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Bob
Better than reading National Geographic!
Really great Doug — it makes our day every time one of these shows up in our mailbox.
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Steph
Seeing these magnificent creatures from above, up close and personal, is nothing short of awe-inspiring. Until one is right there, it’s hard to imagine their size and wingspan. Amazing to think they can get off the ground, and quickly obvious why they need the updrafts.
And, these creatures are just one reason to visit Colca Canyon. The beauty of the mountainside terraces, flowing from the depth of the canyon (deeper than the Grand Canyon) up to the apex of the mountains, instills in the observer a sense of wonder – how did they ever manage to not only climb that distance, but to terrace the often rock-hard ground?I gained a new appreciation for what it meant to be a farmer in this part of the world.
Driving along the Canyon rim, one encounters locals going about their daily chores – plowing fields by hand, or with the aid of two oxen; teens leading herds of sheep to the next pasture where they’ll spend the day grazing; tiny old women carrying their weight in produce on their backs, secured by the brightly colored and ubiquitous Peruvian woven cloth; and children playing, often with no more than a stick with which they are guiding a wheel rim along the edge of the road.
It is a magical place…a land lost in time and oblivious to modern conveniences, a land we long to explore.
Steph
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Hayden
What a fantastic job you are doing with these reports, high resolution photo graphs, and travel adventure reports. I am going to share your link and web site with our high school science and social studies classes and with the entire staff. Travel is such a wonderful learning experience and your reports allow us to travel along with you and see and experience the same adventures. This IS a digital connected world and your work proves that as well. Thank you sincerely, and please press on and keep posting, I cannot imagine how difficult this is out where you are. That alone is another story…..
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Jimmy Sones
Magnificent !!
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AuMiller
Wow! Your photos are magnificent!!! You two are having the travels very few can have or do. And we are lucky enough to enjoy them! Thank you! Pat ans Frank