunJU0G9s4cYE5lLcEDutLLM-0uz9t8o-q7_X69Ob2DPWoitZusQPxWLgYZavMtg/s320/RSCN3822.JPG" border="0" /></a></div></div></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXRHKZQgzSku5Tbs5VAATIhzQZUf0TQJuK3jP0F-ei_jAGzMhiihKpKQLFYvM-ylpJwAYwKW-OCIosiMwA378T7rIYe89BbrjAdJOfdR0FBN8c17tRZdqLFT_zGQOA8lu6qOvQvQe1yRk/s1600-h/DSCN3807.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324786375204694626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXRHKZQgzSku5Tbs5VAATIhzQZUf0TQJuK3jP0F-ei_jAGzMhiihKpKQLFYvM-ylpJwAYwKW-OCIosiMwA378T7rIYe89BbrjAdJOfdR0FBN8c17tRZdqLFT_zGQOA8lu6qOvQvQe1yRk/s320/DSCN3807.JPG" border="0" /></a> Inside the old <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">monastery</span><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKY2AP1TqBPy-y4aNkZkUOrY1YRx2yo-yr2CTX_Av6naLf9dj7VC8_qG4p-tghvzrPh1lWpZp-A4YFDbtG_-p_kUgv6Id7Xp0B5-28JPP9A8MUexwmloK8yD1VVUionNFQLD59vCFEB_A/s1600-h/DSCN3806.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324785055824853762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKY2AP1TqBPy-y4aNkZkUOrY1YRx2yo-yr2CTX_Av6naLf9dj7VC8_qG4p-tghvzrPh1lWpZp-A4YFDbtG_-p_kUgv6Id7Xp0B5-28JPP9A8MUexwmloK8yD1VVUionNFQLD59vCFEB_A/s320/DSCN3806.JPG" border="0" /></a> Inside a courtyard inside the old <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">monastery</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEd90AGFiRzMr-12RL6CSh-ykqCLo3xerdpHOCoVIuwGQKcnuRP_0I5auB8MizerLvgyGPVx7CyT0DVa0-NEwDlt7HF4m8rzX3e7k-VajBpq_SGWD1u2rdKNDQBioBGF8eM2ZtolZh7Pw/s1600-h/DSCN3801.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324783788967285138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEd90AGFiRzMr-12RL6CSh-ykqCLo3xerdpHOCoVIuwGQKcnuRP_0I5auB8MizerLvgyGPVx7CyT0DVa0-NEwDlt7HF4m8rzX3e7k-VajBpq_SGWD1u2rdKNDQBioBGF8eM2ZtolZh7Pw/s320/DSCN3801.JPG" border="0" /></a>In the catacombs of the old <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">monastery</span></div><div><br />I have no idea who they <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">buried</span> in this convent, but there were tons and tons of bones in these catacombs. We walked down passages with piles of bones and skulls on the sides.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtgEwjXx1d-v_a3nR6nZZY2s677a3sDzG3iEewPMnglkL1XBa4u2eDpXaA9YMYL3sX1UwFpiV49BzpiDYtrBUWstI6-DLTzyc4dmOZYTv68sUB-WVtsN2ZNWmfg_-6XTzYbS0jlt8EDVA/s1600-h/DSCN3793.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324782510163682722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtgEwjXx1d-v_a3nR6nZZY2s677a3sDzG3iEewPMnglkL1XBa4u2eDpXaA9YMYL3sX1UwFpiV49BzpiDYtrBUWstI6-DLTzyc4dmOZYTv68sUB-WVtsN2ZNWmfg_-6XTzYbS0jlt8EDVA/s320/DSCN3793.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjho0jfm016U4WiygKx3px_h2hqrIHPBuMpGwtmCyFXAv07SAtDHjCtQtRqebOLUVQChqM1RQwh9QqJ6i2lCgHyJUGI6PM0q6_31f5Ri0Y0ieJF0Ypl8xCcol3DBoNP8099ReMx4Fmw-jk/s1600-h/DSCN3768.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324781046414044274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjho0jfm016U4WiygKx3px_h2hqrIHPBuMpGwtmCyFXAv07SAtDHjCtQtRqebOLUVQChqM1RQwh9QqJ6i2lCgHyJUGI6PM0q6_31f5Ri0Y0ieJF0Ypl8xCcol3DBoNP8099ReMx4Fmw-jk/s320/DSCN3768.JPG" border="0" /></a>This is the greatest library I have ever seen. Note the giant books behind me and the spiral staircases. This is where they monks used to study. It was sort of breathtaking.</div><div><div><div><div><div><div><br /><div><div><div><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324787681300100642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjBW3LIX9UO4sXlx2If-NYP_4UkOjzZ731-RpOMNcNmcz8QTzfJw_m5KdMH6k3IKmCt23G8IiutdtBiaaDZrQwXy5Ggkl49eiZKq3t1MBd80jzqL57oDxeEkGHfzycbfWp6fV0h09yALg/s320/DSCN3846.JPG" border="0" />Dallas and little <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">Marcelito</span>: this little guy reminds me of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">Bennet</span>. They are a month apart.</div><div><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324792150716864274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM8KvBQg-KISUu21zt7RdNPxivj389TyLBcASV0H4D7nEfNLmz-HS1drBjuO1EftoN5slZNMTEN2z3Gtd-kG4e5HWRmh9L-MfXi595ncWAx8CQajeqUT8jr4sszKuQFhDA7Ti95S6Qiik/s320/RSCN3863.JPG" border="0" />One of the smiling faces of Lima, Peru</div><div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324790675796331666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJK14iWMdrf2pVswM58VFzzE19_prQOncV__TicwCIHcb7OlgKYxTJtJUHdshX00OiwEGD2fnzHcItfLy5Jmb4i2a3NKhCaXXcwRNpMwlj7vyQSWzpsctjGM-ZHETzD5-fgXVBVKFGhZo/s320/DSCN3853.JPG" border="0" />Oscar at the <em><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">Urinario</span></em>: on the way from Lima to Ecuador<br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div></div><div>I had to cross the border to leave Peru, which proved to be a slightly expensive affair. When I left, I found out that my visa had expired a few weeks earlier and I had to pay a fine for every extra day. I have to admit I was a little upset; every <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">travel</span> book and web site I checked said that when you arrive in Peru you <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28">automatically</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29">receive</span> a visa for 90 days. Well, when I arrived the sweet faced fellow only gave me 60 days, and this is the reason I unknowingly <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30">overstayed</span> my welcome. The sweet gentleman had scribbled the number "60" on the little image he had stamped in my passport, but I really had no idea what that was; I thought, maybe, they were his initials. He didn't ask me how many days I wanted; he only yelled at me because I had filled out the form incorrectly. </div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324742724524733010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 332px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 256px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjssFoiyaMt5p_O54l5vmhm2j0D2Hys6ealIXzB1m86t13i_8HQQ8nk-kOyIrgA6okDanFtRfUw1-BCW7O7J7-UEZxmDj4LuDX_QXC3uoH-MM5VRNggN5d4KvX_Z7-IKQCRWB_RNuBoj1w/s320/DSCF0567.jpg" border="0" /> Sitting at the bus station on the Ecuador side of the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_31">border</span>. Take a closer look at these guys. The photo is worth blowing up, if you can: the details are a lot of fun.<br /><div></div><br /><div></div><div>We spent a day or two at Salinas, a really fancy beach in Ecuador. And listen to this, Ecuador uses US dollars. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_32">Crazy</span>! </div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfc9pQ_mvqgtbu9pNI72arj0APd5zfSugPsyWh6tfC9O0_y3VwzyhPZtsvGRYRdHIIK9gVT8OhkPI_8mSFViDo-PvWOL0gZd1xS6HmUQSqQ3dxZX3oX3HbmWORbW47ZX39Zpxmnz4mhmA/s1600-h/DSCF0651.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324746497923600994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfc9pQ_mvqgtbu9pNI72arj0APd5zfSugPsyWh6tfC9O0_y3VwzyhPZtsvGRYRdHIIK9gVT8OhkPI_8mSFViDo-PvWOL0gZd1xS6HmUQSqQ3dxZX3oX3HbmWORbW47ZX39Zpxmnz4mhmA/s320/DSCF0651.jpg" border="0" /></a> Oscar, Darrin, Dallas, Alonso</div></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324759389678025602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcCkLvdniNw0Q2JtMLKFci523J0H-7fKlHUtLfqz1JY-JH4ojqcU5Hz0zRl8WiuP8rFtEiZ0mnwbJYunnY-_qGZN_JrjnCqv4UJ1cY2pqz6tpZbddSzLNjSrPlGZ8yfIme9fKkpJybw80/s320/SSL20466.JPG" border="0" />Our <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_33">Hostal</span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij4APBOAtJrQo_WNxB_lTwtpGUYntmir65zP1vmqhvIn5Ld0fWw-jIa2aq4SRLMRz0VADNXAc6UhIUWFKYprtdZJFFA24RK-mhuT-KGEYNsARv3n5oQXo_EKfc4pLwMRNhI4NoPlwUAIw/s1600-h/DSCF0675.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324747570179328386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij4APBOAtJrQo_WNxB_lTwtpGUYntmir65zP1vmqhvIn5Ld0fWw-jIa2aq4SRLMRz0VADNXAc6UhIUWFKYprtdZJFFA24RK-mhuT-KGEYNsARv3n5oQXo_EKfc4pLwMRNhI4NoPlwUAIw/s320/DSCF0675.jpg" border="0" /></a>Girls on the beach in Salinas, Ecuador. </div><div>After <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_34">Marisela</span> (the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_35">Galvez</span> mother) saw this picture she said I needed to talk to the bishop. She's so funny.<br /><div></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9niL5K-t5tOCFEqa5LU9mUeVoNrJvmcI7CFFDTa3zKlu0GIe-4Z8GNuqlRRtAoJekfTZ_lS94GakL55SA0sPcYOqswnygRQQ3wQUwEdzSPNslzMVUvqfLI2TT90xxXsn2R7o4l9ssAvs/s1600-h/DSCF0599.