Kristen S.

  Hello, my name is Kristen and I am going to be telling you about a time when I went to Argentina. I did so many things there, I went by myself on a plane with many other people I made a friend on the plane and she was going to Argentina also. Her name was Jade and she was from California, we talked about all the things we wanted to do in Argentina and surprisingly had a lot of the same interests. We kept talking and decided we should try all of these things together. We went to Buenos Aires, The Puerto Madryn Sea, and The Gualeguaychu Festival.




  The first place we went was Buenos Aires, there they call it the Paris of Argentina. This was a very colorful city. It was about 6:00 when we arrived there and we got to the hotel unpacked our bags and walked around the city looking for fun things to do. We saw something that looked fun so we walked in to see what it was. Inside there was very loud music playing, people everywhere were dancing, and it looked like they were having a blast. We decided to join the fun and start dancing with them. After we did that we went and got some dinner at a small café in the middle of town. I had some really good pasta and Jade got a sandwich. Once we finished eating we went and shopped all over town, then it started to get late so we went back to the hotel. The next day we were going to stay in a hotel right next to The Puerto Madryn Sea.


  We woke up and got ready to go to the new hotel. Once we arrived we went to our room, we have an amazing view. We unpacked our bags and got ready to go to the beach. We grabbed a packet on our way out that told us all the things we could do at Puerto Madryn, we could go fishing, scuba diving, surfing, sailing, wail watching, go on a yacht, everything sounded like so much fun but we didn't have enough time to do everything so we just decided to surf, sail, and scuba-dive. The first thing we did was scuba-dive, we got all geared up and went out to the ocean. We saw so many cool aquatic creatures, I took my water-proof camera and took many pictures. After that we went sailing, that was so much fun going out on the water. Then we went surfing and that was really hard but then I got the hang of it and enjoyed it very much. We were out there all day and so we went to go get some dinner we were very hungry. We ate at this restaurant right by the water and we sat there for hours watching the sun set on the water. We went back and got some sleep because tomorrow was the festival.

  We woke up and went down to the lobby and got some breakfast from the hotel. Then we went to get good seats for the festival. The festival was in a town called Corsodromo, so we drove for a little bit. When we arrived, there was so many people there in costumes and dresses and loud music played while everyone danced in excitement waiting for the festival to start. It started and it was so much fun. There was delicious food, great music, funny and kind people all over. I was very sad when we had to leave I was definitely coming back to Argentina. Jade and I became very good friends and I am very glad for that, it would have been very boring without her. This is the time I went to Argentina.

Autumn G

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Autumn G

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   I just got to Peru! I have jetlag and I am exhausted, but I can`t stop exploring now. I am scheduled to have a tour at Machu Picchu. It is the lost Incan city. I toured it today and it was amazing and beautiful. Did you know it wasn't found until 1911 by a man named Hiram Bingham? Recent research also said that it must`ve once been a ceremonial center. Sorry, I am going on and on listing facts. At Machu Picchu there were so many ancient buildings. It was so cool because it was on top of a mountain. I can`t believe that I can say I have been to Machu Picchu!

  On the second day I saw  the most beautiful waterfall I`ve ever seen. It was Gocta falls. This unique waterfall has two drops. It flows to the Cocahuayco river and it is 2,530 feet long! Wow! Gocta is also the 14th tallest waterfall in the world, so it`s huge. It was beautiful, like Machu Picchu and I got to take pictures to show my whole family. I saw some crazy dude jump off of it. But it turned out he was just bungee jumping. I almost peed my pants because I thought he was going to die. After the long hike up the mountain I was relieved to go downhill, but it was totally worth it. I was excited for the next adventure that awaits.

  Sadly, my third day was the last in Peru. I saw the canyon, Colca Canyon to sum up my thrilling adventure to Peru. It was amazing and beautiful, like everything else in Peru. It is about 3,400m at its deepest point and two times deeper than the Grand Canyon! I was excited to go on the 3 mile hike, although I was still sore from the hike up to Gocta Falls. I took as many pictures as I could to put in my scrapbook. Once I got back from the hike it was time to start packing. I was really disappointed but I was glad that I could say I`ve been to Peru. Goodbye Peru.

Going to Bolivia [Makade R.]

       

Bolivia

          Last weekend me and some of my friends went to Bolivia. It was great! I loved the kinds of food they had their! There were llauchas there all over the streets of the city's and their really good actually. Then we went to the worlds highest capital of any country.
          La Paz is the capital of the country. It's about 13,400 ft. and there is always activities and things going on for everybody. We saw this one guy biking down the worlds most dangerous road.
We went to La Paz for the first part of the trip to save cash. One night at a hotel costs as little as $6.00 a night.
          Me and my friends visited the Pampas while we were there. The jungle life and climate was so different to what we might think it is in America. There was literally hundreds of different species of animals we saw in that jungle. I loved my experience in Bolivia and I recommend it to everyone.




 <--Capital of Bolivia
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Seth B.

    First of all I would like to say that I apologize for not posting as much as I usually do, but the thing is I was out of the country and into Guyana, South America. Anyway I couldn't post because I don't have international internet access. So I know you guys are dying to here about my trip, so I'll just dive right in.

    The first day of my three day trip I spent at the top of Mount Roraima, Guyana. Let me just say that its freakishly high. I mean we're above the clouds high. Anyway, at one part of the mountain there is a site seeing place where, if you pay more money, can watch Guyana's magnificeint birds perch. So that was a blast.

   On the second day, we decided to take a trip to one of Guyana's many forests. There we animal watching. At first we only saw a few Toucans, but the deeper we climbed in, the more we saw. First, we saw a cougar drag its kill up a tree. Then we saw monkeys swinging on vines and using there very curios minds to open coconuts. Finally, we saw the main beauty, a red Cotinga (which is native/unique to Guyana). It was a beautiful site seeing it fly.
 
   Finally, the last day we didn't know where to go, but a native pointed out the Guyana Zoo. So, we decided to give it a try, and what a place to go. They had everything. From poisonous snakes (which wasn't an exhibit) to hippos. And on the airplane ride home all I could think about was the magnifiect view of the Roraima mountains. 

Hi my name is Ryan N. I went to a Spanish speaking country called Peru. Peru is a great place to go unless you don't have a Spanish dictionary then you can't talk to hardly any one. You can go to a lot of places in Peru. I only visited 3 places. the first place was Machu Picchu. Machu Picchu is a great place to go. I took lots of pictures.

Machu Picchu is a beautiful place. It is an old city that is made out of stone. It is high on a mountain. There is a lot of plant and animal life. There are also beautiful flowers there too. Then I went to the temple of  Pachacomac it is an ancient structure. The temple is super beautiful and it is  huge. It looked like it was made of sand from far away. Lima was where I stayed. It was so beautiful and  huge. There were sky scrapers close to where I stayed. I was in a huge hotel right on the beach. My trip to Peru was awesome. I had so much fun I wish I could go back there again.