Yes, in fact, the Easter Bunny does! The Easter Bunny arrived with chocolate bunnies, baskets and small gifts and clues. Easter morning was spent in the Atacama fog, a thick fog that burns off by midday. In the Atacama, they collect water from the fog on huge polypropylene nets for drinking water and call themselves “fog catchers”… Continue reading Does the Easter Bunny travel through the Atacama desert?
Category: Big trip II Alaska to Patagonia
An overland journey with six kids and two dogs from Fairbanks, Alaska to Patagonia
Chile – Jennah
Chile is much nicer than Peru. The first town we went to was Arica, Chile. It was on the coast, and while I was paranoid about tsunamies and the like, I enjoyed it. It was quite pricey, and we were worried that all of Chile would be like that. The next place of signifigence we… Continue reading Chile – Jennah
San Pedro de Atacama
The desert – Team DeCorso loves the desert! But even we desert lovers are tiring of the thousands of miles of desert we are traveling through. It is very, very hot here. We are also at a mere 9,000 feet elevation but the sun is brutal and Chile is missing ozone. And plants. And water.… Continue reading San Pedro de Atacama
The Atacama – Jack
We got into Chile sometime ago. It was a bit of a relief to leave Peru and enter a place where traffic laws were enforced and the water was drinkable. Arica was the first city we got to. Arica reminded me of Anchorage, Alaska but that’s probably just because it had a port and sidewalks.… Continue reading The Atacama – Jack
Chile!
We painfully crossed the border into Chile on March 20. Chile does not like anything Peruvian so folks have to take everything out of their cars and pass it through an xray machine. We laughed (in a crazy way) when we saw this – how long would we be here??! But it turns out that… Continue reading Chile!
Puno, we cannot leave you!
March 13 was the scheduled departure from Puno. The night before, we had a sad goodbye with the Grifo folks. Ryan helped them with an English lesson CD on their computer for awhile and we looked through our hard drive of music and listened to Whitney Houston and Madonna (their choice). We woke up early,… Continue reading Puno, we cannot leave you!
Puno Blog Post 2 – Jack
Yo, it’s Jack. Puno continues to be the same, old, lakeside, Peruvian, city that it ever was. I can’t really think of all that much new material to write about my life spent in Puno so I think I’m going to try to describe it a little bit. There’s this plaza called Plaza de Armes… Continue reading Puno Blog Post 2 – Jack
Puno, Peru — the last days
When we first began planning our trip in Fairbanks last winter, we thought about spending a month or three weeks in La Paz. Instead, we spent considerable time in Puno and we have all very much enjoyed living here. Mark, Sylvie, Annie, Max & I went to Del Buho for pizza and Jen, Jack &… Continue reading Puno, Peru — the last days
Puno – Jack
Not all that much has happened since my last post so this won’t be too informative. A few days ago I was petting my wrist when I discovered that I have a cyst. It isn’t anything bad just a lovely little lump but mother wanted to make sure it wasn’t a bone spur or cancer… Continue reading Puno – Jack
Puno — Jennah
We have been in Puno for a while now, and it grows idle and slightly boring. We do have lots of hats to buy, though. The floating islands were cool, though they smelled bad. I think that the reeds under were rotting. We walked around the reed desert and looked at what they sold. I… Continue reading Puno — Jennah