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324744947213628018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9niL5K-t5tOCFEqa5LU9mUeVoNrJvmcI7CFFDTa3zKlu0GIe-4Z8GNuqlRRtAoJekfTZ_lS94GakL55SA0sPcYOqswnygRQQ3wQUwEdzSPNslzMVUvqfLI2TT90xxXsn2R7o4l9ssAvs/s320/DSCF0599.jpg" border="0" /></a></div></div></div></div>Jumping on the beach in Ecuador<br /></div><div>In the evening there was a concert. I think these <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_36">Latin</span> rock bands are so funny. They all play a few English songs, but they're these crappy rock songs from the 80's, and everyone knows the words better than I do.<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324758417833451106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAf67G_IGaGli0fki_6BnQtmXjAIEg_tb6oFUPG_yEB7E7HSOVT_XDyWdv-vgdr0WbJx_UKC5G8KkjYZOiCwU4-mu7B1oNgGPJYNhY9UNQUx1KMjZK3GoPYJisDhNtG4PfJaW_4aoNGoo/s320/SSL20463.JPG" border="0" />Oscar and Dallas dancing at the concert<br /><br /><div></div><div>We left Salinas and traveled back to Peru, where I got an additional 180 days in my passport: all I had to do was ask for more. What a nice system. We traveled to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_37">Mancora</span>, one of the most popular beaches in Peru. There were tons of dirty white hippies. And they all spoke Spanish better than I do. Oscar said that I shouldn't feel bad because they are always hooking up with the natives, so the get a lot of practice, and they've been here for years. There were no hippies in Salinas, only rich looking <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_38">Ecuadorianos</span>. </div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV52BW-bwTcK39__nAvLjKq6eHcnsdvdd_vqrYHiBBDVAhPmhtwWXkrCoNBDrlPC-OvPQOmy96hEchrmyNCINBDUpAWc4pKGRt-kYJZnoPh4-Iz9Aesv3Ca8PiftD-l5XTOpWaP-k0xfs/s1600-h/SSL20482.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324763716383394674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV52BW-bwTcK39__nAvLjKq6eHcnsdvdd_vqrYHiBBDVAhPmhtwWXkrCoNBDrlPC-OvPQOmy96hEchrmyNCINBDUpAWc4pKGRt-kYJZnoPh4-Iz9Aesv3Ca8PiftD-l5XTOpWaP-k0xfs/s320/SSL20482.JPG" border="0" /></a> Our view from the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_39">hostal</span><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM4sFtDRIq94ThFlm7ZdfchPVyM6d5hhyphenhyphen3vFJa776s5XFQwNipX0KVFGvUdTvADTz3uSSPk0yi7cUNglrQLHitiNMPA8eqwVOBKivrYqJXZVXYj8lLx54nkrqWqab1diDP74mOzfvHSXA/s1600-h/SSL20496.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324762689619551906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM4sFtDRIq94ThFlm7ZdfchPVyM6d5hhyphenhyphen3vFJa776s5XFQwNipX0KVFGvUdTvADTz3uSSPk0yi7cUNglrQLHitiNMPA8eqwVOBKivrYqJXZVXYj8lLx54nkrqWqab1diDP74mOzfvHSXA/s320/SSL20496.JPG" border="0" /></a> <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOMT2pQoPZLMwiT00Hv-9H0hu240iwR-hvwuvwS6w0HDI2MNQke0DgvJEDDGZhbFKTWV1L7Kl-bbEPAREgXZEqVCJzJDQzjWGqDWV4AwU7Lo4ThMm1bvCfYPgOZ4iRa_EypjJIlBo1NeY/s1600-h/SSL20516.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324762009163982370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOMT2pQoPZLMwiT00Hv-9H0hu240iwR-hvwuvwS6w0HDI2MNQke0DgvJEDDGZhbFKTWV1L7Kl-bbEPAREgXZEqVCJzJDQzjWGqDWV4AwU7Lo4ThMm1bvCfYPgOZ4iRa_EypjJIlBo1NeY/s320/SSL20516.JPG" border="0" /></a> Our room in the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_40">hostal</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhONdYe9aowmfRDGuedMVKKxPvyBBgjvwIdfcM7HmZEhwW_V0cCdTNyoW_I2w69CvRwO2BJtjOaN9hY87oVGfjdSGF9dYeoNIq3hyphenhyphenLDpuMyGDVB3tkQG6yyxIRJcxVEKF_fmBySsY1ozS4/s1600-h/SSL20500.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324761388434957474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhONdYe9aowmfRDGuedMVKKxPvyBBgjvwIdfcM7HmZEhwW_V0cCdTNyoW_I2w69CvRwO2BJtjOaN9hY87oVGfjdSGF9dYeoNIq3hyphenhyphenLDpuMyGDVB3tkQG6yyxIRJcxVEKF_fmBySsY1ozS4/s320/SSL20500.JPG" border="0" /></a> Little girl surfing</div><div></div><div>There were decent waves for surfing at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_41">Mancora</span>, and there were little tiny kids surfing. I say this little girl no older than 14 ride a few waves with style. There was a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_42">ity</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_43">bity</span> little girl, about 5 or 6 years old who was learning to surf. This guy paddled her out to the waves on a big surf board and he would hold her hand as she stood up then he would stand up behind her and the two of them would surf the waves together. It was really cute. She was tiny.<br /><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg634p57g3eZc4OBR_C03_cU63_f_qu-O9WggheFwkSjX7grTbtG1H5On8fg0Wuwt5iuCCio4zkj75Z_y7lD0liHfkqtUIm_5wv3JJ3-Hw8lJmD202xFXEnJa41icQncjVao2-ZGISTjDU/s1600-h/SSL20481.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324760136463101586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg634p57g3eZc4OBR_C03_cU63_f_qu-O9WggheFwkSjX7grTbtG1H5On8fg0Wuwt5iuCCio4zkj75Z_y7lD0liHfkqtUIm_5wv3JJ3-Hw8lJmD202xFXEnJa41icQncjVao2-ZGISTjDU/s320/SSL20481.JPG" border="0" /></a> Breakfast in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_44">Mancora</span>: I had a shrimp <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_45">omelet</span>. It was so good.<br /><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7FOXmzWZ2S6JIFZimHsK4qqKCdOZZIgVL15RhlNuFtiGVBAXSSIFGiqT4lxC-vJAbzLyNS9ke3N7c-5pkbkegsGfZDBJ66m_K_8-1sfgzm4eH792wiH6-vt79QlUAaula465m850SDqE/s1600-h/DSCF0740.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324757691357148418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7FOXmzWZ2S6JIFZimHsK4qqKCdOZZIgVL15RhlNuFtiGVBAXSSIFGiqT4lxC-vJAbzLyNS9ke3N7c-5pkbkegsGfZDBJ66m_K_8-1sfgzm4eH792wiH6-vt79QlUAaula465m850SDqE/s320/DSCF0740.jpg" border="0" /></a> My <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_46">Captain's</span> Platter with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_47">Inka</span> Kola in the back ground<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxeT-FWT0vQykX-pOk1zvM_gZ1CXSCQ1sq2tKvLF2AtAijYzdXi-ebHyfbP3YtbobqRuymZ-XJrvoTIIC1AFaQ-yZFUAswdEaQDfbNCBaROMX2PmgN_4CYNeC85L7ILND0Lu-Fj3BqAuQ/s1600-h/DSCF0728.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324756535245606802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxeT-FWT0vQykX-pOk1zvM_gZ1CXSCQ1sq2tKvLF2AtAijYzdXi-ebHyfbP3YtbobqRuymZ-XJrvoTIIC1AFaQ-yZFUAswdEaQDfbNCBaROMX2PmgN_4CYNeC85L7ILND0Lu-Fj3BqAuQ/s320/DSCF0728.jpg" border="0" /></a> The lighthouse at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_48">Moncora</span>, for <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_49">Shilo</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5F0wG-stUYzbS5nIc1JFM0vAd9qYow34sBRHa7Hp6cowRZ-1aRhI0Mo1gtt2Iud5eDELQ7UiMeqamSmAgoEfs9V8aFnbCKs9rh7CzrLEqHqdPqEGx0frFYnwn0AmA1EOn4bzzashJWwM/s1600-h/DSCF0730.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324755506373497826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5F0wG-stUYzbS5nIc1JFM0vAd9qYow34sBRHa7Hp6cowRZ-1aRhI0Mo1gtt2Iud5eDELQ7UiMeqamSmAgoEfs9V8aFnbCKs9rh7CzrLEqHqdPqEGx0frFYnwn0AmA1EOn4bzzashJWwM/s320/DSCF0730.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV9s_ogzdlpYyeSnjQlIh0x6irOodOjMb22g9cYWBPd4sNTpFbt0ibzSH8p-ETezu59tr3bZA450ZwplleCllYPLUmiDH9PEH7O4PX__VEv30ZGHbCsSl6Zw0M3MKdi6dsBdlfA2b7Zss/s1600-h/DSCF0715.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324754094712872658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV9s_ogzdlpYyeSnjQlIh0x6irOodOjMb22g9cYWBPd4sNTpFbt0ibzSH8p-ETezu59tr3bZA450ZwplleCllYPLUmiDH9PEH7O4PX__VEv30ZGHbCsSl6Zw0M3MKdi6dsBdlfA2b7Zss/s320/DSCF0715.jpg" border="0" /></a> Dallas standing on the beach in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_50">Mancora</span></div><div><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324751545945554178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji-VLm87TXvhv8VjsKwxb08hW-aPhceQ3YwCqVK5gXQFgk-IFk4cULTaAsdvZBNyvmiCaKoctAJQ_KLA1sGo4wjXZv8_edgTQTfctJjni9a4U6au4Wi4pgkdao5jQu4DzOYHAfnpC6mVU/s320/DSCF0713.jpg" border="0" />Dallas jumping on the beach in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_51">Mancora</span></div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPum_qpQaWr84ia6ymj9azOAJ0EwtE8HNcJZy8Jy7s4QuJkBsb8drZszN_Qsm5PciA5MCHKBQxgFzHoDy9L8dycx0vRt2wr3GFMNJN3R40w8UmLYCBVSrvDXIWxlP0msCCQDZMBkX_u8I/s1600-h/DSCF0723.