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That's it! Another name I love - so close to Friggin Bird. I think that's the largest predatory bird in the area, and they make most of their meals those poor boobies.Poor poor boobies.
tee hee.
tracy
 
Tracypieface said:
That's it! Another name I love - so close to Friggin Bird. I think that's the largest predatory bird in the area, and they make most of their meals those poor boobies.Poor poor boobies.
tee hee.
tracy
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;) I wonder if that's why the Frigate bird has such a lovely swollen red throat when courting... all those boobies.

V
 
What a coincidence. That's actually how my hubby won me over - A gullet full of boobies.
tracy
(do you think deep down inside, we really are just 9 year old boys??)
 
Tracypieface said:
What a coincidence. That's actually how my hubby won me over - A gullet full of boobies.
tracy
(do you think deep down inside, we really are just 9 year old boys??)
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Oh my God Tracy.... I read that while trying to swallow!!!! Thanks so much for the huge laugh!

Hey, 9 year old boys, girls, matters not, my inner child is never far away. ;)

V
 
She flies off to Lima this evening... for more adventures. :)

I did explain about the World Cup soccer thing. ;)

V



Hi Mommy!
All is well here. Quito has gone a little loco due to
some sort of soccer frenzy. Kind of exciting for my
last night here.
I went to the Equator today. It was pretty boring. The
president was there which was kinda cool, but other
than that...dullsville. Thankfully I decided to bus
there (it's about an hour outside the city) and not
take a cab. The guy at the front desk told me it would
be to difficult for me to bus there and I should just
take a taxi, which would cost me $30 round trip. I
said thanks, but I think I can manage the buses. Which
I did just fine and it only cost me 80 cents!
Thanks for taking care of Tubby for me. Please give
him a big hug for me!
I'll email tomorrow before I leave!
Love you tonnes!
Alana
 
All of Quito went completely mad last night. Traffic
was pretty much stopped by people dancing,and drinking
in the streets. There was no way not to get caught up
in it. Police were everywhere and apparently the crowd
decided that the best way to not get arrested would be
to spray the cops with booze. Probably not the best
thing for a tourist to do, but I figured, when in
Rome. Definitely a good time. I met lots of people and
gave that old drunken Spanish another workout. I´m
either getting better or more more drunk. Not to sure
which one. :)
I leave for Lima at 8:30pm, and will try to email when
I get there but I get in pretty late.
Mom, I´m mailing those cd´s today. You´ll have to sign
for them.
Love and Miss you All
Alana


*:) I'm a happy Mom.... Alana just called from Quito (at least it wasn't for bail money... the little bugger ;).) She's flying out to Lima tonight.

I explained that Ecuador is doing really well in the World Cup... that's why they were partying in the streets... not JUST because she was there. ;)
V
 
Peru

I arrived in Pisco safely. The bus ride was more than
mildly terrifying. I´m not a big fan of putting shrines
on the side of the road where there have been
accidents. The landscape eventually gets swallowed by
crosses. Totally creepy! Tomorrow we are going to some
islands off the coast that have been dubbed ´The poor
man´s Galapagos´. I guess I could have saved myself
some money and just gone there! After that it´s time
for sand boarding!!!!!!! I cannot wait! Than on to
Nazca.
Things are good. The people on this tour seem to be
more my style. It´s 10:00pm and they haven´t gone to
bed yet. Very encouraging!
As for my whole fighting the law thing at the Quito
airport...it turns out it was just a big
misunderstanding. When I showed security my passport
they took it and called over some more security. One
of them had a bunch of papers, one of which was a
photocopy of my passport. I couldn´t understand a word
they were saying and all I could think about was that
I was going to be thrown in jail for spraying some
cops with beer. The next page the guy showed me was
photocopies of 2 travellers cheques that I had cashed.
So I immediately thought that someone had sold me
fraudulent travellers cheques. What I eventually
figured out was that the banker had given me too much
money, and the bank had staked out the airport until I
went through. It was a bit frightening, but I do like
the drama!
 
Sand boarding...

(I've never heard of this until Alana expressed an interest. When she was working in Costa Rica she tried surfing and loved it... this is a whole new ball game. )

"Sand, Glorious Sand

More and more tourists are getting off the gringo trail at Ica. But why? Huacachina is a small town in the desert with little life and not much more to say for itself. So why the interest?

Pure, frivolous fun is the answer.

The empty desert is the perfect playground for dune buggies that send you on a roller-coaster ride over the humps and bumps. And this is just the warm-up.

You’re left at the top of an impossibly steep slope. You strap a plank of wood to your feet and hurl yourself off. It’s a great adrenaline rush as you fight for control.

Better still, the buggies wait for you at the bottom to whisk you back up again and save that exhausting climb through the sand.

No prior experience is necessary, and though you’ll frequently tumble, it doesn’t hurt and can occasionally be quite impressive. If you want to go faster, find the guy with the wax to make your board fly down the slopes!

We went at 4pm, so were in the desert at sunset, which is a magical experience in itself as the shadows from the dunes loom across the landscape.

