Saturday, May 7, 2016

Pastoruri Glacier


Still working on the selfies

Pastoruri Glacier defies logic by existing in the tropic equatorial region of Peru. You may wonder how a glacier can survive here. At over 17,000 feet above sea level, the temperature stays pretty cold at this peak in the Andes. Our hotel hostess served us a special breakfast for our trip to Pastoruri: plain rolls with no butter because it's bad for you at such high altitudes and mate to drink. Despite all the warnings, we were amazed at the effects of so little oxygen. We gasped for deep breaths, but felt like we were taking in empty air. As we staggered out of the vehicle, it didn't take much convincing to choose riding horses up the final 2 kilometers. The experience was exhilarating.  The views were breathtaking, in more ways than one.

Trotting up to the glacier...does it look like I'm riding a llama?

Beware of the sharp spiny points and big bellies.

Yucca century plants or puyas Ramondi
Dinosaurs

Fossils

Just taking in the ambiance and a bit of air

Up the trail to the glacier

Lake at the foot of the glacier

I think we're getting better at selfies.



19 comments:

  1. Oh yeah! That is a great selfie! Did you get a selfie stick? I can't believe how adventurous you both are.

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  2. About the scam: how did they know it was a scam? That is a sad story. Hyrum wants to live there.

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  3. Strange yellowy cactus fruit: have you eten it yet? How does it taste?

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  4. Viru's breakfast places sound a little good. We don't know about the drinkable oatmeal though!

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  5. About the cevich pics: how much inca cola bottles do you drink??? Because we see a lot of bottles underneath the kitchen shelves!!!!!!

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  6. The papaya tees look really cool!!!!

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  7. Joe would like to order one from Leon's aunt!

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    1. Start saving milk cartons, and Grandma will be home in a year.

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  8. We like the trucks with all the hairdos! Who loads these things?

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  9. Why don't they burry the people under the ground in the cemeteries? Where do they all sleep when they stay over for the funeral sleepover?

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    1. It was fun...first we had to coax a dog to get off. It was hiding under the seats because he wanted to go with us. It was the same dog who hides under the benches in Sacrament Meeting.

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  11. Ya it looks like I posted on the wrong post, sorry about that.

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  12. Glacier post: Joe is intrigued. Did you get close enough to pet the dinosaurs????

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  13. The boys are impressed with your selfies.
    We are all amazed the ice can survive up there!
    So they were horses, not llamas, right?
    Selfies are looking good.
    Silly grandpa with the cactus!

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    1. We were thinking about President Uchtdorf when he said it's embarrassing when parents ask their kids to take selfies of them.

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    2. Did we mention that it's 17,000 feet high? That's 3.5 miles...really high!

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