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324752755431893970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPum_qpQaWr84ia6ymj9azOAJ0EwtE8HNcJZy8Jy7s4QuJkBsb8drZszN_Qsm5PciA5MCHKBQxgFzHoDy9L8dycx0vRt2wr3GFMNJN3R40w8UmLYCBVSrvDXIWxlP0msCCQDZMBkX_u8I/s320/DSCF0723.jpg" border="0" /></a> Dallas and Oscar jumping at the same time on the beach in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_52">Mancora</span><br /><div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324750063536180530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6YRTeiBszObe8xO2l5v2G2y6UaLZWkidu4QWnSP1WNJ_L09GT0u6fho620zflZmad2mu5udYJQBY7fHj9QklTCVi_S5osGgDHfp63TJ024IU0DA8KyMhro5r5DHVBeql2Vj4gBdQrKfU/s320/DSCF0707.jpg" border="0" />One more jump<br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div></div><div><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_53">Mancora</span> is beautiful, and because it's a beach, the sea food is very cheap. I had the best sea food in my life on the beach at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_54">Mancora</span>. I had, what would be, in the States, a captain's <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_55">platter</span>. Fried fish (I don't know what kind), fried shrimp, scallops, octopus, <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_56">calamari</span>, etc., french fries, fried yucca with a lemon chopped onions and tomatoes smothered on top. I loved it. It was better even than New <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_57">Orleans's</span> sea food, and cheaper, only $5. </div><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>After my trip, I'm glad to be back in Chiclayo.</div><div></div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /><p><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwR9gmAQkgj0mWUQoYYvEwUcy4XlkFXs14wE4wkKdXePPznyGiXMexJ-7ImSEHbRdCskXTHryq0PAZ9LOd91g' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><p>Sick little Oskitar</p>Dallas Deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04669224611613690985noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3073377603201641578.post-4491599433650703292009-03-25T20:48:00.000-07:002009-06-11T00:53:05.354-07:00Travel NurseI visited a travel nurse before I came to Peru. She immunized me against typhoid and yellow fever; she also scared me into wearing insect repelent and not playing with monkeys; she sent medecine for traveler's diarrhea, altittude sickness, and some pills I can take <em>if </em>I get malaria, which I´ll need to self diagnose, somehow.<br /><br /><div></div><div>After all that preperation, I get eaten by mosquitos every night, inspite of my fancy repelent; a met a monkey owned by a <em>bruja </em>(witch) that handed me my fortune, after it urinated on the table; I've hiked to elevations over 10,000 feet, and swam in dirty rivers and beautiful waterfalls; I can't count the number of little ants I've found in my <em>raspadilla </em>(Peruvian snow cones);<em> </em>I've<em> </em>eaten <em>cuchangas</em>, <em>anticuchos</em>, <em>churros</em>, <em>jugo</em> and <em>cebiche </em>from street vendors; last night a cockroach ran up my arm as I picked up my toothbrush; and, as far as I know, I haven't been sick yet. </div><br /><div>That being said, I've personally heard every member of this family vomit: first Oscitar, then Oscar, next came Alonso and Darrin, and finally, last night, Marisela. I consider myself fortunate.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317348280599542002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 245px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLrSOdvtv1yGGLpajCd2PFLUTwstgnFeYFWbASK5BTl7FeDflGhhM-ytPeLYif3GfkBPMOqr0VE7NB0FGGVLyMULPgt9HXPBRc1cE1xiJNHZ6tzxOcVZNqYE0k2qRtBdJffI2WsGXxRIY/s320/25456577_motherandchildCallaocopy1.jpg" border="0" /></div>Dallas Deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04669224611613690985noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3073377603201641578.post-18901461656186873772009-02-22T16:07:00.000-08:002009-06-11T00:53:32.262-07:00ChachapoyasWe took a little trip to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Chachapoyas</span>, and from there we set out on a couple of little excursions, first to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Kuelap</span>, an ancient city that predates Columbus, and then <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Gocta</span>, a 770 meter tall waterfall.<br /><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308434563699974450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN6aMA3UDqMr_9jMfKTMXvA_-f-XXEqMSfGhDUYu1S5sxrPsLNKBX6cvH4frc6DvPfFfdhwEo1AomCXS_Hs6ZkZZjryqkeKiCyUdvdV9YRPr9PtIY2h4BeNHsWg1HWVQI6ClVhJS8gqzs/s320/DSCN0558.JPG" border="0" /></div><br /><div>I met a donkey on the way up the mountain to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Kuelap</span>.<br /></div><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><br /><div><div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308055250811746738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkAHwqWP-3tLFDG6N7osvgExTkxI1RMszZaUfEM28PSW-HwuDH5E6zVM1-KqUiQda8sA8Q2fVP02DKKckoDaggrJ_fYPM_8n3afBrHa9nRVMe5xiY4MZvLvwe2ZCdwhdLi_RoMYUK0irA/s320/DSCF0285.JPG" border="0" />On the hike up to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Kuelap</span>, Oscar couldn't get enough air <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">because</span> he is a sea level baby. As for us kids from Utah's mountains, we did just fine.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308088944195000562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjauD7RdStcsgyE6ngRFMXj6sirBLa93aRr85gXJNfdDvKqEkmIu_nmMQOH9I2cLlZ20aTgR8_YIXoDweoqApLYckhJnwdye1WAFegPI7OV6TVqwqS28Nxy_tUaIhzExgQecTf8S-9HJ0Q/s320/DSCN0657.JPG" border="0" /> The narrow <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">entrance</span> between the walls of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Kuelap</span> fortress</div><div><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308088208580524994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigX2phdnuOj1CncbzRssz_rlp7oCsoqLtAC_gu4SS7Y9hsOqWjAWaogefCfpCRaLTfY4YjXy1tXGoPtqbWEh_uCN2Jlm8Ftlzw_dYRnuNoJjGxRvuJkFs3IZdG42ksq7fI6Q05RfhlWpU/s320/DSCN0660.JPG" border="0" /> </div><div>Outside the walls of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Kuelap</span><br /><div><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308435243259444514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCqG6S9GxLLsCl_qg1QGp0u8o3YEQkZn6gbxtCKq06AoHzcmXpcbuKAsfpg3oNYaLgD9lgVQ_wp7FXft97SlIMMneYiqnCO_UzzKtxeOOE1gMKL2f5wz-YQv75Ury5QvN4FEJoj-3FZUc/s320/DSCN0590.JPG" border="0" /> </div><div>High in the mountains, on top of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Kuelap</span><br /><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308433691962719186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqymSBauZB8mou65liu6bJNPjDu8LHxCqR_zUPACsvNiSXBI5t-hgYk2WhPahKVycxXeHdA4IkzxdavV456vefGhRatthhRWK37dtkNJiOaBdgCFw22v9gSPe5aU8Erlyb3pu_ykp1_mU/s320/DSCN0597.JPG" border="0" /> </div><div>Dallas and a llama</div><div><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308099642171999922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ezOqFhm3mQaE_kYsNZOo-V1NdiQMGAoL8ZK7StX3oElTDXI_1Evc8MDYS9HjcHJrCnL0JpFEXGX9vIzT2-Sd7EMlaGJreaTmqYKs134uaL7FUfhK5gS54vyzsAiNFbzNdDM_YSLXhug/s320/DSCN0602.JPG" border="0" />A llama<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrDYK_ySdeMDk6lNgJbeN-P6frDrKudJk2Cf0VT12ZVYJ3sCXjWfN0RWZz30T8GNQQCfC1lTd0M_hvelKdHhOLFZwIQgLLp2sEnXEIIDse7004J02STXUIGG9iXCqFQCXabmWg033GWcY/s1600-h/DSCN0610.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308098952169171410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrDYK_ySdeMDk6lNgJbeN-P6frDrKudJk2Cf0VT12ZVYJ3sCXjWfN0RWZz30T8GNQQCfC1lTd0M_hvelKdHhOLFZwIQgLLp2sEnXEIIDse7004J02STXUIGG9iXCqFQCXabmWg033GWcY/s320/DSCN0610.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Oscar and Dallas<br /><br /></div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3ML5jt2b4Ryj691E-jQaEKsHeAo2kRSKeLX5jxAL631KIKErGDSEQ4r73-7FGq2hx701LI4h572YHuUQ8-m5YJidx5l7UOS6kMoWIw5QmjEUvm4ZOnmInEOugEAoSAWkaqKcqAXLvk98/s1600-h/DSCN0618.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308098157083628978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3ML5jt2b4Ryj691E-jQaEKsHeAo2kRSKeLX5jxAL631KIKErGDSEQ4r73-7FGq2hx701LI4h572YHuUQ8-m5YJidx5l7UOS6kMoWIw5QmjEUvm4ZOnmInEOugEAoSAWkaqKcqAXLvk98/s320/DSCN0618.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />A beetle<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308419887599710594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiudPJzXUZY2eT7EK9TtzeqQUhYWtHhf80rkSbXZFwFXUsoXIu8vRl_L8f9zFtzicX_denAMltxVn8-Oq3zbyupaoiG6y70HXLPcfodl61aqBXMnnozv8P-QXA7JRKOedhXZVeMU_5q3_w/s320/DSCF0307.JPG" border="0" /><br />Dallas and a llama<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqwzhaUDMUDx6RDSUVFUgnOGLLTJ1hqbMqpHD3QF15k4furef2CL1BT_AX6Xtu0lBU7eLdARTbAlZEjPUBhh5Do2CNvw21_Hqg1xTBH6g0RrdVz9F-Gt-X-E9SoYvWYjQNqQoOtWgR0bI/s1600-h/DSCN0621.