Well, the coast trip was awesome. Sandboarding was really, really, really (etcetera, etcetera) fun. We were on dune buggy that went over things really fast which was fun and I got to sit in the front...awesome. When we went sandboarding, Raenelle was brave and went first, then Sophie, then Mom, then me, and then Wyatt. I won because I went the furthest.
After we were done at the oasis, we went for a two-hour drive to Nazca. We went up a tower to see tow of the Nazca lines, the hands and the tree. The hands are Taurus, which is Wyatt's sign, and the Condor is Libra, which is my sign. The next day we got to ride in a small airplane to see the lines. I was able to sit next to the pilot and watch what controls he used. It was pretty cool. We then went to our guide's new restaurant in Nazca to have a delicious meal.
To add to my list of souvenirs, I have an egg made from three types of stone, a pyramid made from six different types of stone, a necklace of the Nazca condor, a ceramic Andean pan flute, and I am planning to get a statue of the monument of the Battle of Ayacucho. I might get a chess board if I can bargain down enough.
Now we are back in Ayacucho to do our placements for the next three days, then on to Macchu Picchu which I have heard from some of the other volunteers is really amazing. Some of the volunteers have been here for a long time, two of them that are leaving Saturday have been volunteering for a total of ten weeks.
I forgot to mention that in Nazca, we went to the Witches' Village and everyone got their cards read except me and Wyatt because we weren't old enough.
Eddie
P.S. I fell off the bunk bed yesterday. It hurt.....a lot. But I'm fine now and my ankle isn't broken as I can walk on it.
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