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Presidential Building
The white house of Paraguay
La Casa Rosada
The Executive Branch (Kind of like the White House except the president doesn´t live here)
Good Friends
The Palma´s, una familia feliz, they let me stay the night in their house and even gave me some juice before going to bed. So nice.
La Plata Zoo
We couldn´t figure out if the cougar was pregnant or just really fat.
River Crossing
Rio de la Plata from Carmelo, Uruguay to Tigre, Bs As, Argentina
Fisherman´s Wharf
There were a ton of fisherman, this is looking into Montevideo
Artigas
Statue of Jose Artigas, liberator of Uruguay
Cathedral
Montevideo´s central Cathedral
The Montevideo Uruguay Temple
La Colonia
Once again, notice the beard
La Ciudad Antigua
Part of La Colonia
La Colonia
There was no room in the Inn in La Colonia
Triple Frontera II
Picture taken from Argentina with Paraguay across the river to the left and Brazil straight across. Ciudad del Este is off in the distance
Triple Frontera
A monument on the Argentine side of where Paraguay, Brazil, and Argentina come together
My Company
In front of the Devil´s Throat
Right on top
That walk way littlerally looks over the Devils Throat with parts of the waterfall on both sides
Salto San Martin
One of the bigger falls, the top part visible is only half, it goes down below the picture
On the boat
We went on a boat excursion, this is a view from the bottom of the Devil´s Throat
In front of some waterfalls
Amazing, notice the beginnings of a beard
The Devil´s Throat
Probably the most famous part of the Falls
Iguazu
Amazing views at the Waterfalls of Iguazu
Copywrite infringement?
This was a poster advertising trips to Brazil, apparently our temple is a tourist site
Gauchito Gil
One of 4 shrines we stopped at so the bus drivers could pray to the Saint. It made us over an hour late.
Another Church
A cathedral in Cordoba
For the one I love
This one is for mi madre
Cathedral in Cordoba
One of the oldest, if not the oldest, cathedrals in this hemisphere
The Cordillera
This is the crossing from Chile to Argentina, a series of 35 switchbacks
Sunset
Sunset on the beach in Vina
View of Valpo
View of Valparaiso, the port, and Vina
In the bay
On a tour of Valparaiso bay with Vina in the background
Valparaiso
Central Square in Valparaiso
Santiago Temple
It was smaller than I thought
Santiago
On top of Santa Lucia Hill, where Santiago was founded
La Moneda
Daniel and I in front of La Moneda, Presidential Palace
me
picture of me
Just a lot of rocks
Good view across the city to Waynapicchu
More terraces
The terraces where used both as places to build houses as well as to grow crops and graze llamas.
The tree of life
Incan houses
The Incas living in Machu Picchu had great views, but if you had a sleepwalking problem, it probably wouldnt have been the best place to live.
Terraces
Through the Window
This is a picture through the window in the temple looking up the terraced hill
The town
I was digging the two story houses
Center of Machu Picchu
Not sure what they did here, but the day I went, there were llamas grazing.
Thought
Deep in Thought
City Gate
This was the entrance to Machu Picchu, there were walls around the rest of the city so anyone coming in or out had to go through here.
The little house on top of the hill
If I were Inca, this is where I would live, excellent front porch view.
Jesse and I
This is my buddy that came with me from Bolivia to Peru.
The Incan Bridge
I think this was the back escape to Machu Picchu, the Incas built a bridge so the trail could go along this cliff. It is a type of draw bridge as you can see which keeps people from getting in to Machu Picchu.
The postcard
The most typical view of Machu Picchu.
Stone house
They had cool houses, and look how steep that is.
View of Machu Picchu
The Incans really knew how to pick a place
At the entrance
This is the entrance to one of the Tunnels built by the Inca. It got pretty dark and we had to use our camaras as miniture flashlights to make it through.
Into the abyss
This is our guide who we hired for $5 to take us around some ruins. Good thing because he explained a bunch of stuff we would never have figured out on our own. The Incas built a bunch of tunnels in this hill where they could hide.
Temple of the Sun
I am sitting where the Inca would sit. On the square in front of me is where they would tie down the llama to sacrifice.
Temple of the Sun
This was a Sun Clock. According to where the sun casts its shadows, the Incas knew when to plant crops, go to war, etc.
So I ended up going to Rio de Janeiro after all.
Just kidding, this one is in Cusco
Incan structure
This was part of an Incan Fort. Look at the size of the rocks. Legend has it that a strong Incan man could carry one by himself, but I have my doubts.
Plaza de Armas, Cusco
Most of the cathedrals in Cusco were built on top of Incan religious sites. And... a sweet llama hat.
Cusco
Incan on the bottom, Spanish on the top.
Puno, Lake Titicaca
A view as we are headed out of Puno on our bus to Cusco. Puno is right on the shore of Lake Titicaca.
Trucha
That is right mom, I am eating trout in a little restaurant on the Artificial Island
Uro tower
They also make their watch tower out of reed.
