The Trip through the Underworld

I was an ordinary day like any other. I was content, sitting on the edge of cliff, gazing at the vast cenote before me. A elderly local had just told me about the cenote, and it's legend of the Mayan underworld. He must have been a good storyteller because I actually believed him at first, but I remembered that it was only a legend, a myth, a fairytale! Fairy tales and myths are never true... Right? The elder seemed disapproving of my disbelief.
Suddenly, I felt a strong push and I immediately fell right off the cliff and into the water of the cenote! Screaming, I fell fifty feet and plunged into the deep murky water. Panicking, I gasped for air, water speeding in my lungs, as I began to attempt to swim. My body kept sinking and sinking until it was dark. I closed my eyes.
A small light peeked in through my eyelids. I slowly lifted my eyelids and gasped to spot a tiny ball of light floating in the water beside me. Where am I?, I thought rubbing my eyes. The ball of light moved and rest on a gray rock, covered with white sand. I followed the light. Then haul ted in disbelief to look upon a large Mayan statue, which had a large brown nose, and dead bodies half buried in the sand under it. The legend was true!

I think blogging is helping me learn about places in Latin America, since I am thinking about where I'd like to go, and who I'd like to meet. It's like writing a book about a Tahiti. You either have to research a lot about Tahiti or actually go there inorder to make a good book about it.

Day 35: The Mysterious lines of Peru

Since I was a child, I have been perplexed and intrigued by arrays of mysterious, perfect and symmetrical lines located in the Atacama Desert, created by the ancient Nazca civilization from about 802 BC.Various lines are perfectly straight going for miles, yet others form objects which can only be viewed from the sky or by mountain top. I have now solved this mystery, and it took me two lifetimes to do it!

Day 21: Machu Picchu

From the hill

Some the ruins up close

Part of my tourist guide to Peru


It's day 21 and I can't believe it! For the past 11 days, I flew to Peru on a local plane, and for the past five I've been climbing up Machu Picchu. I can't believe it! I'M IN MACHU PICCHU! It is so beautiful, I must be dreaming. I'm in awe. This is so great, there isn't enough words to discribe it.
The hike was so exhausting, but it was worth it. I can see everything from up here. I'm planing to take the train back down because, although it was worth it, I'm not making that trip again!
Machu Picchu is so amazing. I "joined" a tour and have been learning all about the Inca and this ancient ruin. Wow! I love it here. It really is the heart of the natives.

Day 10: Exploring the Amazon

It's day 10, and I'm exploring the amazon! I have been staying with my cousin the past few days in a jungle hut on the Amazon river and it is amazing! My cousin, Tom, lives here on the Amazon with his wife, and love it. They have lived here for a year and have no intention on moving, from their lovely Amazon house and relaxed life style. Tom is an artist and his wife, Stacie, is a a photography, so living here is heaven for them.
This is their house. It's really nice; you can walk out into the forest from here! They even have animals that come into their yard!

It is so beautiful out here! It is so awing to see all these tropical birds and animals. The only down side is the insects here are HUGE! It's pretty creepy.