Last Decemeber, I went to Peru for two weeks. I was the most amazing time of my entire life and I would return there any day to live for all time. The whole country is absolutely magical. Driving up to Aguascaliente at the base of Machu Picchu, one is surrounded by clouds, almost raising up into the heavens itself. Looking down at the ancient city complex, is breathtaking. All around you are mountain peaks covered in green and random grazing llamas. It is almost unreal. Looking back in pictures I have of my in front of the monument, it looks fake. It seems as if I am posed in front of a green screen, so perfect and beautiful is the destination.
Every second of the trip was breathtaking. Simply taking the train to Cusco, he followed a roaring river and went right through mountains and tiny villages. Our next stop however was the jungle of Lake Sandoval. We stayed in the jungle for days. Living in little huts with bug nets around our matresses and power for only one hour a day. The simplicity of it all was amazing. During the day we would go out for hours of walks and hikes, took canoes out on the lake to look for giant otters and searched for monkeys, toucans, and macaws. During the night, we went out in search of caymans and tarantulas. The ability to see such animals in their natural habitats was insane. Simply walking down a pathway to the main house, a monkey was hanging out of the trees ten feet over my head.
Our last major stop on the trip was the desert. Ever since I was young, I always wanted to see the Nazca Lines, drawings in the sand thought to be created by ancient, indigenous people in the area. The drawings include lines, designs, monkeys, birds, hands, people, and more. All gigantic figures that can only be seen from the sky, which begs experts to wonder who they were trying to reach out to. The gods? or aliens? The theories are quite diverse. I have a fear a flying. The smaller the plane the worse it is. But, my desire to see the lines was so great, that I actually went up in a six-person Cessna in a small town in a third world country without a second thought. (Also having read before the trip that there were numerous deaths of tourists from plane crashes every year in the area). There was no other option but to go and I am so glad that I did. The trip was absolutely amazing and it positively change my life forever. I hope to go on more exotic adventures soon.
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