Uro women rowing her boat
They dont just make their islands out of reed, they also make their boats out of it, and their houses, and they eat it (no joke).
Las Islas de los Uros
This is one of the Artificial Island, made out of a reed that grows in Lake Titicaca. The island is made of two different materials and is about 6 feet thick. On top you can see they put dried reed. It is soft on the feet.
Desaguadero, Peru
This is a town on the Peruvian-Bolivian Boder. Getting across the border was easy, but moving on proved to be very difficult and a little expensive.
Jujuy
Church and central square, Jujuy, Argentina
Humanitarian Aid Week II
A kindergarden being built in Santa Cruz
Humanitarian Aid Week
An Incan Grandma holding up some carrots from the garden that Ascend helped her plant
Crossing the bridge
Here we are crossing a Bridge on a bus in Bolivia, see the train tracks, I can think of at least one reason why sharing a bridge with trains is not a good idea.
The Bolivian Side
This is not to long after crossing the border into Bolivia from Argentina, very beautiful. I was imagining a spase landscape and a lot more llamas.
Tilcara Fortress
This place was in Tilcara, on top of a hill, a type of mini Machu Picchu. This was supposedly the altar used for religious purposes.
Incan Soccer
So these guys were Incans, they were playing a gravel field and still slide tackling, and boy were they hot headed.
Cerro de Siete Colores
This isn´t a very good shot, but the hill in the background has seven different colors of rocks in it, it is a big deal in Argentina
Old Cemetary
Old Cemetary in Purmamarca, the dirt was raised above the ground so I´m not sure if they are burried very deep
Another of Purmamarca
Really cool red rock formations
View of Purmamarca, Jujuy, Argentina
A very small village on the old Inca trail, now a tourist location because of the "Hill of Seven Colors"
Guemes
A monument to General Guemes, a revolutionary heroe from Salta
On top of the hill in Salta
Salta
From on top of the hill, with the Gondola in view
A church in Salta
I wish I could say something about the architecture that would sound intelligent, but all I can say is that it looked pretty cool.
Gracias por su visita a Paraguay
Gracias por consumir alta cantidades de Chipa, really the only evidence that I have of me being in Paraguay because they wouldn´t stamp my passport
Man in truck
This is getting close to the border crossing between Paraguay and Argentina, I wonder if this guy didn´t have his visa either?
The presidential Palace
The Executive building in Asunción, this is a view of the front
Monumento a los heroes
A monument in Asunción to famous people/dictators
Some famous Paraguayo
Can´t remember who this is, but I´m pretty sure he was important
Hotel Alfonso
My bed for the last month in Buenos Aires in the Alfonso House
Ezequiel and I
On top of the monument, looking out over the Rio Parana
view of Rosario
This photo was take from one of the balconies on top of the Monument to the Flag, it is looking out over Central Rosario
Monument to the Flag
this thing is huge. The picture is taken with a mission buddy, Ezequiel Sanz, and some kid that needs more attention at home.
El Che
A monument that they put up to comemmorate El Che´s 80th birthday which was last saturday.
Fireworks in the Stadium
So, not sure if this was against the firecode, but everyone was shooting off fireworks. Sparks were landing in my hair.
La Familia Caulo
Great Family
Congreso
The thinking man, to bad he isn´t thinking inside of the Congress building
Another of Caminito
They put fake people on the balconies for some reason
9 de Julio
another shot of the 9 de Julio with the Obelisk in the background
Don Quixote
So in case you need an explanation as to what you are looking at, it is a man riding a horse. I think it is from Don Quixote de la Mancha.
Naldo
One of my old Ward Missionary Leaders, he was the recipient of one of my suits that I gave him for his mission
Boca Juniors
Me in the Stadium of Boca Juniors
Another shot of Caminito
The street on the right is Caminito, the whole tourist attraction is only about a block long
Caminito
The Birthplace of Tango
Congreso
From the Plaza Congreso, where the congress and Senate hold session (background), statue in the foreground
The American Embasy
I was expecting a little more, like marines guarding the building who would be able to save me from unjust police chasing me, like Jason Bourne. Nope, they had Argentine Security, maybe to save money.
Dog and Pony Show
No dog or Pony, but a pretty cool seal and trainer. A show they put on at the Buenos Aires Zoo
Polar Bear
Not exactly his original habitat, but he did have his own swimming pool
Los Leones
The Lions
The Zoo
Me in front of the elephants
Here lies the Capn´s dog
We toured an old sailing boat and for some reason they had the captain´s dog stuffed
Don´t Cry for Me Argentina
Eva Peron´s tomb in the cemetary of Recoleta
El Obelisco
Argentina´s Washington Monument, right in the middle of the 9 de Julio
9 de Julio
Me in front of the widest street in the World
Cathedral
One of the biggest in Argentina
Me
My bike and I
1 comment:
That is a little scary. I probably wouldn't have made it out if I had to escape by that route.
Love, mom
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