Nazca, Peru

12/6/2005

hey everyone!
thanks for the emails. i am doing well even though i got jacob´s camera
stolen this moring. (i am sorry jacob!!!) we went to see the nazca lines,
(they are these lines made out in the desert by the nazca peoples years and
years ago) recently, they have theorized that the lines were meant to
intice the gods to send rain. some thousands of years ago, this area was
hit with a big drought... which from how the weather feels today, is still
going on... and the lines were made about the time of the drought, and
seemed to increase in size and number as it persisited. other theories
(aliens) also exist - and what is interesting, is they can only be viewed
from the sky. on the ground they so large, one cannot see them.
so after the jumpy plane ride, i was just sitting and resting, cause i got
kinda sick-feeling - and this swarm of kids selling postcards came outa
nowhere, and i think maybe they got it. i kinda fell half asleep for a
second after telling them i didnt want any, and my pack was next to me.
well, after that... i noticed, no camera. i shoulda just left it at the
hotel, cause i didn´t even use it once, didn´t even take it out!
hehehehe...
i am sorry, jacob - but you wanted a new camera anyway. but no pictures...
so no slide show this time. hehehe. (there is a collective sigh of relief
coming across the net as yall read this i am sure)
still got the video camera though... i will email and let you know when i
lose that!
well, we were in a nice hostel last night, only instead of cars, we had
roosters on the roof of the house next to us. but i slept right through
it... didn´t wake up at all. hehehe. i can´t say the same for paul (and he
had his own room!) hehehe
paul is struggling with the trip. the stomach virus or whatever he caught
is slowing him down, he can´t eat anything, plus he gets grossed out by
different food, and so he is kinda grumpy. we went to a restaurant this
afternoon, and sat down... well, the waitress asked, ¨¿do you want the
menu?¨ and edgar, our "translator" answered yes. so she brought us out
three bowls of soup with green stuff and meaty bones in it. well, in peru,
when u ask for the menu, it means you are asking for the daily special or
whatever the big thing they are making that day. i read that in the guide
book, but i figured edgar knew what he was doing. (he is from el salvador,
and it aint always the same) well, she sits the three bowls down in front
of us and paul says, "what is this?!? I haven´t even ordered yet!" we
tried to explain, but he got mad and left the restaurant to sit at the park
across the street. so we edgar and i ate our soup and his too. and guess
what, it was good. hehehe.
well, paul is gonna sleep and edgar and i will head out to see this old
cemetary. should be good. tonight we take a night bus to ariquipa (10
hours)- so i don´t know when i will be online again. it is canyon country
out there, and high altitude. they give you coca leaves to chew to help
adjust you to the altitude. but i was wondering, is chewing the coca leaves
the same as smoking crack? i guess the give you opiates when you are in the
hospital. is there a difference here? hehehe
joseph