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308097409187132194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqwzhaUDMUDx6RDSUVFUgnOGLLTJ1hqbMqpHD3QF15k4furef2CL1BT_AX6Xtu0lBU7eLdARTbAlZEjPUBhh5Do2CNvw21_Hqg1xTBH6g0RrdVz9F-Gt-X-E9SoYvWYjQNqQoOtWgR0bI/s320/DSCN0621.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">On top</span> of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Kuelap</span><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgymaOTgGs1hIokEEzvZCRXx6G-lvIh5VC8d0GCIRIxEl-doeN1CX8U0_QzSQCHGYIkwX70XmPCJfQvvKje0rHnn_Ji4RfQyo-qyDXNOSUWm1CGGOo0P9pdlGW7aVPDl_3cOXA0VpVga-4/s1600-h/DSCN0632.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308096459317775570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgymaOTgGs1hIokEEzvZCRXx6G-lvIh5VC8d0GCIRIxEl-doeN1CX8U0_QzSQCHGYIkwX70XmPCJfQvvKje0rHnn_Ji4RfQyo-qyDXNOSUWm1CGGOo0P9pdlGW7aVPDl_3cOXA0VpVga-4/s320/DSCN0632.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />On top of the fortress wall<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Yecdez2hYUxN8b8pKsJ_ieePovUTXMK8Tuhg2rarQgzHRiEsjae1FLNp5yZB-77NdoyrX0wphoAGoUf0CnBIWtg33CpH1m_vGBUqq-PivfFXxIMtGmhsM-5_ZeaG5kUgmkXdl4cwPjs/s1600-h/DSCN0637.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308095424744089938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Yecdez2hYUxN8b8pKsJ_ieePovUTXMK8Tuhg2rarQgzHRiEsjae1FLNp5yZB-77NdoyrX0wphoAGoUf0CnBIWtg33CpH1m_vGBUqq-PivfFXxIMtGmhsM-5_ZeaG5kUgmkXdl4cwPjs/s320/DSCN0637.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Jumping on top of the fortress wall: The locals got a kick out of this.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioFiXJtnlE2ToLPC_2TibGkg4_JEl_z6VN0EfWr16u0FQYiWKFkF7a89J2jmENtfrBRYdDkjuXqHvSZrrzepmYMJsGDNCT_X9AkT3h8tQRJkVJx225CsautmvEG7rQx96FBU1h0WX2Gtk/s1600-h/DSCN0638.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308094709541507234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioFiXJtnlE2ToLPC_2TibGkg4_JEl_z6VN0EfWr16u0FQYiWKFkF7a89J2jmENtfrBRYdDkjuXqHvSZrrzepmYMJsGDNCT_X9AkT3h8tQRJkVJx225CsautmvEG7rQx96FBU1h0WX2Gtk/s320/DSCN0638.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div>More jumping<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjITkBOlA9BEtjDh74POm171zcDsMvwSeNfarYVUjuTtC3_IQ5dOHJ0n368ktc2-_kdM67kti-KIy3oxi0NVMT9IMk5MhvpbBhtkY8VSj89CWIJTdi3lbaAQuLMObb-4D9qjbAWBQ4V6n8/s1600-h/DSCN0640.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308093867080684242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjITkBOlA9BEtjDh74POm171zcDsMvwSeNfarYVUjuTtC3_IQ5dOHJ0n368ktc2-_kdM67kti-KIy3oxi0NVMT9IMk5MhvpbBhtkY8VSj89CWIJTdi3lbaAQuLMObb-4D9qjbAWBQ4V6n8/s320/DSCN0640.JPG" border="0" /></a> Another jump<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVOPEufY3aiXTQtPwkUQhyTVkOJrhESLAnf-E9Ql7OBd78cNmSZwuXm99MuV2Ts05VH6Hyq17qUJWkiNzikCNmJ3OEqpRVbMtQUB4ORHkGU110KYG_qfgt9uzxzIh7fQb5eEcXYY12djU/s1600-h/DSCN0643.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308093043106451730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVOPEufY3aiXTQtPwkUQhyTVkOJrhESLAnf-E9Ql7OBd78cNmSZwuXm99MuV2Ts05VH6Hyq17qUJWkiNzikCNmJ3OEqpRVbMtQUB4ORHkGU110KYG_qfgt9uzxzIh7fQb5eEcXYY12djU/s320/DSCN0643.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />We had to jump a lot to get good pictures of us jumping.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqLmtcXXHMg8a0cvxUkCsK4_jZ9qKrUYyajiST45TlYj5Ew4r80okeaPEMKDExIqbnlaCI7AdKCqudC-gFnYhELaullzJ7ohqyuv2yuTmtQ8Iv0GzPkPvjpuHPfhfTLGa-yP2vB8cjdS4/s1600-h/DSCN0646.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308092134839553730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqLmtcXXHMg8a0cvxUkCsK4_jZ9qKrUYyajiST45TlYj5Ew4r80okeaPEMKDExIqbnlaCI7AdKCqudC-gFnYhELaullzJ7ohqyuv2yuTmtQ8Iv0GzPkPvjpuHPfhfTLGa-yP2vB8cjdS4/s320/DSCN0646.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Oscar jumping<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitxnxZoE-AlyrY1arvRFOTvBwOO056Nie3JHlN1b5VQFhDoDWLuVTlBrPaJCk3ZR-uLwCxqtjUZ5IW0kIDuU-UUZspNhk6kRMjGPkGStvsmSjLAymNtBAG3ZAvNp5_a38bsx9NNVOC8og/s1600-h/DSCN0647.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308091261113011682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitxnxZoE-AlyrY1arvRFOTvBwOO056Nie3JHlN1b5VQFhDoDWLuVTlBrPaJCk3ZR-uLwCxqtjUZ5IW0kIDuU-UUZspNhk6kRMjGPkGStvsmSjLAymNtBAG3ZAvNp5_a38bsx9NNVOC8og/s320/DSCN0647.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Oscar<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYtxhcsZRdr3VRX7l7vZv-I_8JlznwIv9F1zhYYlRAPkhvX9hdTfqzF-icwRkZF0MTYQX02MuDGvP9xUEXig-jcG897w0rJmeeIuhY-4ZPrUMhwBAw_9S4G6NoImIDY0Q5FugKZLvAXOE/s1600-h/DSCN0650.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308090437808332322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYtxhcsZRdr3VRX7l7vZv-I_8JlznwIv9F1zhYYlRAPkhvX9hdTfqzF-icwRkZF0MTYQX02MuDGvP9xUEXig-jcG897w0rJmeeIuhY-4ZPrUMhwBAw_9S4G6NoImIDY0Q5FugKZLvAXOE/s320/DSCN0650.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Some old fashioned art work on the rock walls of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Keulap</span><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfrylmrzI5RtKFiDMGGPr69PanvrJCQ8cv7dq8V3YtTBjrZs_0XM-lOBrdtz-ulLrsQtVohYyYjol04WD-jeFHGWCo6gODg9OC8578bEXcjZ3SBgeKWb5S-eILmauGtnjQ60jye8QFeJY/s1600-h/DSCN0651.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308089705600584066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfrylmrzI5RtKFiDMGGPr69PanvrJCQ8cv7dq8V3YtTBjrZs_0XM-lOBrdtz-ulLrsQtVohYyYjol04WD-jeFHGWCo6gODg9OC8578bEXcjZ3SBgeKWb5S-eILmauGtnjQ60jye8QFeJY/s320/DSCN0651.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />A monkey bird<br /><br /><div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4JCaoM-KPpPtHyKdpSvxb2cEXXAbShoBJhM-bq8-ctkyEysB9vAecfcBJGjUIdj31ubpyJIA8xKtAfGrqBpVM1sJqaWPV-W8fc8Bo8xmIu0i2YOAJVdXmhtZooztujFWgfCY7ynMHsHU/s1600-h/DSCN0667.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308087377730059858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4JCaoM-KPpPtHyKdpSvxb2cEXXAbShoBJhM-bq8-ctkyEysB9vAecfcBJGjUIdj31ubpyJIA8xKtAfGrqBpVM1sJqaWPV-W8fc8Bo8xmIu0i2YOAJVdXmhtZooztujFWgfCY7ynMHsHU/s320/DSCN0667.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Buying street food in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Chachapoyas</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfkN_TD0CI1HPEPVXAFJHIaS3Rgk1pTfzGdJpGOpKomYnZsr7Xh0Qo66rfCrCI7z7vG5WUBCSUPx3Zm_fn4u4maBSMTLr_t4fqRp-HO61IGeONxuZId3ntlFlk4qMI6xj0KVvPzcrRSyM/s1600-h/DSCN0669.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308086010004490338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfkN_TD0CI1HPEPVXAFJHIaS3Rgk1pTfzGdJpGOpKomYnZsr7Xh0Qo66rfCrCI7z7vG5WUBCSUPx3Zm_fn4u4maBSMTLr_t4fqRp-HO61IGeONxuZId3ntlFlk4qMI6xj0KVvPzcrRSyM/s320/DSCN0669.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />In this picture I had just forgotten to pay her for my <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">anticucho</span> (little meat kebab), and I'm confused.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308418695370416354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2G57xLxunZx7LXeD77s0DCFtLnRpLMjsqkR-aOZ8eSf56K1PP41nyNldGrFzSqcAYurHXmUrEtTVdLOskEjBlw_MeNObcNXYtRxI6CXDo96YS96OsBQ_kqtGrHfZ_xXTd7k7RVJUOAeY/s320/DSCF0232.JPG" border="0" /> </div><div>An old woman on the streets of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">Chachapoyas</span><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308415626638875922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEismaInjGn8DjOcosGSp6zlmYXqKBA5R7FhdowsykApW1bqlp_JPPmPgkaueNCb-dvNJtqMlEp4E8cx1HazOMivLiYeGnFs87BlxoLBE8ffQi1PC00m8XeDrEDWkCFYxtjZ1eJaMM3LsRM/s320/CIMG1278.JPG" border="0" /><br />Dallas, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">Lisi</span>, Luisa, and Oscar in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">Chachaspoyas</span><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOcpABrybjbwTmgGJyv3ZgNollp_uNwfdvVGTn3qaWwuhKmibezAgNU8BShHRr6poAqfLqg4fQyXdBBhyphenhyphenXu59Ed18VfboR4LF9Mi2vf_vqUbfxhzYePj5V5ElJtezdzo8RcBipgwIwZ_c/s1600-h/DSCN0682.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308085206127390082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOcpABrybjbwTmgGJyv3ZgNollp_uNwfdvVGTn3qaWwuhKmibezAgNU8BShHRr6poAqfLqg4fQyXdBBhyphenhyphenXu59Ed18VfboR4LF9Mi2vf_vqUbfxhzYePj5V5ElJtezdzo8RcBipgwIwZ_c/s320/DSCN0682.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />My cheap <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">hostal</span>: six soles, or two dollars, a night </div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLrGCbCXhPELHnpYJ9cRJLyO9DGep-eZDtxQbUPRA9CoztR7kRX6wanRU57TYrcg3TufsWXXVi3ZXU8xkq1LJHUwDUqEpQsFBBZMAfVBy6WkL0zDaNN8wzZ1B_A8YbXGzwUhAE7WpYSzg/s1600-h/DSCN0691.