| PERU ITINERARY OCT. 5 - 18, 2003 |
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| USA-LIMA, PERU Day 1 --- OCT. 5 ---Sunday Fly into Lima, Peru (airfare from USA is not included) Arrive Lima Airport met upon arrival and transfer to hotel. Evening "talking circle" sacred hoop circle to get acquainted and share our intentions for our journey. Overnight El Pardo Hotel, Miraflores LIMA - PACHACAMAC - ICA Day 2 --- OCT. 6 ---Monday We begin our journey by motor coach excursion south from Lima along the Pan American Highway to ancient pre-Inca “Oracle“ of Pachacamac. Pachacamac is one of the largest and most important ceremonial centers, overlooking the coastal desert of central Peru. Pilgrims came from many miles away to consult the Oracle, one of the four major oracles that existed within the Inca territory. At this ancestral sacred site we will meditate upon our intentions for our journey with a ceremony of gratitude and ask for direction and clarity from the Oracle Spirit of Place. Lunch and on to Ica. ICA, located between Paracas and Nazca, is a lush agricultural oasis surrounded by desert sands. The narrow desert fringe that stretches for more than 1,400 miles along Peru's Pacific Coast, has been called the driest desert on earth. Small oasis have formed where rivers, descending from the slopes of the Andes cross the desert. Here, people have lived for thousands of years. Desert and sea, dry golden dunes, crystal clear waters, mysterious and enigmatic markings; all this is Ica, an oasis of contrasts and contradictory landscapes, with myths and legends which relate the rise and fall of peoples who persevered against the hostility of the desert to construct their towns and civilization. Ica, land of cotton, wine and pisco, a liquor with an aromatic, grape bouquet, is full of history. Ancient Peruvians of the area wove splendid robes of varied colors; mummified their dead with singular skill; and drew lines and gigantic figures in the desert as a homage to the Sun, the Moon, the Earth and the Stars. (BB, Lunch) Overnight LAS DUNAS HOTEL, ICA ICA - NAZCA LINES - PARACAS Day 3---OCT. 7--- Tuesday Some 2,500 years ago, Nazca was the seat of a pre-Inca civilization highly advanced in both astronomy and ceramic art. Today enormous geoglyph figures of animals, birds and geometric figures remain etched in the desert, a testimony to this remarkable culture. The line drawings can only be seen and appreciated from the air. This morning we will fly over the Nazca Lines, stretching across the Nazca plains, like a giant map or blueprint left by ancient astronauts. The Nazca Lines were first spotted when commercial airlines began flying across the Peruvian desert in the 1930's. Passengers reported seeing 'primitive landing strips' on the ground below. Author Eric Von Daniken hypothesized that, in remote times, ancient astronauts visited the earth; and the giant figures on the Nazca plain were meant as signals for the space travelers, as they touched down on 37-mile long airfield. The Nazca Lines are known for 13 gigantic animal figure constellations, countless mathematically precise geometric patterns, spirals, and 144 flat surface landing strips. The entire area was made up of huge iron ore deposits that concentrated magnetic energy, creating an electromagnetic field of extraordinary strength. As we fly over the energies of the Nazca Lines, one can feel the connection that these ancient people had with extraterrestrial sources of guidance, and the energies can awaken the remembrance of that connection in us as well. After lunch we will visit the museum of the Ica Stones . The collection of approximately 15,000 stones are the ancient carved gliptolithic rock-library known as the Ica Stones. In the 1960's a farmer found piles and piles of rocks deep in various gorges and caves not far from the Nazca Lines. The etchings reveals a lighter color than the original dark varnish of age, yet the etched grooves also bear traces of this varnish, indicating that the carving was done in ancient times. They are a form of andesite, a gray to black volcanic rock, and a very hard mineral that would make etching quite difficult with primitive tools, a local river rock, covered with a patina of natural oxidation. Laboratories in Germany have authenticated the incisions that make up the carvings as extremely ancient. Dr. Cabrera's library is organized by subject matter including the races of man, ancient animals, lost continents, and the knowledge of a global catastrophe. We depart for coastal Paracas and check in to our beautiful beach resort hotel. This small coastal town was an important trade center of the Paracas culture that flourished over 3,000 years ago. From around 1300 BC to 200 AD the Paracas culture dominated the barren desert, south of Lima. These people are considered to have produced the finest textiles known in the pre-Colombian period. Evening group Star/UFO gazing and sacred hoop circle to share our Nazca experiences. (BB, Lunch) Overnight PARACAS HOTEL |
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