Chile is famous for its romantic and inspiring landscapes, which show a discrepancy from the Atacama Desert to Patagonia. The stunning wilderness of volcanoes, lakes, deserts and forests lures most of the people to spend their leisure vacations in Chile. People can go to the beaches on the lengthy Pacific coast-line of Chile and enjoy some exciting water sports.
For the lovers of the nature, there are endless exploring terrains, including the Andes Mountains and the slat lakes in the Atacama Desert. In the National park of Torres del Paine situated in the southern Chile, you will see a variety of waterfalls, mountain peaks, glaciers, and perhaps some Andean condors. At Tierra del Fuego, you will be able to see elephant seals and penguins up close.
Apart from the well-travelled tourist routes of San Pedo de Atacama and Torres del Paine, Chile also have a number of scarcely visited places of natural wonders and some fascinating sites of archaeology. One good example of such off-beat places is the Chinchorro mummies in the Atacama, which are the oldest mummies in the world, even pre-dating the Egyptian mummies by about 2000 years.
The Chinchorro were the coastal dwelling people of southern Peru and northern Chile. They started mummifying the dead people at least seven thousand years ago. The oldest mummy found in the place dates back from 5000 to 3000 BC and it was mummified by using the black method, but with time, the methods changed becoming less complex.
The black method of mummifying involved dismemberment of the deceased person, which means that the arms, the head and the legs were separated from the torso, and then the skin of the body, was removed. After that, the body was dried; the tissue and flesh were stripped off from the bones, including removing the brain. Then they re-assembled the body, strengthened the bones with splints, stuffed materials like feathers and clay into the body and re-attached the head and the limbs to the torso. Then they covered the entire body in a paste of ash, also used for patching up damaged skin areas.
In the final stage of this complicated procedure, finally, they painted a layer of manganese over the paste of ash, giving the mummy a black colour, which is characteristic of the black method of mummifying. The leading Chinchorro mummies authority, Bernardo Arriaza, has reported that about 282 mummies of Chinchorro have been discovered till date. An interesting thing about these mummies is that these are not the mummies of kings and leaders like the Egyptian ones, but seem to be of common people.
After knowing such fascinating things about the Chinchorro, you can see that the Archaeology Museum of San Miguel de Azapa situated at the Tarapaca University in Chile is one of the best places to see and learn some exciting things about the Chinchorro.
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I LOVE that movie.Almost all clothes worn in movies, with the exception of special gowns -are designed and made by a costume department. According to the costume department, Edde's costumes were based on thrift store and flea market finds combined with catalogue pictures from old sears catalogues from the seventies. They took apart the originals, modified them, adapted them and reproduced them in fabrics similar to the original but suitable for the movie screen. They made them a tad too tight to give the impression Eddle either A) ordered them too small to begin with or B) had gained a few pounds between 1975 and the time the movie took place. Most costumes are made in triplicate, in case there are any problems such as rips stains, tears, whatever -they have another for the actor to wear. If you want a cousin Eddie shirt, then a trip to a thrift store to find a polyester satin knit shirt in a loud print from the seveties would be a good place to start.
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if you don´t depend on money i would read as many books as i can,see as many movies as i can and educate myself to the highest possible point…
Probably the length of the navigable part of the Amazon river. Certainly boats are still a major means of transport in the area.
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Go to the Philippines! there are so many Beautiful places there, But my most enjoyable moment there is going to Tagaytay City and Boracay City….:) In La Union, go to San Juan Beach…in Pangasinan go to Hundred Islands National Park…In Batanes Islands, House of Dakay…the Baguio City, Burnham Park,,Botanical Garden,,In Cavite where can you see the Beautiful Taal Volcano…Palawan, El Nido Resort,,Coron Island…Bohol, Chocolate Hills…and also the Camiguin, Tausan Falls,,Tangub Hot Spring,,Macao Cold Spring,,Mantigue Island,,White Island…Davao, Samal Island,,Pearl Farm Beach Resort…If you don't like,,,,,Go to Singapore! Sentosa is the most Enjoyable place…(Butterfly Park & Insect Kingdom, Cinemania, Dolphin Lagoon, Fort Siloso, Images of Singapore, The Merlion & Merlion Walk, Sentosa Golf Club, Sijori Wondergolf, Sky Tower, Underwater World, Musical Fountain, Nature, Animal & Bird Encounters, The Beach, Trapeze, VolcanoLand) or Night Safari (World's first and only night-time safari park, 130 species of animals….) and try the Singapore Zoo (490 species, 3,600 animals) That's the place we go last Vacation.
biltmore estates in nc…the boardwalk..atlantic city..
for some of them, who must travel a lot, the idea of a perfect vacation is to just stay home for a week or two.
What is your budget and what will you be taping?
In general, any miniDV tape based camcorder from Canon, Sony or Panasonic.
DO NOT BUY A DVD BASED CAMCORDER. They compress too much so the video transferred to computer is terrible – editing is a pain.
Canon HV20, HV30, Sony HDR-HC7 or HC9.