Note that this means it’ll be dark when you finish - don’t wear sunglasses, or you won’t be able to see. Also, it’s a desert and you will get sand absolutely everywhere, so don’t bring valuables or bring your camera in a transparent bag.

This experience will tell you absolutely nothing about Peru, but I loved it for sheer exhilaration and fun."
 
As with all her adventures......WOW!!!!!
you've got one cool wee gal there!
tell her we're all travelling with in spirit!!
SAND boarding!!!!!!!!
makes me wiggle just thinking about it...heehee
jeannie
 
Victoria said:
Peru
I What I eventually
figured out was that the banker had given me too much
money, and the bank had staked out the airport until I
went through. It was a bit frightening, but I do like
the drama!
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Can you imagine the banks here staking out the airports because they gave too much money on a traveller's cheque! It's a different world out there my friends.

Had the money been given in U.S. currency she would have fixed the error, however it was in Ecuadorian currency... so how would one know...

V
 
Yikes! It must have been a lot of money for them to bother staking out the airport.
Sand-boarding sounds like fun ... except for the sand everywhere part. This vacation is flying by for her. After all this adventure, what will she do for the rest of the summer? She may have to make her own excitement at home!

tracy
 
Tracypieface said:
Yikes! It must have been a lot of money for them to bother staking out the airport.
Sand-boarding sounds like fun ... except for the sand everywhere part. This vacation is flying by for her. After all this adventure, what will she do for the rest of the summer? She may have to make her own excitement at home!

tracy
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Actually it wasn't all that much money, by our standards I'm guessing. :)

She has 4 1/2 weeks to go with many more adventures to accomplish. And when she gets back, she will work her butt off to save for next year... and she'll keep her mother company for a wee bit! (or else!!!)

V
 
(Alana tends to report things accurately and as they happened, so for public viewing I have tidied up the expletives somewhat. I can actually hear the guy saying these things... knowing the British penchant for overkill. ;)

I didn't faint, but I did cry. You have no idea how frightened she was at the prospect of flying in a small plane... she did it and I'm so proud I can barely type.)

V

You´ll all be happy to know that I´m creating plenty
of disasters here. I had a bit of a sandboarding
incident yesterday. Shocker isn`t it? We were in an
actual Oasis in the middle of a desert (stunning!)
where we went sandboarding. We walked up for about 45
minutes, with the sun just a blarin´ down, and I
thought I was going to collapse so I asked if someone
would go get us beer but there were no takers. When
when I looked down were hardly 50 feet from the bottom
so I walked up some more. I got to the top and started
to go. I was doing fairly well until I started going
too fast so I bailed, sent my board over a ridge, and
down the highest dune I had ever seen in my life. One
of the guys came up to the top, and looked over the
ridge and all he could say (it´s much funnier if you
hear it in his British accent)"F@#k, holy f@#k, jesus
f@#king c@#ist, sh#t, f@#king f@#k, sh#t, jesus, f@#k."
We contemplated going after it, but I decided I´d much
rather pay for the stupid thing. It could only happen
to me.
The big news for today is that I actually took the
flight over The Nazca Lines (my mom has fainted in
shock at this I´m sure). I thought I was going to have
a panic attack sitting in the back of a 6 seater plane
(including the pilot). But I didn´t. Go Team me! It
was absolutely amazing!!!!!!
I will be on a bus all night tonight heading to
Arequipa (sounds like a blast eh).
Glad everyone is doing well!
Love and Miss you All!
Alana

http://www.crystalinks.com/nazca.html
 
Miss V...just a quick note to let you know how very much I enjoy reading about her adventure and thank you for sharing it with us...rolling on the floor over the Brits response...
Tell her we all adore her and are living vicariously thru her for all the things we did not get to do in our "day"..
Sher
 
Thank you Sher.... I send you love. It's important for me to know I'm not in this alone... everyday I send a prayer upward.... please oh please, keep her safe.... so far so good.

You are truly the Empress of the South... and I think you are so very cool. :) I'll let you know when she is in Miami... and I'll let her know you are there if needed. I thank you so much for that and so much more.

V
 
V
can't wait for the next installment!!!
LOVIN' THESE ADVENTURES!!!!!!!!
keep the faith there chick....know she's in our prayers as well K?
jeannie
 
It's a short one today. She starts a five day trek with a 27kg backpack.

V


Sorry. My days have been really really full and it is
hard to find time to get to a computer. Things are
going really well! We start The Inca Trail tomorrow,
which has me a little nervous, but I´m gonna give it a
go. I´m there for 5 days, then back to Cuzco for a
night and on to The Amazon for 3 days. I promise I
will email more if not before The Amazon, then after
it!
Love: Alana
 
There she is,in the middle of SUCH a big adventure....and she's wanting to make sure YOU know she's OK and will beam ya soon...but mabey a little later....and so on and so on....V, what a cool kidlet! I have a hard time getting my HUSBAND to check in ! haha!
Will be watching for the canyon episode !!!! :)
Happy summer to you too!
jeannie
 
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