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SUNRISE OVER TIKAL

SUNRISE OVER TIKAL

SUNRISE OVER TIKAL

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

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ADEAQ Teachers

Very knowledgeable and nice!

Mountains - Arequipa, Peru

View from my B & B

Gardens in front of my B and B

Arequpa, Peru

My B and B

Arequipa, Peru

Delicious Peruvian Meal

potatoes, octupus, shrimp, langostino--delicious sauce

Main Plaza

w taxis, cars...so many

Main Plaza

Arequipa, Peru

Cathedral in Main Plaza

Arequipa

Main Plaza-Arequipa

Terrace of my favorite restaurant in the Plaza

Sonesta Hotel

Looking down at the main Plaza

taken from a restaurant on the 2nd floor

Josue and Nora

Very nice - great time at dinner!

Vendor carrying ice cream-apples on her head

Town Center vendor-I think it is like Cool Whip

View of Cuenca landscape

View of Cuenca from up in the Hills

Cuenca Town Square

On weekends, it is very active with street performers, etc.

Ice Cream Vendor

I think ice cream is the national food. It is everywhere!

Cuenca Town Center fountain

Town Hall Meeting for Indigenous Women´s Rights

Fascinating!

Cuecan Restaurant - upscale

One of my favorite restaurants

Cuecan Street in town

Cuenca

Building - indicative of some of the architecture

House in Cuenca - elite in Cuenca

About 2 blocks from ¨my¨house

Simon Bolivar Language School

Tomebamba River - gorgeous

I walk right by it every morning!

Cuenca

Walking around bldgs in Town Center

Cuenca

View - walking thru the square in Town Center

Cuenca

Cathedral in town center

Ecuadorian Landscap

Approaching Cuenca-from the air

Beautiful Ecuadorian landscape

Taken from the airplane approaching Cuenca

Master Wood Carver

Loved his wooden fruit and bowls

Wooden Fruit - Hand carved

Incredible- wish I had room in my suitcase

Me and a Guatemalan woman

It´s amazing how they carry the goods on their heads

Child that took my hand to lead me to school

Very smart and loving child

Children at Santa Catarina Barahona School

We visited and they sang song

Antingua, Guatemala

Antigua, Guatemala

Beautiful, old, safe, city

Josue and Me and gorgeous landscape

Lookout Point in Guatemala

The grandmother of our family

Illustrating her weaving

My group´s family in Santa Catarina Barahona

They cooked and served us at this house

The house of our family

All of the products they wove

Open Mayan marketplace

Fascinating!

Guatemalan Children

Absolutely precious!

Mayan women at the open washing structure

Gossiping and washing clothes

Dinner and Folk Dance

I danced later with them!

TIKAL

Waiting for the Sunrise 5:15AM

Sunrise over TIKAL

TIKAL

TIKAL

Climbed all the stairs

TIKAL

Climbed all the tall concrete stairs

TIKAL

Temple -about 150 steps--tall steps

Climbed all

Josue´s House-Fantastic Food

Learning to unwrap tamales

At Josue´s House

Fabulous!!

Belize City

Laminai - Belize

View from the top of the Temple

LAMINAI - Mayan Temple

I climbed to the top and took the picture

Mayan Mask Temple

Laminai - outside Belize

Endangered Jabiru Stork

Largest bird in N.A.- all white

Visit to Jade Palace

Guatemalen famous for jade-all colors.black..blue..green..

Chopan

Master weavers- all products hand-woven in town

Tzutuhil woman´s headdress completed

It must be heavy..who is that with her?

Tzuthil woman weaving her hair into the Tocoyal or headdress

Only a few people still can do this...

Shaman - ritual ceremony

Incredible, spiritual experience-a true "values" exhange

Ziplining thru the most beautiful country

Here I come....watch out!!

"Trouble no. 1,2,3,4"- what else can we do?

Name given to me and my buddies by guide..

