I hadn’t been to the jungle yet here in Peru so when my friends Claudia and Cindy invited me to go with them to help do some work at a children’s camp in the central jungle, I eagerly accepted. I live in Southern Peru and had to take a 14 hour bus ride to Lima to meet them. From there we took a bus to Huancayo, a city of about 1/4 million people, up at 11,250 feet. We stopped there to visit the pastor who is in charge of the camp, and his family. I was told we would be traveling to the camp in the jungle with them, as well as a construction team from a church in Canada.

When I packed for this trip, I packed to go to the jungle. I didn’t know that we would be spending New Years in the mountains at over 11,000 feet. There were a couple of nice days but the first two were cool and rainy, in the 50s, and there was no heat in the houses there. One night we went to an end of the year thanksgiving service at a church, the next night was a concert at another church. Then afterwards a turkey dinner! Interesting cultural differences. My stomach was rebelling a bit, not sure what the problem was but it gave me a good excuse not to eat some of the local food! I am a very fussy eater, even back in the US. No onions tops the list but there are many other items I don’t like as well. Lunch one day was smothered in onions - I had salad. The scrambled eggs for breakfast the next morning were filled with onions, but they were cold anyway so I didn’t mind passing them by. But the pineapple juice was warm, something seemed a little backwards!

After spending a few days there, I was told that we would leave on Monday morning for the jungle. I was looking forward to getting there and it being nice and warm. As long as I had some extra time, I went to the internet to send some emails and they asked me how long I wanted to use the internet. I said an hour but didn’t finish by then so had to ask for more time. At the end of that time, I still hadn’t finished but the timekeeper didn’t seem to want to extend my time again so I left.

Travel is always an adventure here in Peru and our jungle trip was no exception. We left Huancayo with the Canadian construction team, the local pastor had left earlier. We took a 5 hour bus ride up over a 15,000 foot pass and then headed down to a canyon which took us to the central jungle area of Pichanaki. It was a beautiful drive following the river and canyon, watching the surroundings change from fairly dry and barren to lush green jungle. It was also good to feel the temperature rising as we continued lower, down to about 2,800 feet elevation. We arrived at the road to camp Shankivironi in the afternoon. Unable to find any available taxis, we started shuttling too much luggage and food up to the camp. We were soon met by a couple of the workers, one who took a large sack of food weighing about 75lbs. on his shoulders and another who took some of our bags in a wheelbarrow.

We went to help with the construction of a house for the new Peruvian missionary/pastor and his family. They are from the northern jungle area and after finishing 3 years of Bible training, were getting ready to move to Pichanaki. They arrived at Shankivironi a couple of days after us. The site for the house is on the side of a hill so our task was to dig out the hillside and make a level area for the house. We also used the removed dirt to build up the lower area so fortunately only had to dig a little over half of the total area. Then we dug about 12 holes to put rebar into and pour concrete pillars. We were working with a group of local church members who enjoyed laughing at all the breaks we took due to the heat and not being used to using pick and shovel. In spite of that, and the blisters, the site was almost ready when we finished our time there. The construction foreman did show up the last day and corrected the layout a bit, which added a lot more digging into the hillside where one corner of the building would stick out (the house will consist of 3 offset square sections).

On the afternoon of the first day, we had to stop working because it was raining and the ground was too muddy, so we went for a short jungle hike in the rain. I also went for a 2 hour hike late one afternoon which I really enjoyed, so different from the high desert area where I live. On the morning of the last day, we went to see a couple of waterfalls. When we arrived at the parking area it started raining, so we all bought "ponchos" made out of sheets of plastic (for $.50) so we wouldn’t get wet. We hiked up about 10 minutes to the first falls and were enjoying the view when we noticed a sign that said "secret cave", with an arrow pointing towards the falls. Of course we had to check it out so took off our ponchos and waded out into the pond towards the falls. It turned out that the cave was under the waterfalls, so we dived in and enjoyed going behind the falls and playing in the water. Fortunately the water was fairly warm and in spite of the light rain on and off, it wasn’t too cold, even though we were soaking wet.

We then went to another nearby falls and played in the river there also, as well as explored up river to see what was around the corner, as we were in a narrow steep canyon. There the current was so strong that we could just barely swim up stream. There were some shallow spots in the river so we were able to get some rest but we finally reached a spot where the current was too strong for me and I wasn’t able to make it around the corner. A couple of others did make it but there wasn’t anything different there. Then we had a very fast swim back down stream to the falls, which was coming from a second river high above us. It was such an amazingly beautiful place none of us wanted to leave, but as we were getting tired and hungry we finally did. It is definitely an area that I want to return to and spend more time exploring.

The following day we were to leave Pichanaki on a 9:00 am bus, to return to Lima. We used the wheelbarrow to get the luggage down again, and after waiting at the highway for over 20 minutes, finally caught a ride in the back of a truck into town. There we met the Canadian team, who had slept at a hostel in Pichanaki, and headed to the bus station with them. After waiting for about 30 minutes, we were told the bus would be an hour late. Then we were told that the bus we were waiting for was stuck on the other side of a 16,000 foot pass due to a snow storm at the pass. When they finally said the bus had turned around and gone back to Lima, we decided to try other options. Here we were, stranded in a warm jungle because of a snowstorm! The Canadian team of 10 needed to be back in Lima in time to catch a 6:30 am flight the next morning and Claudia, Cindy and I didn’t feel like dragging our stuff back up to the camp so we checked all the other bus lines. One bus was leaving at 11:30 and had 4 seats available but that didn’t do the team any good as they all needed to go together. Pastor Miguel found a combi (minivan type bus) that was willing to take them to Lima but there wasn’t room for all of us in that. Claudia agreed to go with the team as they didn’t speak Spanish, and Cindy and I went on the bus. We were hoping that the pass would be clear by the time we arrived there, about 6 hours later, and thankfully it was.

