Latin America

Pachamama is above me, below me, to the right of me, to the left of me.  Pachamama is everywhere.  What does that mean?  The llama said to go to the Sacred Plaza. I was getting frustrated and did not realize I was talking out loud.  Ceilo, our guide, overheard me and looked at us in [...]

I spotted a llama grazing on the terraces.  The llamas are very important animals here in Peru as I learned in Awana Kancha.  I yelled up the mountain,  “Are you Pachamama?” Another llama, who was standing on top of the terraces, looked down at me and with a laugh in his voice said, “of course [...]

The crystal skull told us that Pachamama is here in this sacred place of Machu Picchu, but where???? Could it not have been a little bit more specific. Thank goodness I spotted a Chinchilla. Could it be Pachamama? It does look very cute. Chinchilla, are you Pachamama? No, Jose, just look around you. You will [...]

When I met Ceilo I immediately felt that he might be the one to help us understand the crystal skull’s message. Ceilo told us he was born in the town of Aguas Calientes, and his father has worked entire life at Machu Picchu.  Ceilo grew up playing futbol on the city square in Machu Picchu. [...]

I carefully walked into the niche, the condor had pointed me to. It was not easy getting into it.  But there it was: The crystal skull. It looked exactly how Indiana Jones had described it to me.  I wiggled myself further into the niche and asked impatiently: Tell us, tell us: Where is Pachamama? The [...]

The condor will guide us, the condor will show us the way. I looked around intensely. I knew that the condor was a huge bird. It is the bird that has the widest wing span (9-10 feet) of any bird in the world. Suddenly I saw the condor. Wow! Can you see the Condor as [...]

As soon as we arrived in Machu Picchu, we started exploring every nook and cranny of the old city. Believe me there are MANY nooks and hidden niches. I looked high and low in order to find the crystal skull. I could feel something different that I had not felt anywhere else. It was a [...]

You can’t imagine how excited, Mrs. P, Mrs. T. and Jose are to finally fulfill a lifelong dream of visiting one of the new 7 Wonders of the World. You can download a map with all the monument finalists from 2007. Check out if you can find all of them on the map and let [...]

We made our way through Cuzco to the Cuesta San Blas.   This magnificent street was built by the Incas.  As you can see most of the buildings still have walls made from the Incas.  This means they are over 700 years old.  The big stones on the bottom are the stones the Incas built.  The [...]

While I was visiting the Awana Kancha farm, I decided to take some time and visit my llama friends.  I told this nice llama about my search for the crystal skull.   She had never heard of it, but suggested I go and talk her big sister. I found my friend’s big sister, who I think [...]