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308084407114378306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLrGCbCXhPELHnpYJ9cRJLyO9DGep-eZDtxQbUPRA9CoztR7kRX6wanRU57TYrcg3TufsWXXVi3ZXU8xkq1LJHUwDUqEpQsFBBZMAfVBy6WkL0zDaNN8wzZ1B_A8YbXGzwUhAE7WpYSzg/s320/DSCN0691.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />On the trail to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">Gocta</span> (the waterfall in the distance)<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZMYuXoPle26dXj_lXYSALOJ3N6IymttiydXYiZUMcvCyPTz8Qwag29oUD9rQfDqe1bs7q4Govk1OqD_ZxWECIvx7SQ2AxTZbepUFjH8UPF9k_pwCFVsDikMRCUuZBK9_ofOyC7sL7Iz4/s1600-h/DSCN0696.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308083643760027026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZMYuXoPle26dXj_lXYSALOJ3N6IymttiydXYiZUMcvCyPTz8Qwag29oUD9rQfDqe1bs7q4Govk1OqD_ZxWECIvx7SQ2AxTZbepUFjH8UPF9k_pwCFVsDikMRCUuZBK9_ofOyC7sL7Iz4/s320/DSCN0696.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">Gocta</span><br /><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaCovxDXdnWEk__BnwcEW9n-2tv4D4m9ckZ1SSyvtO0JymlQURsvZYilpZHlwRnow3aDDLEJWy3CYXFteRYucGr_SaMsCc69bCD0tiWsHe_lj30UcahveF7U0bIpnPzLScOgnvF-vHJSg/s1600-h/DSCN0702.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308081933401071170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaCovxDXdnWEk__BnwcEW9n-2tv4D4m9ckZ1SSyvtO0JymlQURsvZYilpZHlwRnow3aDDLEJWy3CYXFteRYucGr_SaMsCc69bCD0tiWsHe_lj30UcahveF7U0bIpnPzLScOgnvF-vHJSg/s320/DSCN0702.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308414638463551634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVRGgwV2lJjCW91nBuD-LnS07iSollcDv3-HcieK1LGZf8qVMP7xJJHUmsg9g4vLgvQwp4hDat7xiLY7xEzq2HbwBu0YSRQBfQdfIBUH7yXdksdRv2_6UM87hHAVql8yzpQ3pl6Z2Vol4/s320/DSCN0696.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzPPNTe5aHcDbbPq8yi9vHHi7HUFVi96-72040bndqQUgPF6djNUcD234BIXAdjR_YO7upuyfPJCBihzG9ko3gQgvvGU9pM-UPQoGOucq9-CTEXZUVvUrTmdfGAtOX8ApYyhykZcVRw0I/s1600-h/DSCN0701.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308413973854515074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzPPNTe5aHcDbbPq8yi9vHHi7HUFVi96-72040bndqQUgPF6djNUcD234BIXAdjR_YO7upuyfPJCBihzG9ko3gQgvvGU9pM-UPQoGOucq9-CTEXZUVvUrTmdfGAtOX8ApYyhykZcVRw0I/s320/DSCN0701.JPG" border="0" /></a> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308429475021014466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMC2Zu3BEoSWZPtJkW16POGpz6XPsEqyIiefd_QXAa-T_MEbfu9rK_co4B-DzDAa1zQ0EfcunPZRoqvP3vKtFVyntFcbYgeghPOHMnZqDb5uAKR3ruxsIjBjFrpl_Dt32T0wcd04sh7mo/s320/DSCF0481.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij-Mh-CbKKegHKalM3Djj4jg8wNvRqdEQ8VzS7BGE_dgE4uZSurK25C6xSHkRebk4WgkK5QRglkQXRu9t20sKi2I4CZ8T5LSaXBwK1tHPx31VFv8relz_6Dv4mKPHrToGJHXDDwvfgQ4w/s1600-h/DSCN0702.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308413092123667746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij-Mh-CbKKegHKalM3Djj4jg8wNvRqdEQ8VzS7BGE_dgE4uZSurK25C6xSHkRebk4WgkK5QRglkQXRu9t20sKi2I4CZ8T5LSaXBwK1tHPx31VFv8relz_6Dv4mKPHrToGJHXDDwvfgQ4w/s320/DSCN0702.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcgYnpF6L-PYuuf6eUROdVR3RPWb2ACy8cc2nSy4F5URGIWZmu4aDBrYO7_zkEhxGH-QuNpbk9PC4abt2adkO4OrMjVxQ1C3KPlGe4c72vyd7RFJnhiJ_1HRu8sgWGRrFQBoLO87xyA6o/s1600-h/DSCN0712.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308412387709548978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcgYnpF6L-PYuuf6eUROdVR3RPWb2ACy8cc2nSy4F5URGIWZmu4aDBrYO7_zkEhxGH-QuNpbk9PC4abt2adkO4OrMjVxQ1C3KPlGe4c72vyd7RFJnhiJ_1HRu8sgWGRrFQBoLO87xyA6o/s320/DSCN0712.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Doing a little dance in the water<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL3t4pPPfBEQ7xe1H-irZclj3f47JlgK0EQbhyphenhyphenrjr8Zl9hcPBmOKjWShj_IN0en1rm92O936Zcvg3DbaShyphenhyphenCeS-Hc4tRcfFZKPoX39Sr07zn0yo_0n0TZKccGzumUdsXKcsdmQOzKCjDM/s1600-h/DSCN0713.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308411528002966578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL3t4pPPfBEQ7xe1H-irZclj3f47JlgK0EQbhyphenhyphenrjr8Zl9hcPBmOKjWShj_IN0en1rm92O936Zcvg3DbaShyphenhyphenCeS-Hc4tRcfFZKPoX39Sr07zn0yo_0n0TZKccGzumUdsXKcsdmQOzKCjDM/s320/DSCN0713.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Doing a little shimmy shake<br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308436688272492402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKaNzhUW-Hw36dUTVVHN4Ww3PtmgryyzJfq-R9RzGaH5_H_o7DzIsc_Mnqdpdn9ZS7Ds56yBLHLr-2VLsHTx1oMzri3q2mlvBm0rqR-Uk8ROQ88E8xYGqpAj43ldQcjvljqfCfzADNX_M/s320/DSCN0710.JPG" border="0" /><br />We're very happy.<br /><br /><br /><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Th3pfxm-PASD2FPHJ1RmmLDiDPpYPTpr2mZm9Lt7uy1lw1BT9tVmtPuh5zcLJ5ZSzZ0aENJtDyb7F2F3Lsj5COGS4kcwW8kPAOlghrq790rLAf7dh2qhM2j5g4cC08teMKKVFMoDmrc/s1600-h/DSCN0714.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308382625131261218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Th3pfxm-PASD2FPHJ1RmmLDiDPpYPTpr2mZm9Lt7uy1lw1BT9tVmtPuh5zcLJ5ZSzZ0aENJtDyb7F2F3Lsj5COGS4kcwW8kPAOlghrq790rLAf7dh2qhM2j5g4cC08teMKKVFMoDmrc/s320/DSCN0714.JPG" border="0" /></a> Yelling to Anthony to take photos</div><div></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308416507450021730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiypPUYlPqrfaU_KddajVWEmCNfJUA2NAKeTUX2FJLz_dDWo8uCcCevurCoTG5czgWvNIHYJMw1a3wjad_U62ReVlD399fTtZeuKN5oMx4oTZklMU2fqZ8ctAjTiJi9dUJSc19TXhnn9vs/s320/CIMG1325.JPG" border="0" />Anthony taking photos</div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtBj9fXLMdwNqiyvpkDy0_pVzYrPVQIL6c5hYWfbGIOajAz8oslb2kliicBBkJgm79-FNZmcbRgHow2Xw3PfwUccc7Q4jo552o3GlXR5pIzyH11hRgCgvBFAhHnrrocY_uNDe8-LGlVQU/s1600-h/DSCN0715.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308381587993123682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtBj9fXLMdwNqiyvpkDy0_pVzYrPVQIL6c5hYWfbGIOajAz8oslb2kliicBBkJgm79-FNZmcbRgHow2Xw3PfwUccc7Q4jo552o3GlXR5pIzyH11hRgCgvBFAhHnrrocY_uNDe8-LGlVQU/s320/DSCN0715.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtu6Pw5TxlntpwrM5U0BaBCo9ZpDerrahI0s-fM7QHqQQ1-WfaC-2D36g_gNd1HI3FaNNASITwlCchWWATxhyphenhyphenCD5dtv3FhOsHkvXbw_WIwtQ8iFwaQg0mPSCsCNzqwDA5ZuTi99QHGaU4/s1600-h/DSCN0716.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308380596037460194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtu6Pw5TxlntpwrM5U0BaBCo9ZpDerrahI0s-fM7QHqQQ1-WfaC-2D36g_gNd1HI3FaNNASITwlCchWWATxhyphenhyphenCD5dtv3FhOsHkvXbw_WIwtQ8iFwaQg0mPSCsCNzqwDA5ZuTi99QHGaU4/s320/DSCN0716.JPG" border="0" /></a> I'm rubbing my chest because I can't feel my body. The water was very very cold.</div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMn7WCMhChzRIkN6q3ksPFTboCXhzr0AQ880Fo6V0c1ZaP-alU1ynaWnrhMyDnogAHgJkb_djGJKk5tdZyUCZ1nIWT91N2T828JYgMypUo3n0ZE8ZSvxLfo1x04MIb62iViZW83RucH8c/s1600-h/DSCN0719.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308379077833678642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMn7WCMhChzRIkN6q3ksPFTboCXhzr0AQ880Fo6V0c1ZaP-alU1ynaWnrhMyDnogAHgJkb_djGJKk5tdZyUCZ1nIWT91N2T828JYgMypUo3n0ZE8ZSvxLfo1x04MIb62iViZW83RucH8c/s320/DSCN0719.JPG" border="0" /></a> We we're very happy.</div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi-afDqcLZLUaIga9hWRMzeuCncJaev5-2mGpEAp3hGYE6MX_Rf1iS2tA0MHItVBORkM2AdRGjx7sabu2Vtdf2GxigKlzCrd3tgwFv31i2X_FhjARBQ1lVswi32TSo5WvguWg__HX97Vg/s1600-h/DSCN0722.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308378336350121762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi-afDqcLZLUaIga9hWRMzeuCncJaev5-2mGpEAp3hGYE6MX_Rf1iS2tA0MHItVBORkM2AdRGjx7sabu2Vtdf2GxigKlzCrd3tgwFv31i2X_FhjARBQ1lVswi32TSo5WvguWg__HX97Vg/s320/DSCN0722.JPG" border="0" /></a> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308375193929300978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXRMJKlfhQ1Op8TMi_3FrU6DjxNSkt7rHYumsDSJOcYxCHKuibt6mmPBmcvTie2V_FpNbqy-MDKd0qNBaCuPfKAbPR8aWyrC987jHh-XfhZdJD1tux20b0U3xoxyHL6RWfiGNV6U658Kk/s320/DSCN0724.JPG" border="0" /></div><div>Dallas in the middle of the water</div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyOFpjV8W4M1erbdgGJpHd7YGCne_Ax7sGX2sIUb8KjTwjndKK3CL1QV4UYZKc2hGm3aIdP7rsx2elpXHYHh3gpqWuIcDDXC7hGvUOmoL8WJV9fkJdBiIC7zdlzcE3Fcjn0ahyphenhyphenf9Wq85g/s1600-h/DSCN0723.