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Madre de Dios River to Manu National Park

Monday, June 30- To Manu Wildlife Center for 7 weeks

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christyle612 on June 30, 2008 from Manu, Peru

from the travel blog: Viva los Peruvanos

Trujillo

This place is famous in Peru for it's brightly painted buildings with elaborate ironwork on the windows. From here we visited two adobe pyramids. Much of the decor has remained intact and depicts the face of the Decapitator - the man responsible for making religious sacrifices. Part of the...

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billyandsophie on June 29, 2008 from Trujillo, Peru

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Boca Manu

I was not able to email on my b day: there was no sun and no computer. I am in Boca Manu right now- with my last chance to use the internet. Angie and I are going to Man in the morning. I am really glad to have a friend with me. The lodge made me a cake for my 22nd birthday and I had a nice...

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christyle612 on June 29, 2008 from Manu, Peru

from the travel blog: Viva los Peruvanos

Plans for Manu

Hello Christy, The guy that is going to bring you to the other Project is Esteban Huamán, and you’re leaving either 28th or 29th, depends on the weather. The activities for your project would be the following: - Feed the animal 3 times a day (6:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m. and 4:00...

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christyle612 on June 26, 2008 from Manu, Peru

from the travel blog: Viva los Peruvanos

My Days

My days are really simple: I get up at 7 for breakfast, then go for a walk, read, hangout, work on the plants, have lunch at 1, then maybe go for another walk, work on Spanish, read, hang out, play cards, have dinner at 7, talk to the tourists and read then go to bed. There are hummingbirds...

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christyle612 on June 25, 2008 from Manu, Peru

from the travel blog: Viva los Peruvanos

Lima and Miraflores

Decided to stay in a suburb of the capital city, Miraflores, due to Lima's reputation for being smelly, noisy and unsafe during the night. We visited Lima Centro by day to see the various squares, government buildings and churches. Tried out various dishes from the restaurants and street...

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billyandsophie on June 23, 2008 from Lima, Peru

from the travel blog: South America

Paracas

Spent a couple of days by the beach tucking into Ceviche - raw fish marinated in lime juice and herbs - a Peruvian delicacy.

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billyandsophie on June 21, 2008 from Paracas, Peru

from the travel blog: South America

Cloud Forest

The weather is cloudy; we are in the cloud forest. I am using a computer that belongs to the director in her office. I slept well. The bugs are not too bad here, but the mosquito nets are cool anyway and they made me feel safe. Angie is really nice we are having a good time with each other...

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christyle612 on June 21, 2008 from Manu, Peru

from the travel blog: Viva los Peruvanos

Cock-of-the-Rock Lodge (CORL)

I am at Cock of the Rock. I met the other volunteer, Angie, she is working on a reforestation project. I will be helping her out for 10 days. But in reality there is not that much work to do here on the project and the person in charge is not here. We planted 41 plants in little containers that...

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christyle612 on June 20, 2008 from Manu, Peru

from the travel blog: Viva los Peruvanos

The Nazca Lines

Boarded a light aircraft in order to see the famous Nazca Lines from the air. Sophie was totally petrified but we both really enjoyed the pilot swooping down low to show us the various figures etched onto the desert plains. Various theories exist as to what the figures represent. They are...

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billyandsophie on June 20, 2008 from Nazca, Peru

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