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An amazing journey with Christmas and New Year sandwiched in the middle of a five week cruise expedition that had us ready for the diversity of life, weather and culture we would find on this cruise. From the big city pace of Buenos Aires, Lima and Panama City to the small town feel of Port Stanley in the Falklands, or pure nature watching the Magellanic Penguins and Sea Lions sun bathing off-shore near Ushuaia, Argentina, or the glaciers in Glacier Alley in the Chilean Fjords and Beagle Channel, to ancient ruins of the Moshe Civilization in Peru, this trip promised diversity from big city to isolated areas and covered a diverse mix of nine countries; namely Argentina, Uruguay, the Falkland Islands, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Honduras and Belize, while seeing some of the most magnificent scenery imaginable anywhere, in our twenty-three ports of call. Truly a trip for us to remember and we hope you enjoy our images of it here.
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The Huaca del Sol is an adobe brick temple built by the Moche civilization on the northern coast of what is now Peru. The temple is one of several ruins found near the volcanic peak of Cerro Blanco, in the coastal desert near Trujillo, at the Moche Valley. The Moche civilization flourished in northern Peru with its capital near present-day Moche, Trujillo, Peru, from about 100 to 700 AD during the Regional Development Epoch.
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The Huaca del Sol is an adobe brick temple built by the Moche civilization on the northern coast of what is now Peru. The temple is one of several ruins found near the volcanic peak of Cerro Blanco, in the coastal desert near Trujillo, at the Moche Valley. The Moche civilization flourished in northern Peru with its capital near present-day Moche, Trujillo, Peru, from about 100 to 700 AD during the Regional Development Epoch.

  • Streets of Trujillo, Peru.
  • The Freedom Monument, located in the center of the Plaza de Armas in Trujillo, Peru, is the work of sculptor Edmund Möeller.
  • Trujillo is a city in northwestern Peru. It's known for the nation's traditional dance, the Marinera. The colonial center is home to the grand Trujillo Cathedral, with its bright yellow facade. This is a look inside it.
  • View of the ceiling of the Grand Trujillo Cathedral, Plaza de Armas, Peru
  • The Huaca del Sol is an adobe brick temple built by the Moche civilization on the northern coast of what is now Peru. The temple is one of several ruins found near the volcanic peak of Cerro Blanco, in the coastal desert near Trujillo, at the Moche Valley. The Moche civilization flourished in northern Peru with its capital near present-day Moche, Trujillo, Peru, from about 100 to 700 AD during the Regional Development Epoch.
  • The Huaca del Sol is an adobe brick temple built by the Moche civilization on the northern coast of what is now Peru. It was built from more than five million Adobe type bricks. The temple is one of several ruins found near the volcanic peak of Cerro Blanco, in the coastal desert near Trujillo, at the Moche Valley. The Moche civilization flourished in northern Peru, with its capital near present-day Moche, Trujillo, Peru, from about 100 to 700 AD during the Regional Development Epoch.
  • The Ancient City of Moche included the Temples of the Sun and Moon, located outside Trujillo, Peru.
  • Human sacrifice area of the Temple of the Moon, Ancient City of Moche, outside Trujillo, Peru.
  • Human sacrifice area of the Temple of the Moon, Ancient City of Moche, outside Trujillo, Peru.
  • Human sacrifice area of the Temple of the Moon, Ancient City of Moche, outside Trujillo, Peru.
  • Decorative areas of the Temple of The Moon, Ancient City of Moche, outside Trujillo, Peru.
  • Brick markings in the Temple of the Moon, Ancient City of Moche, outside Trujillo, Peru.
  • Immense patterned walls in the Temple of the Moon, Ancient City of Moche, outside Trujillo, Peru.
  • Over 5 million adobe bricks used to construct the 130 meters high Temple of the Sun , in the Ancient City of Moche. It towers above the desert outside Trujillo, Peru.
  • Details of the construction of the Temple of Sun, in the Ancient City of Moche, outside Trujillo, Peru.
  • At the entrance to the Temples of the Sun and Moon is an Archeological Monument Designation by the Ministerio De Cultura of Peru.
  • Peruvian neighborhood near the Temples of the Sun and Moon, Trujillo, Peru.
  • We are now docked and have on arrived in the Port of Manta, in Montecristi, Ecuador.
  • Visiting the Municipal Museum in Montecristi, Ecuador.
  • Scenes from early Ecuadorean life in the Municipal Museum, in Montecristi, Ecuador.
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