Chicken Bus - good ole USA throwaways!

The place where "Chicken Buses" are made

Guess who kite-making

What fun!

INCREDIBLE KITES to fly over loved ones graves

They actually fly!

Guatemalen Girls

I love the Guatemalan dress....

Plaza Berlin

Pieces of the Berlin Wall

Metropolitan Cathedral - Guatemala

Gorgeous - one of the few black Christs

Metropolitan Cathedral - Guatemala

Absolutely beautiful - white Christ

Nat´l Palace - Guatemala City

Green - to please his wife-what a man!

Locals plucking chickens for the restaurant!

Chicken in SA better than in US

Tito, the famous stone carver

Loved seeing his products - incredible

The place I love best...the kitchen

Meal of tacos, beans, etc.-Fabulous!

Las Sepulturas

Set of palaces for the royal class

Children in Copan Valley

Trying to hit the Pinata, filled with candy

Another great dinner with the group!

Young Mother in the Valley-Copan

Unbelievably nice people

Riding through Copan Valley

FANTASTIC!!

Having fun tasting the local rum

Great tour group

Our Hotel in Honduras

El Salvador countryside

Coatepeque - lunch on lake

Serenaded at lunch-Coatepeque

Lunch on way to Copan- on lake

Ruins in El Salvador

An excavated home with bed, etc

Metropolitan Cathedral

El Salvador

Military Museum

Some of the indications of local politics

Ruins of Copan

Just me and Copan

McCaw of Copan

Copan Ruins

Perito Moreno Glacier

As far as the eye can see

Guess who!

Pertito Moreno Glacier

Glacier

Lake Argentina - Calafate, Argentina

Argentinian Bar-B-Que Pit

Lamb, Pork, Beef, Chicken, chorizo sausage

Argentinian Bar-B-Que Sides

Salads always served

Calafate - outside of town

Moon Landing

Sunrise

Lake Argentina - Calafate

Off to the Glaciers We Go

Lake Argentina

Global Warming at Work

Iceberg - Lake Argentina

Glacier

Lake Argentina - Calafate

Glacier

Lake Argentina - Calafate

Pantagonia- Beagle Channel

Ushuaia, Argentina

Sea Lion-Beagle Channel

Odd type with a long mane

Just one of many small foxes

Upfront & personal

Just Me and My Friends

Dog-sledding in the Andes

Guess who on snowmobile..

Great Fun!

Lake Escondido

Outside Ushuaia

On our way to Escondido Lake

a quick photo op in the Andes

Cruising Beagle Channel

Andes Mountains

Sea Lions and Bird

Wildlife - Beagle Channel

Colonies of Birds, Sea Lions - seen while cruising Beagle Channel

Ushuaia, AR

Ushuaia at Night

Beagle Channel

Ushuaia

View from the restaurant-fresh crab from the sea

The Magnificent Iguazu Falls

Argentina

Municipal Building

La Plata, AR

The Crew-Raquel,Mark,me,Tom, Dorothea

La Plata

La Plata Cathedral

Largest in Argentina

Iguaza Falls, Argentina

Incredible! Only a few of the many falls

Iguazu Falls - Lower Circuit

Me- soaking wet after a boat ride through the falls

Iguazu Falls

Heaven and earth are bound together

The Great Iguazu Falls, Argentina Side

John in his tropical oasis

The Secret Garden,Iguazu Falls

On the deck before breakfast

Couple from Ireland-The Secret Garden B & B

Anna and Roxy in the garden behind the B & B

In front of my room

Semi-precious and precious stone mine

Iguazu Ar

A vein of quartz, "tunneled from the top of the ground

A vein of amethyst in the Mine

Recolleta Barrio (neighborhood)

United Nation Square-Floralis Generica

20 mtres tall, 18 tons,stainless steel, moving petals, aluminum,

Recolleta Cemetary-Eva Peron´s Tomb

Tomb of marble-purposely not as elaborate as others since she was head of the movement for the laborers and women

Recolleta Cemetary

Front of one of the tombs

Recolleta Cemetary

Doctor´s tomb-love the angel walking into the door of the tomb

Recolleta Cemetary

Just one of the many pedestrian walkways thru tombs

La Colonia, Uruguay

Mark, Rachel, Mine..Day is done...time to go home...