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308377382895542338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyOFpjV8W4M1erbdgGJpHd7YGCne_Ax7sGX2sIUb8KjTwjndKK3CL1QV4UYZKc2hGm3aIdP7rsx2elpXHYHh3gpqWuIcDDXC7hGvUOmoL8WJV9fkJdBiIC7zdlzcE3Fcjn0ahyphenhyphenf9Wq85g/s320/DSCN0723.JPG" border="0" /></a> Dallas waving while <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">tredding</span> water</div><div></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308423940709440802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUi-anRWwEO7zfw1kXJJIEPMEafPoRLCN0Pzf4v42UkLhfpcnQKWOkb76beqh_G1b3rD3MlTgFw2y4fGI307mGmaibvcBdbjWnlRt13jHr10icV6cfriBE1mZiRg4Zbg8c2DUOd-xxZfg/s320/DSCF0478.jpg" border="0" /></div><div></div><div>Dancing to get warm</div><div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308430535419476898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitVIT5L3x0XO8vjqCCoK1lVXIXtVpgyrRupJI8pXIMq79r3inRUA9U9kj5TNryTUUrwfMeEDTeohlmfDJVgzMmUj6oOodDin-X_bBzYrn7W7vEHXrDz_bFyg5L_fvE8sZO-qyHfmokRJE/s320/DSCF0488.jpg" border="0" /></div>Oscar jumping<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308431675724084146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt0wF0zCL_MsZsjKQdSIl8dJ8sMdS3zX1900naCT72gs-prwcjjhsbOglGKNPAwgumLfAnP7pQnbnp40Fz4Mk18L_yj8ak9ry7oJ9ovGO0MNm8ESMXy3uyUH4HHvy5E2Ai3lVhV2SAn-c/s320/DSCF0491.jpg" border="0" /> Dallas jumping<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI_pJSvJALNvfhNIsQz38ECMkF_5dj-aL0pFbbR9tzw4WCkrxeEC75IRAKoSHUfsNX-zJozqUrTRXwf80NM2PtUKj8wVFJgKp9c3jyZvcFo2OrQ66Gzs7bgpm48nW_IE4F1hW2ZBErqG0/s1600-h/DSCN0729.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308374556216345298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI_pJSvJALNvfhNIsQz38ECMkF_5dj-aL0pFbbR9tzw4WCkrxeEC75IRAKoSHUfsNX-zJozqUrTRXwf80NM2PtUKj8wVFJgKp9c3jyZvcFo2OrQ66Gzs7bgpm48nW_IE4F1hW2ZBErqG0/s320/DSCN0729.JPG" border="0" /></a> Dallas falling<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq4lvt3x1yk9cK7S8WLGkFHvLdRbNPgwdq2xyBflkEp8laygJItTLX4EjVHkUbtoPwsJjXukKKt4NyYDeseG2_uFXWPbVB7wn0_STeR-TrpS0G8lkL3BXGafpEFq4sep1nHXJF4zYHig4/s1600-h/DSCN0735.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308372734924802450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq4lvt3x1yk9cK7S8WLGkFHvLdRbNPgwdq2xyBflkEp8laygJItTLX4EjVHkUbtoPwsJjXukKKt4NyYDeseG2_uFXWPbVB7wn0_STeR-TrpS0G8lkL3BXGafpEFq4sep1nHXJF4zYHig4/s320/DSCN0735.JPG" border="0" /></a> Dallas standing<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308432734739463826" style="DISPLAY: block; 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We took a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">combi</span>, which is an old Toyota style mini van like the one I used to drive when I was sixteen. But they have added another row of seats, and the average <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">combi</span> carries well over twenty people, not <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">including</span> babes in arms and small children. </div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300655469684370050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidk49taia70GXGIwW3QK0kmI8N2GZX8l_8l1M3qwsZe9zXpOsD12T69FxsO5ks00pPfqaqvGb9inBqOwqN-6zWQrmOSQdHq5BfktX_-o3DUgTQX-RswUthsAALmC-178c4ighT8zbMSpg/s320/DSCN0421.JPG" border="0" /></div><div></div><div>The ride was hot and uncomfortable. I went with a group of singles from the ward. We were going to Israel´s house in the country. I was crammed behind the front passenger seat on the engine cover. I traveled this was for over an hour, and when we got to the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">country</span> side it was kind of <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">ugly</span>, and the sun was burning. I sat in a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">hammock</span> in the shade, which was nice, but one of the trees was covered with big red ants and swarming wasps. I was <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">afraid</span>, but they never bit or stung me. After a few minutes I realized there <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">wasn</span>´t much to do on this dirty little farm, so when the opportunity came to go into town I jumped on it.<br /><br /></div><div><div><div><div><div><div>We ended up in a little market with locals selling their goods. Some of these people live so humbly. They have so little. I took a picture of a boy carrying a bag of lemons, and the woman next to me said, "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Niño</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">trabajador</span>." I told him to stay in school and study a lot. At least, I think that´s what I told him. </div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300656511413978866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiorRJYpOJSxy9wWwmA8O3LyIT2DYN9SjDUyLN_MEYJVzTKenNltGSCzkGiiZcQKF-zaeb9xBcB275a4pKndlkIRw1vzsTr39_DFAm2B7fBh9Bp4Pr9CeW1i2qCtjXLgO9-kpEjhoA3glY/s320/DSCN0396.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div>An old guy <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">tried</span> to sell me pineapple <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">juice</span>; I told him I <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">didn</span>´t want any, and then we talked for a bit. He asked which country I was from and told me his father was Japanese and that he had family over there. While doing so he poured me a glass of juice for free. It was cold and delicious. Afterwords I tried to give him <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">cincuenta</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">centimos</span> but he refused. I said, "Soy <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">un</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">americano</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">rico</span>." He smiled and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">acquiesced</span>. </div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300659574652070466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh96FoyfDAosWLh2OgtrW1l1aY9lWBFB5IIrNwpD3o4d1rLb9D_vpKtEQqlGpmizqdNfN7I0xKQlgGMD2ahT_uqC2eJA7CD1RUusK8T_SlPQW2ewK9Prw3dHrNjz42hQLv0wPr3RC_VUqM/s320/DSCN0403.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div>The vendors were excited to pose with their goods. </div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300661857263977074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb_K6RkXIfYOBrZ6gqAvDxJqfd6sFM-lu1McrljNAOfykNQuNuw5mO6AZ-0-EOThJl2n0Brtn6SSktAba4KgEvA0NwPMOq9mQkemVds1GzrVZaVYl_I7gcxoMxRR9af_abF62u0aZHHng/s320/DSCN0412.JPG" border="0" />A sweet lady selling flowers and fruit<br /><br /><br /><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300661065491614690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWFyPfteehUcAVgJbHA6aunPfClde1PN0l_H7zciAkoWV2BHdar3WOTYsQKAkEB6ELNZNUVoYj_SaGYKzltpZG7NNTwWJ6d9JnoaQY2sSRyNssvsKmz5-KxQSSKLRTuTMGxRtsTf-8cy0/s320/DSCN0410.JPG" border="0" /><br />This guy kept following me around as I was taking pictures. I thought he was going to steal my camera, but it turns out he only wanted me to take a picture of him and his lady.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300657453054334082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidUmhA4Xw1gGuBAAWuBlTPYrHp2vXq4VjUiwJwWB4qbvuxl47VYFArQ8OYtk-L-_IUXf52JzhulJ3k6OQm615mgF_fvtNcZcHDKiPrUzE6z4nf5RXTCPUUW3O-oIPYiQFHXNbzPsxOteQ/s320/DSCN0401.JPG" border="0" />I ate one of these chickens.<br /><br /><br /><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300660316014209602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7jLcadd0bvrm2VNVxd7_hIZSWZ_V_Yoyu-2T7iqrH76I2W6lyOvS7KBhruN0ktbnpoDGcjgvnK0dVaJF3fFsTI-2bv87v_gETnFY0uwg1kLC_HCsQaOvDZGGctXmJdgrL1RasMNNI2v8/s320/DSCN0407.JPG" border="0" /><br />I´m a trooper when it comes to eating the local cuisine, but I <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">couldn</span>´t swallow <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">ceviche</span> made from this fish. At lunch with the group, I asked the girl sitting next to me if she wanted my <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">ceviche</span> because she <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">didn</span>´t have any, and she said, "No." She <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">didn</span>´t like it either.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300658788346789810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUumd-HHDoT-wrk-o8z8MDXZwIrkdoUV5eT1AIMclyKGM3rzDf84Y4bxm2qjgV38pV_P5tCAwKHyS8XkXn19rGITrhyphenhyphenLoKUkDGiYzlObeOqGO4Yedv9woyxnY3J1FhDEDp9h_SKTlo-qs/s320/DSCN0402.JPG" border="0" /><br />The poultry man: He was so proud.