This morning, Sam got up early again because he has to travel
back to Cusco, by bus, to catch a plane that will take him to the country of
Chile so he can get back to the ship. While Sam has been in Peru, the ship has
been sailing to the next country.
The bus to Cusco took a different route than he was on two days
ago. This time he saw what is called the “high Andes” country. It was
beautiful! There was a lot of agriculture, many farming areas. In Peru they
grow 43 different kinds of corn, about 80 kinds of potatoes, as well as
tomatoes, onions, and many other vegetables!!
The wait at the airport was not as long this time because
the plane was a charter flight, not a commercial one. That means only people
that were on this excursion from the ship were on the plane. From the plane,
Sam could see snow on the tops of some mountains. He knew he was getting closer
to the coast when all the mountains he saw were brown and sand covered instead
of green. Then there was desert. Before landing in Chile, Sam could see that
there was something being cultivated in the desert. As the plane came closer to
the ground, he saw trees. Maybe fruit trees or olive trees, he didn’t know.
There must have been some kind of irrigation system to get water to the plants,
because this was the desert!
The plane landed in Arica, Chile. It is the most northern
city in Chile. When the Spanish people came to this town in the 1500’s, it
became an important seaport for them. They shipped silver and other valuable
things that they found in Chile and Peru back to their country, Spain.
It was a short bus ride from the airport to the ship. Sam
was glad to be back to his cabin. From his balcony, he watched a freight ship
being loaded. He saw many sea-birds on the water. On the shore he saw a very
high rock, hundreds of feet high that people were walking on. Sam was tired of
walking. He just wanted to watch from his balcony.
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