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South America 2019

See ’em, smell ’em, hear ’em but don’t touch ’em

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The Galapagos Islands are among the myriad places I want to visit but have yet to reach in my global adventures. So it was that I awoke Tuesday morning with great anticipation for the tour to the Ballestas Islands that …

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Drawing lines in the sand – part 2

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Real alternative theories. By the mid-seventies, other researchers began questioning Reiche’s ideas and positing different explanations regarding the purpose of the lines. (Most academic researchers never took von Däniken particularly seriously.) One of the first and most resonant proposals came …

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Drawing lines in the sand

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I woke early as I typically do whether I’m on vacation or not and this provided a few hours between the time I finished eating breakfast and my scheduled pickup for the 25-minute ride to the airport in Pisco whence …

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Sittin’ on Paracas the bay – part 2

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Nazca Culture. Though it was of little benefit to them, the desert climate better preserves ancient artifacts and, as a result, often provides a wealth of information for archaeologists and historians. This is the case for the remnants of the …

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Sittin’ on Paracas the bay

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When I ended the previous post, I’d descended to the hotel lobby at 06:00 Sunday with bag in tow anxious about where I’d spend the coming 72 hours. I was looking for Berner hoping he’d appear with my travel vouchers …

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