</div><br /><div><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300662706059153746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX78x2hcFyytdkgkdPerCsQZdvrBZkJknNOpMdHOmtlckdrNp2mqMuhyphenhyphenVTbLptUviAT7hhqFfmuppAE1J1VBcqzumrB3Z2JPh3PZsZLI5kpm3WkIaxjOzPL0mjjO_YPEHBIGG9X9RX8g4/s320/DSCN0417.JPG" border="0" />The butcher shop<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300663759808507650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAfJk-FP9KzXvq5ksRWV21G6fI9COQ7uD7kpRXWR4ybUp6wm-vVpu0MVtT0MwpnkNIGzOInI3nOj8R6-TIBUtvr9fg-E_TI8sV-vVKWP86dEGTd677VdrfKApZrctuyQnpwtSrFA5soBA/s320/DSCN0418.JPG" border="0" /></div><br /><div>The Butcher</div><br /><div><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300664449183309666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3467-MKfyLjF5GhMSM93RB9FGUvhzUhgkmuGMPSqWiuu1JCjElCxyx7UXCKHuC83wpFCHKCBfuiul_OADFK7lFFZGOuJyyvLh38S0xwp4QzxpAjUDQ8vAsHd6kXUObTfdzFIoCIjuIQ0/s320/DSCN0420.JPG" border="0" />His cleaver<br /><br /><br /></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300668209340773154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtSX92Ge3WgzC6tedA8ikNCQEZRQC53miNzkxHDpyDhHq2EwclgDLni-Vmff7y5ybYt9gmZImCxzMQOy4XXD8QczQ4plVK2cOVol0Z4tEvOVvHghx4juh77lnBlGk5czTtZ6nlcGEVgeA/s320/Imagen_008.jpg" border="0" /></div><div>Outside the market: Look at this <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">gangly</span> fellow. It´s no wonder people stare.</div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>We went back to the country side, and Israel´s mom prepared lunch for us with the food we bought at the market.</div><div></div></div><div><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300665188623817634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmWcbVrmmXzIcRTwNoAQYsR7kSIm-_lUSPEU1rvWB0ZfsvDSEXW8W0LOVTN4DQWhV7-y2zeOXowrZO6qi__WFNkb1UlfDwfqJSyei6DnVBuW2mnLFpwVuwrZrzbb4YFz9sTj6DeqAQqvc/s320/DSCN0432.JPG" border="0" /> Israel´s mom next to her wood burning stove</div><div><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300665944835433218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0LcfeFo0B_2RPk5IRBKWCbhjoe3_U9tM7k3xnV25ohTsUJXe1ojm9PfaQLAwimV4ko8yKTQlKRBWi38xvDOpENfAJw7F9oulHSscGnMQlWlsNyGU1LJxH5mUv9HtbkuAylgVHvFiaT0M/s320/DSCN0426.JPG" border="0" /></div><div></div><div>The kitchen and dining room</div><div><br /></div><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300654417251347010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxZHXoHoEXrM_DBKUgMkSR91qYkYR19u3zsoMNgtWjzpPHK7kgDGk-WaJxSdSNIVj1mai6j-QImoBCOb0VK_jIEAj0s9uGJCfLRmaiw3Wu42qVZE-gCgUwPTRC-ti8y0EYYmO9Vfj0tpM/s320/DSCN0435.JPG" border="0" /> <div></div><div>Israel´s brother<br /><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300666830913066514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC2qWZKA_wWBSLCIys9oQaS3Z5SrqmtmyvJ1R-QyNMSdP6ANtm90408UwVGSIkLdvUEJzHjgvkN8X3QVdM2YdscCqpUaazJZ_791tZowNSJTQuq05IxOgavBsSIqLIXRemBuCYKSDo2bw/s320/DSCN0427.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div>Israel´s mom making <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">sebada</span><br /></div><div><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300668034777338914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6JFXzoBShPzdj8HlPP7wEMHYUrRg-7hobRZ4700wYsNVpktWAgbQFI5dqcjgwZiWllZHOORVyAjZfSRWGiqK0mvp98s7OUvfs-1UuDgMTLeF3oTMO_TTjc_l5sPlwHl4e9BQXKpaxIbg/s320/DSCN0436.JPG" border="0" /> </div><div></div><div>Outside the kitchen </div><div><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300670190526599458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjlBD8nRmzzl1qIbZtdrwNsDAp36EXCS4spy0ox-9XR19a2RSy9YnqWAey_PAywEKifbqT2aaRxwgw3Y6wlV4BU3xTT7ZuT1AM5odkJvMA-tImeJutwcNHs6eDdNCukvHBfc1y9ExzyHc/s320/DSCN0438.JPG" border="0" /></div><div></div><div>He´s showing me the sheep. <div></div><div><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300671090181927858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8fcBvL3DXkaT9RsCHU5GaysoxzepdWM0VGhZdLKjzyiMT5ODnRryt5lfvNzahpuuSz37P5MhSOmesXRLbE_E4jaTQ6IFmDOce1ysR6DqDIiF8Y5oVHtQO56IRsvaPpa_TGgb1aZ8N-_Y/s320/Imagen_097.jpg" border="0" /><br />In the end, I got to kiss some locals.That´s always fun.<br /><div></div><blockquote></blockquote><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Dallas Deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04669224611613690985noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3073377603201641578.post-89632742351648787142009-02-08T19:56:00.000-08:002009-02-08T22:24:23.100-08:00My good buddy Anthony decided to come see me in Peru. He and his little lady (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Lisi</span>) will also be living in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Chiclayo</span> for a few months.<br /><div><div><br /><div><br /><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300643206191656786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4zX4Je5Mznjp5fSja1QWw4C9pP_-rl45XajbTDiPPsyoAxa-29YsciqXGl9ufidfYgYYp1sGItBJeARAQ2OzTRG0beMb_-K5T8-sQMHlkobnn8nZNqAs1rqUKlZr3IsE2fHU7yjOonEs/s320/DSCN0390.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div>We went to a karaoke bar and had a great time singing beautiful songs beautifully. The Mommas and the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Pappas</span> and The Beatles were among our favorites because Anthony and I harmonize like angels, but we nearly killed ourselves having to listen to a bunch of elevator style music sung in Spanish. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Peruanos</span> may know food, but their music really sucks.<br /><br /></div><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300645670234868898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ4LtxuRsuWpSGRgc7-vNb2QMH7ck6FDKyGwXrNK0dbzlx_lN2hFaSiSe9oTOncODh8wHpGlPKqpgH7yBTdB-GB43PdUqxIbhS2j6FvfQEpVpv7lPcSfoNzrw9liwBDR1bcy4qVEYMNYg/s320/DSCN0376.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div>Anthony and Inca Kola<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300646479966443938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_t09RRIVC6SDKydljlP4EasiO9v_vOnPpUfmpOdY7l-sqkHeG50VYZs0Zdkxx3xYMADtvShP1YI2k-0nfrqSm-jlU4KJ9MBq8aybnXPu7yIBmoN3H4OZnvAFqawwGiHRHnTeEqY4KZZM/s320/DSCN0374.JPG" border="0" /><br />Me and Inca Kola</div><br /><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300679203869964226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNUm8m-DHLSWrGE-SzCpuhD9RqxHDvJVWSnX_OgrB_4petFVcMtKXW-OWePjVoHR__HNw9Z4ld_u8DtPS7ec_asqJcW_c4njhCR4AYM6OSmJHA8nKz2X0c7RtQkq1ry8-4YJT8fUqiDso/s320/DSCN0384.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div>I think I´m so cool.</div></div></div></div>Dallas Deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04669224611613690985noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3073377603201641578.post-65278249549803972022009-02-08T19:41:00.000-08:002009-02-22T14:40:08.657-08:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz8wocZZ5kHZcLmOCQcQcYj9bZEWPjUz9lFWmq-LXmjSADyqSUHx7idIdTit3bYF7sZWRHBdCKQ0KXQpIHtmuh4EDHS1egaQmKeXxlcAvbXqc73AoXkUX9WYkxoDxsZbqMVtCm0IwETLU/s1600-h/Imagen_029.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300637899433652178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz8wocZZ5kHZcLmOCQcQcYj9bZEWPjUz9lFWmq-LXmjSADyqSUHx7idIdTit3bYF7sZWRHBdCKQ0KXQpIHtmuh4EDHS1egaQmKeXxlcAvbXqc73AoXkUX9WYkxoDxsZbqMVtCm0IwETLU/s320/Imagen_029.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />You can´t really tell from this picture, but I´m not as pastey white as I used to be, and that makes me happy. I´m also care free because I´m not thinking about the diseases in this dirty river.<br /><br /><br /><p></p><p></p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300638664499759890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4J-VHsaRCHh9AFBcdRki7F4wEQ0qcds75ngnlQxsqaG5kMQfUsYipYqo1rvJ-gg2JQrFXfz4-mOMpNds9iZtHjvNtVP9xzGwSDeAuehl8JdcuPX4f6aJS69M2a-cbrhmBgpCcjhf79qo/s320/Imagen_092.jpg" border="0" /></p><p>Nadia and Luisa: My friends</p>Dallas Deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04669224611613690985noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3073377603201641578.post-15858790860076877122009-02-01T21:08:00.000-08:002009-02-01T21:16:22.531-08:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkzTgYycctwDq2qNkWLcDTyn51eSFpc8Aw2mjKX4UWeePebYVmetIW4Ukt9-fdqaaFHQkVBvhG3YoowOL-asXrKJPXYnTbORCrosczvZO7bPKVdixM0rsW2_8qngw6waapcLX-FQV4bsg/s1600-h/DSCF0144.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298063689755105138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkzTgYycctwDq2qNkWLcDTyn51eSFpc8Aw2mjKX4UWeePebYVmetIW4Ukt9-fdqaaFHQkVBvhG3YoowOL-asXrKJPXYnTbORCrosczvZO7bPKVdixM0rsW2_8qngw6waapcLX-FQV4bsg/s320/DSCF0144.