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cruises and land tours through South America

South America revisited.

Capoeira dancers posing with tourists after entertaining us with their dance routines. Capoeira is a Brazilian martial art and dancers use aspects of karate moves during their dance. Camdomble is a religious activity that originated in Brazil during the 19th century a combination of a West African religion and Roman Catholicism. Here we attended a… Read More South America revisited.

April 20, 2021April 21, 2021 xlcrgirl4 Comments

A stop in Arica, Chile

Arica located in northern Chile offered a different perspective of Chile in contrast to the large city like Santiago. I had not heard of Arica before but of the Atacama desert. I ended up here because it was one of the ports on our cruise itinerary. While driving through the Atacama desert we made a… Read More A stop in Arica, Chile

September 18, 2020 xlcrgirl3 Comments

Visit to Trujillo, Peru

Disembarked in the port of Salaverry and boarded a bus to take a tour around the city. It’s a fairly modern town and with a lot of activity and quite clean. In a distance there was a pronounced structure hovering over the buildings. Upon arrival at the Plaza De Armas there was the freedom monument.… Read More Visit to Trujillo, Peru

May 18, 2020May 27, 2020 xlcrgirl3 Comments

Cruising to Buenos Aires continues

Well we sailed into Puerto Madryn, Argentina. We had the option to take a shuttle bus into the town or walk, we choose walking , a good hike. We strolled around and did a little shopping, got a beautiful leather bag for my mom, a leather cap for my friend while the other members chose… Read More Cruising to Buenos Aires continues

March 22, 2020April 20, 2020 xlcrgirl4 Comments

Cruise to Buenos Aires continues

Processing to go aboard did not take very long and we were soon on our shuttle Bus to the ship. Our first port was Puerto Mont a quaint town considered as the gateway to the Andes. Our next stop was Puerto Chacabuco, on this tour we had a trainee guide who wasn’t able to answer… Read More Cruise to Buenos Aires continues

March 20, 2020April 20, 2020 xlcrgirl2 Comments

Cruising from Chile to Buenos Aires

After an overnight flight we arrived in Santiago Chile. I should say this was a few days after there was an earthquake in off the coast of central Chile With a Richter scale of 8.8 causing widespread damage, we thought our trip would have been cancelled. We had enough confidence that GCT our tour operator… Read More Cruising from Chile to Buenos Aires

March 18, 2020October 31, 2020 xlcrgirl4 Comments

Chinchero to Machu Pichu

We experienced a Curandero (healer) ceremony (healing ritual)where the medicine man created a pile consisting of grains, different foods such as rice, vegetables, Inca roots and coca leaves. It appeared he was collecting fruits of the land and he would be sending up prayers. After creating this well formed collection he offered prayers and then… Read More Chinchero to Machu Pichu

September 12, 2019April 25, 2020 xlcrgirlLeave a comment

Sacred Valley: Chinchero district

This trip just kept getting better as we go higher; you are in for the Chinchero treat. The Chincheros district is 12,345 feet above sea level and the people are indigenous Indians from the Quechua decent. Here we met a group of Quechua Indian weavers who taught us all about the colors we have been… Read More Sacred Valley: Chinchero district

September 11, 2019April 25, 2020 xlcrgirl1 Comment

Sacred Valley continued

When travelling with Grand Circle tours they generally include opportunities to visit a native home. The idea is to interact with the natives with conversations about their culture and ours. Often we get to participate in the culinary culture whether they prepare an entire meal or visitors participate in the preparation of the meal, all… Read More Sacred Valley continued

September 9, 2019April 25, 2020 xlcrgirlLeave a comment

Leaving Lima and exploring Sacred Valley

Our time was up soon so we used some of our free time to pop into a little shopping area or probably what we might call a mini mall. We would be back in Lima before the conclusion so our visit was just to see what they had. What struck me was how colorful the… Read More Leaving Lima and exploring Sacred Valley

September 3, 2019April 25, 2020 xlcrgirl2 Comments

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