User blog:007Jamesdean/Volcanic Trip Part 38

Part 38: PERU

Vanzilla 2.0 is flying over Eastern South America.

Mary and Luan are making pies in the kitchen.

Mary: Thanks for helping me make pies for everyone Luan.

Luan: No problem Mary. Banana cream pies are the only kinds of pie I know how to make and they have alot of Ap-Peal! (Laughs to Rimshot) Get it?

Mary laughs.

Mary: (Laughs) I get it. You're not gonna throw these pies in everyones faces are you?

Luan: No way. I'm done with that. Ever since Dark Luan separated from me and is now in prison forever I over save whipped cream pies for my comedy acts.

Mary: Well that's a relief.

Luan: I also learned how to make different kinds of pies from your pie books.

Mary: That's good. Variety is the spice of life.

Luan: That's true.

Mary and Luan bring the cart of pies out.

Mary: Who wants some delicious pies?

Everyone said "I Do" and we grabbed some pies and ate them.

Me: Mmm. Cherry my favorite.

Varie: Mmm. Pistachio Pudding. Delicious.

Laney: (Eating) Marionberry. (In Euphoria) Yummy.

Lynn Sr.: Mmm. Chocolate Vanilla. Delicious.

Jared: Delicious. I like the apple pie.

Luan: Banana Cream Pie for me. (Eats the pie) Mmm. Delicious. Now I know what I've been shoving into everyones faces.

Mary and Luan's pies were delicious.

Nicole: We've arrived at our next destination. Welcome to Peru.

Me: My moms bucket list dream is to go to Machu Picchu.

Varie: That's amazing.

Jessie K: I love Machu Picchu. It's one of the most ancient cities in all of South America.

Rita: I've always wanted to go to Machu Picchu too. It's been one of my dreams on my bucket list.

Ben: That's amazing Ms. Rita.

Chione: It sure is.

Vince: This is gonna be so cool.

We landed in Cuzco and it was a beautiful city. We walked a path across the Andes mountains. Some of us took Llamas and Alpacas and it was an amazing and breathtaking trail.

Lori: This trail is literally amazing.

Laney: It sure is Lori. I've always wanted to go to Machu Picchu.

Lucy: I've read alot about Machu Picchu. It was home to some of the Mayan Civilization long ago.

Jessie K: That's right Lucy. Machu Picchu was built in 1450 and they abandoned it during the Spanish Conquest in 1572.

Brittney: That's what I remember. The Spanish Conquest resulted in the genocide of the Mayans, Incans and Aztecs.

Yuko: That's horrible.

Me: Yeah. Do any of you know the movie "Apocalypto"?

Lynn Sr.: Is that the one with the Mayans created by Mel Gibson?

Me: That's the one.

Rita: I saw that movie and that was a terrible movie. It's a historical movie yes but it was a strange one.

Lori: What year does that movie take place?

Me: It takes place in 1511. It was a wicked movie. It's about the dying Mayan Civilization. A group of men are captured by warriors from the ancient Mayan city of Tikal in the Yukatan Peninsula in Mexico. As they were being taken to Tikal to be sacrificed to their gods to try and save their civilization a young girl infected with a deadly disease warned them of a terrible prophecy that will destroy the Mayan Civilization.

Nicole: I saw that. That was weird and strange dad.

Me: It sure was. The prophecy was "Beware the Blackness of Day, Beware the man who brings the Jaguar, Behold him reborn from mud and earth, for the world he takes you to will cancel the sky and scratch out the Earth and end your world."

Linka: What does that mean?

Me: It's the coming of the Genocide of the Mayans, Incans and Aztecs. The Blackness of Day means a Solar Eclipse. The man who brings the Jaguar is a man being chased by a Black Panther. The Jaguar is a powerful symbol in the Mayan Gods and Goddesses. The God of War in Mayan Mythology - Ekchuah has a Jaguar. A man reborn from mud and earth is a man that fell into mud and came out and he will destroy his captors. And the world he takes you to means the Spanish Conquest.

Laney: So the end of the Mayan Civilization was foretold by a dying girl.

Me: Yeah.

Lori: That is literally a terrible experience.

Jessie K: It sure was Lori. The Mayans, Incans and Aztecs are all extinct and there hasn't been a single one recorded for centuries.

Lisa: The liklihood of there any descendents of the Mayan, Incan and Aztec civilizations now would be an abyssmal 523,374,364,343,433 to 1.

Me: Those are very high odds. And you're right Lisa. But the coolest part is that we have all kinds of artifacts from those civilizations on display in museums all over the world.

Jessie K: We sure do dad.

Nicole: Yeah. We're here guys.