Candelaria Estancia

Main residence - Doesn´t look like USA ranches

Candalaria Estancia

Gaucho Show

Candelaria Estancia - La Parilla

Beef, Pork, Chicken & Goat Bar-B-Que

Mark (Hungary), Rachel (Brazil) & Mine (Turkey)

Trying to make sense out of Uruguayan pesos

La Colonia

La Colonia, Uruguay

Rio de la Plata - separates Uruguay & Argentina

La Colonia - the old part of town

Candied apples & strawberries with popcorn attached

Women who felt like dancing to the street performers´music

Buenos Aires people love fun!

Dinner and Tango Show

Young boys playing soccer inside the gymnasium

Gymnasium at the famous La Boca stadium in Buenos Aires

Tigre - a small town 45 min from Buenos Aires by train

Delta in Tigre - arrived by boat-about 45 min from Tigre

La Boca barrio

Much fun --many tango dances

El Tango in La Boca barrio

Buenos Aires

Wall paintings outside La Boca

Pedestrian walkway -McDonalds in rear

Streets of Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires architecture

me snorkeling the Great Barrier Reef

Fijian woman mixing the clay for her pottery-Done with feet

View from my room and patio-Shangri-La Resort

Chief's Wecome Ceremony - Making Kava

Fijian Sunset

Aukland, NZ

Sunset from hotel restaurnt window-Queenstwn, NZ

NZ countryside - Mirror Lake

Cruise Milford Sound - Waterfall

New Zealand countryside

Lake Pukaki on way to Queenstown

Home Host Family-view from patio

Biking in Canterbury Park - Christchurch

Melinda caught in the Storm at Antartica Center

Our Guide Matt getting dressed for the storm

View of Sydney Harbor

Having fun at the group dinner!

Melinda sitting on Ms. MacQuarry chair

MJ at the famous Sydney Opera House

Melinda-hiding in a blanket of flowers

View from the Skyrail

Aboriginis

Melinda turned Aborigini

Champagne "Brekkie"

View from the balloon

Hot Air Balloon Ride

Sunrise in Cairns from a Hot Air Baloon

"Salty" crockadile - Dundee country!

Partying @ Wetherby Station (Peter-Aussie cowboy)

View from my hotel room

Koala Bear & me

Kangaroo - Cairns

Great Barrier Reef

Aussie Sunset - Cairns, Australia

Otavallo Market

Enjoying Breakfast at the hacienda

Indiginous People -washing clothes in river

View from Our Cabin

Unusual Mushrooms

Used by Achuar Women as prototype for making drinking bowl

An Amazing Butterfly

Turquoise Wings

Tree Roots from the Kopak Tree

Unbelievably large tree

One of our Fishing Spots

Canoeing down the River

JUNGLE WALK

One of the many balancing acts we had to do

Indian Guide Making Animal Trap from Jungle material

Flying over the Amazon

Chip & Simon

Me and Simon at his school lesson

Eating Lunch in Jungle

UM-M-M GOOD! Eating Lemon Ants off Tree

Chip & Swiss Friend

Chip Fishing Indian Style out of Canoe

Single Lines-both hands-no pole

FISHING - Chip & Simon (Achuar Indian)

HELLO WORLD!

Chip getting to know the Bartender

Kapawi Eco Lodge - OUR DIGS

Guess Who´s Driving the The Train ?

The Nose of the Devil Train En Route

An inadequate view of the picturesque countryside

The Famous Devil´s Nose Train

Cotopaxi Volcano

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