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__Michael Galeaz, 2009 Northern Chile__

Today I was traveling to the pretty well developed country of Chile. I was surprised to learn how much the population has grown in the past 150 years; there are more than 16,000,000 souls in this area. I walked through the once completely valueless Desert, it was valueless because it couldn’t be irrigated. But today I did see some vegetation due to the increased amount of rain fall. I traveled by a small river, it was called Rio Lauco. I was told that this river at once was much larger and did enter the sea. I also saw the great Andes Mountains, a very old mountain range. I soon saw the town that was completely overthrown by an earthquake and rebuilt. I traveled by the once feared desert of Atacama. I know why it was feared by many people it’s so dry. Today was a very interesting day.**



**__Michael Galeaz, 2009 Callao, Peru__ Today I docked my ship out by the coast of Peru. Over 28,000,000 souls lived here. I was told that a very long time ago all articles of food were imported. For example, petroleum and petroleum products, plastics, machinery, vehicles, iron and steel, wheat, paper. But they also export items, such as copper, gold, zinc, crude petroleum and petroleum products, coffee, potatoes, asparagus, textiles, fishmeal. I found something quite interesting that salt was exported in 1830 but not today. Later I bought a bottle of wine for only tres nueve soles. I asked if the name of the currency has changed over a long period of time and I was informed that it had a former name of a pence. I had been told that a very long time ago, there was a long period of time that was extremely dry. Today Peru has a wet season from December to April and dry the rest of the year. So I thought that the long period of time that was dry was the dry season we have today. Today I visited one of the very old ruins to explore and discover many things. I can't wait to go on my next adventure.**