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>There´s nothing more depressing than crossing the equator to experience the flavor of South America only to find yourself in a stupid Mall. </div>Dallas Deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04669224611613690985noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3073377603201641578.post-73028929643259854072009-01-28T10:00:00.000-08:002009-02-01T21:55:48.765-08:00<p><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzKLq8pMJULq7HAKX4dpH-X01J7uA9QWG1AjNgT3QTINm25MJFRNT9EUywmD96JTJ2WlmH3KKKuM2A6qzxCPg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><p>Last night was the 25th anniversary of Oscar and Marisela Galvez, the people I´m living with in Peru. We all went out for dinner and came home and had a dance party in the living room. </p><p><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dx-aPDq59w3CAlu0UzIG4mTW29wymidKTFhAKClDrK8ExXmFvGzMmKGzup8IIgW8wdfpmQlXlHN3ZGWwXxC4Q' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><p>I´ve been trying really hard to find a wife while I´m here in South America. But it hasn´t worked very well. There are plenty of girls who are, initially, excited to meet me, but it seems to break down somewhere. It has nothing to do with our only being able to communicate like children; I think it has to do with my dancing. Latin people love to dance. They wiggle their hips all over, and I don´t know what to do. I try to dance, but I look as stupid as you would expect. One girl said to me while dancing, "Tranquilo," which basically means, "calm down." </p><p><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzDQsgGrMeBb5NYsTEcjlnI6-7fdG-iLw-sE-9-YI5dHg_O8EMggeLgo8snNdRqVUjVPmNW21dfedJVZa9fww' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><p>I think I´ll try bull fighting next. Girls like that, right?<br /></p>Dallas Deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04669224611613690985noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3073377603201641578.post-34028006057581828242009-01-25T09:49:00.000-08:002009-01-25T10:40:30.360-08:00<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295290749950272402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMHvf_6EbgA-rvIxZVkebymBnr4rUzNE940y49ESI1q89R63SuhDvJJWk16B25IA2YXPgM0kvYE8M2SNKeRjfPhw3DnYQLMHEFShYzbP2WGwoMpX0aeZWvvma6duUOLcRTy5xwYux26oc/s320/DSCN0066.JPG" border="0" />My grandmother is a very special lady. She has always advised us rotten grandkids that it´s unhealthy to eat at a late hour. Well, Grandma would love Peru. Now, since I´ve been in Peru for an entire week, I feel authorized to speak of Peruvians in grand generalizations. In Peru, they eat their biggest meal for lunch, and for dinner they eat something light, like a sandwich. I can´t remember what this meal was called but it was amazing. They have spices in Peru that I´ve never tasted before. This meal was even better than Peggy McIntyre´s cooking.<br /><br /><div><div><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295295906855995090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4rWfuuNWIkfqOSGvrnZHk-GbYvWG4l9WAzfsyQOpRISgJI-d8_nfoDMF3Qw39mkXpf-8Im_X2IJ4MvEnB01VooS1gH20cU3a1Ct0nlVGX3mycDAmJf_k894tqw7t0gLwF171eFcIeNgs/s320/DSCN0068.JPG" border="0" />With each meal we always have fresh juice: mango, corn, banana, strawbery and banana, pineapple, orange, peach, passion fruit, and star fruit (I don´t actually know what this fruit is called in English, but it looks like a star). But do you know what would make these meals better? If I could share them with people from home. It´s funny really, of all the experiences I´ve had in other countries, those I most wish I could share with my friends and family are the meals. Each time I taste something new, especially in a foreign environment, I realize I may never have the expereince again. <br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295294816412732354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPNm9yqtvBU0eDny7snIQ7duyLf_eZz626hXDl-N5uQpijaEaLqMZVmJxGNNiyBm6R8BYfBrcsItdRrdoEGRBiLKe_sz48s6QkrLm9sThucKFmz71T34iOVu1kfv-0XzfSG8Gp1GRkMaw/s320/DSCN0081.JPG" border="0" />The greatest part of this big lunch is afterwords you fall asleep for a while. </div></div>Dallas Deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04669224611613690985noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3073377603201641578.post-77960699385832713392009-01-24T08:19:00.000-08:002009-01-25T09:00:32.980-08:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrWlQpLBZ8QJJcSyTruG8OamRjcDwhk-oZ-cj4nCphnz1oqytlgFJdqGAu1UeQafSBQZjfAyWriO50YWH_e98g_UuZlrC9E_QDFoKsfjZ2kuM_wphIDzsG0SJSgPtmlof4d785nMF08Pg/s1600-h/images%5B8%5D.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294896144041235154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 89px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 129px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrWlQpLBZ8QJJcSyTruG8OamRjcDwhk-oZ-cj4nCphnz1oqytlgFJdqGAu1UeQafSBQZjfAyWriO50YWH_e98g_UuZlrC9E_QDFoKsfjZ2kuM_wphIDzsG0SJSgPtmlof4d785nMF08Pg/s320/images%5B8%5D.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br />While I was traveling around Lima, I must have seen the Twilight cover nearly twenty times. But it didn´t say Twilight; it said <a href="http://images.google.com.pe/imgres?imgurl=http://www.tusregalos.net/images/crepusculo.bmp&imgrefurl=http://ysahimura.blogcindario.com/2008/06/00006-crepusculo.html&usg=__gCnGM7U06ZLIW8vJCWUGnI1x4ik=&h=480&w=330&sz=466&hl=es&start=26&tbnid=pGxhBxj3pCJ4vM:&tbnh=129&tbnw=89&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dcrepusculo%26start%3D20%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D20%26hl%3Des%26sa%3DN"></a>Crepusculo, and everytime I saw it I thought, "Wow, I guess that mormon girl wrote a fourth Twilight book, and this new book has a weird name." I didn´t think about that fact that I was in Peru or that everything else around me was written in Spanish. Eventually it clicked, and I felt stupid. Crepusculo is Spanish for Twilight. Later I was invited to a movie, and the only one I recognized was Crepusculo. So I watched it. The film was in English with Spanish subtitles. Now..., I don´t know if it was just the familiarity of a medium in English or something else, but I liked the movie. In fact, it made me want to read the books, which is more surprising because all my high brow freinds ridiculed the books and the film. However, after seeing those dishy diamondy vampires, I wish for my milky pale skin again instead of this blotchy lobster red that looks like leprosy. <blockquote></blockquote><blockquote></blockquote>Dallas Deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04669224611613690985noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3073377603201641578.post-82221598535218146982009-01-21T20:31:00.000-08:002009-01-22T11:15:35.631-08:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9TVsPQPRQCbK6WerOP60gbMywqInysMgw3NFaHn36TSKzmrlq5HWrcRcDINU6DkNQn3jTOLH4GZNUlvwwKiTwY_7WG5DHwkvR9I3Tqyy16zppECBoOxk1rcFYoNiQpsPw9nZBUhHSz_E/s1600-h/DSCN0076.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294176025712460578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9TVsPQPRQCbK6WerOP60gbMywqInysMgw3NFaHn36TSKzmrlq5HWrcRcDINU6DkNQn3jTOLH4GZNUlvwwKiTwY_7WG5DHwkvR9I3Tqyy16zppECBoOxk1rcFYoNiQpsPw9nZBUhHSz_E/s320/DSCN0076.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>The sun is really hot. It will burn you. Even though it´s really far away, it will still burn you. And maybe you didn´t know this, but, the closer you get to the equator, the closer you get to the sun. So if you´re white like milk, and near the equator you will get burned. It doesn´t matter how much your mother has you worried about skin cancer, or that you just discussed the matter with a doctor. It doesn´t matter that you´ve put on expensive sun block that the nurse sold you. It doesn´t matter that the wind is blowing and you don´t feel the sun. It doesn´t matter how attractive your body is (this was a bitter pill to swallow).The sun will burn you like gasoline burnes turtles, if of course the turtles are lit on fire. </div>Dallas Deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04669224611613690985noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3073377603201641578.post-34692785369504427562009-01-12T12:56:00.000-08:002009-01-12T13:04:15.526-08:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNRii-OoeoxiIuHcthTUryY9epE3C95rc4SpYOZffnsaXsh3A17nJ02SLKcVrIxGq55vapnnGbodK388yIm_kWr2oUqjZG0NfX6DdXGYFGHXiDfny3O8zFHpXUsr9dyAWOIg82HXwpJhA/s1600-h/Picture+229.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290514989143486242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNRii-OoeoxiIuHcthTUryY9epE3C95rc4SpYOZffnsaXsh3A17nJ02SLKcVrIxGq55vapnnGbodK388yIm_kWr2oUqjZG0NfX6DdXGYFGHXiDfny3O8zFHpXUsr9dyAWOIg82HXwpJhA/s320/Picture+229.jpg" border="0" /></a> I'm Dallas Dean. This photo doesn't show you what a happy person I am, so you'll just have to trust me.<br /><div></div>Dallas Deanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04669224611613690985noreply@blogger.com6