Sunday, February 3, 2008

Peru, Peru

Its 3am here in Lima on a saturday night, and the city is as awake as it was at 10. Its kinda fun being in a city like this. It makes me feel productive somehow... So me and cousin Andrea spent 2 days in Lima, then went down to the Nazca Lines for 2 days and are back in lima. I bet you are wondering "what are these nazca lines she writes of?" I will tell you.
These are lines and figures etched into the sand by aliens hundreds, maybe millions of years ago. They are shrouded in mystery. The 4 questions are: how did the lines and figures get there, and why are they only visible from the sky? and why does one look like a cute little alien waving, and others look like UFO runways? think about those questions... Ill post some pics. really, knowone believes their aliens, we just think they are:)
this is the waving one.

I found pieces of this little doll scattered across the desert.

Andrea bought a guitar today. We will now be preforming on the streets for money. we are fairly nervous, but thrilled at the possibilities of a Peruvian talent scout discovering us.
Tomorrow we go to Cuzco. im really excited about that place. Lima is so dry. We drove 7 hours to Nazca and there were probably 6 living plants that i saw along the way. maybe a bit more, but really mostly sand dunes. There were little dead trees planted along the road, probably as some city's 'beatification project'. But really with one live tree for every 12 dead ones, it didn't make it beautiful. it just made you realize how much not-water there is here.

3 comments:

I Love Good Grub said...

you would love aliens. you weirdo. ha ha. glad you're alive and singing on the streets. i wanna know how much money you make. prolly lots, cause you're so hot....

Unknown said...

this is wonderful. i am dreaming of you playing guittar on the road. and i'm happy to hear that they are doing a beautification project there as well. check your email love you ashli

Colby said...

hey sare, glad to hear from ya. glad yer havin fun in Peru. I'm jealous of yer vagabond ways. the skiing is good here, and yes we should all go sooner rather than later.