We had arrived at Machu Picchu.

Me: Machu Picchu. It's beautiful.

Naruto: It sure is.

Sakura: I didn't even know an ancient city like this existed here.

Rin: Me neither.

Jessie K: Yeah. It's magnificent. Machu Picchu is one of Peru's most famous historical treasures. It's one of the most popular tourist attractions in the country.

Gwen: It's beautiful.

Lola: Why is all ruined?

Jessie K: It's been abandoned back in 1572 because of the Spanish Conquest and was left here to disintegrate like a rotting wound.

Lana: It's an amazing set of ruins.

We went into the ruins and it was an amazing sight. The ruins were a chronological history of the ancient Incan Civilization. It was an amazing and magnificent sight.

Later we went to southwestern Peru and we were at one of the most unusual sights in the world: The Nazca Lines in the Nazca Desert. We were hovering over the desert in Vanzilla in Helicopter mode.

Lana: What are these weird lines?

Me: These are the legendary Nazca Lines.

Lola: Nazca Lines? What are they known for?

Jessie K: They're one of the biggest mysteries in all of South America.

Lincoln: How did these lines get here?

Jessie K: We don't know Lincoln. They were discovered by a Peruvian Archaeologist in 1927 and they were made one of the greatest mysteries in all of the world. Like how King Tut died.

Lana: I can see so many designs. There's a Condor, a monkey, a lizard, a whale, a tree and is that a spider?

Leni: (Panics) Where!?

Leni saw the spider line and she freaked out.

Leni: (SCREAMS IN FEAR) SPIDER!!!!!!

Ed restrained Leni.

Ed: Leni calm down. It's not a real spider. It's not even alive.

Carol: It's all right Leni. It's not even alive. It was drawn there somehow.

Leni (Panting in relief) Thanks guys.

Lana: Sorry Leni.

Leni: It's all right Lana.

Lori was looking at all the Nazca Lines through a pair of Binoculars and she was amazed.

Lori: These lines are literally a work of art.

Laney: They sure are Lori. I think I read about these from somewhere. These are amazing.

Lynn: They are amazing huh Lanes?

Luan: They sure put a line in ya. (Laughs to rimshot) Get it?

Most of us laugh while everyone else sighs.

Me: (Laughs) That was a good one Luan.

Eddy: (Laughs) That was funny.

Raven: (Laughs) Line in ya. I just got it.

Later we were in Cuzco at a restaurant having a good lunch. We were having Ceviche.

Me: Mmm. This is really good Ceviche.

Lola: It's delicious and I love the spiciness.

Lana: I'll say.

Laney: The fish is delicious. I love the octopus and the spice is awesome.

Me: It's usually made with the Rocoto Pepper. One of the intermediately hottest peppers in the world.

Laney: It's delicious.

Lynn: It sure is.

Luna: Dude this is good. I've never had Ceviche before.

Sam: Me neither. What is it usually made with?

Mary: It's made with different types of raw fish and it has lemon, lime, onions and chili peppers in it.

Lori: It's delicious.

Ronnie Anne: It sure is Lori. I think I had this one time when I was over in Venezuela at one time.

Bobby: You did Nie Nie. It was 5 years ago.

Lincoln: It feels like forever huh Bobby?

Bobby: It sure does bro.

Lucy: This is really good seafood.

Starfire: It's delicious. It's almost as good as eating Tamaranean Mealworms.

Me: You'll have to show us Tamaran some time Starfire.

Robin: It's an awesome planet J.D. The culture is different from Earth. But you'll adapt to it in time.

Me: I'm sure.

Beast Boy: It was an interesting world.

Cyborg: It sure was.

Me: Now my curiosity is peaked.

Varie: Mine too.

Terra: It's all interesting down here in South America.

Ash: It sure is.

Serena: Yeah.

Me: But the food is delicious.

Lincoln: You said it.

Nicole: So how do you guys like our Global Vacation?

Everyone cheered in excitement.

Lincoln: This is the best vacation ever Nicole!

Nicole: I'm glad you all like it. We still have two more stops in South America and then we're going to Central America and then we're going to check out the Pacfic Coastline of the USA and then head home.

Lucy: How many miles have we traveled around the world?

Lisa: Based on the number of places we went to we traveled 35,232.3 miles in 114 days.

Linka: Wow! That's a long ways around the world.

Lilly: This is all amazing. We're learning so much about the world and more.

Lincoln: We sure are Lilly.

Lily: This is all so much fun.

Nicole: You guys will love our next destination.

Lynn Sr.: I'm sure we will.

Later we walked around all of Peru and saw some amazing sights and more and we left for our next destination.

Continues in Part 39