Kathy and Ross Campbell had a an interesting and adventuresome trip when they travelled to Peru. They spent 18 days there leaving home Dec. 28.
The first leg of their journey was a flight to Lima where they spent a couple of days, then on to Lake Titicaca, a beautiful place. Lake Titicaca lies at the highest level above the sea of any large lake in the world. It is in a basin surrounded by two ranges of the Andes mountains and is part of the boundary between Bolivia and Peru. They visited some of the 60 floating reed islands. A few of these have been anchored down and a few families live on each.
Their next flight was to Cuzco where they spent a couple of days 小蓝视频 acclimatized to travel at higher levels. Cuzco was the capital of the Inca empire and has many interesting historical sites and buildings.
Another flight took the travellers to the Inca trail which they hiked. The trail is 42 kilometres and is a three-day hike. There were 12 tourists in their group and they were accompanied by 25 guides and porters. Camping out was enjoyed, so the porters carried tents and all necessary equipment. Machupicchio. the lost city of the Incas, was a great attraction with ancient ruins, a city built at height of the Inca civilization around the 1400s, rediscovered around 1911.
Some time was spent in the Amazon jungle, an amazing place to visit with many unusual animals and plants.
With Telemiracle coming up in a short while, Vic and Bev Hult and Arlee Lumgair were pleased to attend a Telemiracle fundraiser in Lashburn on the weekend. It was an interesting evening with Brad Johner and Danny Parenteau 小蓝视频 part of the entertainment. This was preceded by a delicious supper prepared by the Kinettes, who sponsored the event. Bev was lucky enough to win one of the draws.
Did you know that no mortar or cement was used between the separate layers of stone in the pyramids, yet the stones were cut so fine that even to this day, the blade of a knife cannot be inserted between them.