The rest of the team left in the combi before we did and in spite of all the stops the bus made, we passed them within a couple of hours. Their driver was very cautious about passing on the mountain road but our bus driver, who probably did the route every day, had no fear. We made it back it to Lima in 9 1/2 hours and it took them about 11 hours, crammed into a combi with hard seats and no leg room. I was very glad for the comfortable seats in the bus and that I wasn’t in the combi. I also got in a lot of prayer time as it was snowing again when we went over the pass, and were passing large trucks all the way up and down the mountain, which was most of the trip, on a very busy 2 lane highway. The 4 lane highway was a very welcome site when we finally arrived in the Lima metro area that evening.

Vic Hanson is the founder of Adventure Cotahuasi Tours, which offers pre-planned and custom adventure travel tours in Cotahuasi Canyon and other areas of Peru.

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Life is boring if there is no adventure in life. There should until the end of time some kind of activity going on in your life. As it will always help you be in positive mood. When people are engaged in some kind of adventure they more or less keep away from negative thoughts. It is an empty mind that gets all kinds of unenthusiastic and depressing thoughts. When couples are free and have enough time from work they can evolve in some kind of adventure sports, adventure travel or anything else that interests them. It is a good way to carry on the thrill in life.

As couples, to excite your life and relation you can arrange for some type adventure. If you both are interested in sports then go for it. If you are good athletes you can participate in some kind of sports competition. You could join the cross country running competition or badminton competition. If you are interested in traveling the contact the adventure travel agent and look out for placed that you’ve not explored. It is really exciting to go for such expeditions. Exploring wild parks and wildlife sanctuaries is an experience that exhilarates your mind. It is amazing to see the wild creatures living a life of their own at peace yet filled with difficulties. One moment you see the innocent deer, the herbivores grazing peacefully and the very next moment the warning of the carnivorous tiger makes them sprint away to save their lives. Such is the life you get to that gives a change to your thoughts and mood. You too realize the worth of living together peacefully in security and protection of each other. What you get as happy moments living together is the grazing part and the difficulties are as same as what a tiger is to those naive deer.

And if you are interested in fine arts and music then you can enroll your names in the local community theater. As such you can prove your talent and learn much more from others. It is always better to indulge in such activities than sit at home and waste your precious time doing nothing at all or brooding over some irrelevant issue. Even if any one of the partner is interested in painting then go on and start exhibiting your talent. On the other hand your mate could arrange for the exhibition where you would display your wonderful paintings. As a gift for your partner you could paint something special, a work that is your best. Actions done in such ways make both of you realize that you care for each other.

Such activities in life give pleasure and enhance love between the partners. It deepens your relationship. You not only enjoy life but realize the worth of each other. You get acquainted with the hidden talents of your partners. Adventures of these types get you close in unrealized ways. You are not aware but some kind of deep unseen bond is developed between you and your partner that never lets you separate from each other.

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Are you only earner of your family? Then you have to fulfill the requirements of your family members. If you are facing financial crises, then you have to take loan to fulfill their requirements. After sometime, these loans are unable to repay, because these are in large numbers and at higher interest rate.

Debt consolidation loans are loans which act to pay off previous loans. It means you have to deal with single lender and amount is available for lower interest rate. It saves you from harassing calls of various lenders. These loans have lot of advantages such as, available at lower interest rate, larger repayment term and so on. After taking loans you have responsibility regarding repayment of loan. If you make repayment on time, then your credit history will be improved.

You can avail debt consolidation loans in two forms, secured debt consolidation loans and unsecured debt consolidation loans. Secured loans are available after placing borrower’s asset as collateral. Presence of collateral is the reason that you have to pay competitively lower interest rate compared to unsecured loans.

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People with bad credit history such as, County Court Judgements, bankruptcy, arrears and so on also can look for debt consolidation loans, because these loans are available for bad credit borrower also. But being competition in the market you have no need to provide higher interest rate compared to good credit borrower.

Debt consolidation loans are available via online method. You can research and compare various quotes of various lenders from home within least time. It can be used with lot of advantages.

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Generally, availing loans is considered as a cumbersome process. You have to wait for days in order to loan get sanctioned. People find it irritating when they have to wait long to get the loans approved.

People always look for an easy personal loan option, where they don’t have to wait long for getting the loans approved. Easy loans are nothing but the loans which you can get with fewer hassles.

An unsecured loan can be said as an easy loan, because with this loan type you don’t need to put your property as collateral. Hence, you need not have to indulge in the valuation of collateral, which could save a significant amount of time.

An unsecured personal loan is a good loan option for the tenants and the homeowners who don’t want to put their property as collateral. One of the important benefits with this loan type is that you can avoid the threat of repossession of your property.

You can meet different needs with this loan type. Whether you want to buy a car or want to consolidate your multiple debts. You can meet most of your needs with this loan type.

You can get an unsecured loan from high street banks, building societies or the private lenders of the UK. But, if you think that you will not be able to shop around for a easy loan deal then it is advisable to approach the private lenders. The competition among the lenders may help you in getting a good loan deal.

There are various loan sites in the UK which offer easy loans. If you apply for the loans on any of the loan sites, you may get loan quotes from the private lenders of the UK. Once you have various loan quotes you will be in a position to select a good loan deal for yourself.

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Happiness is the key to life; if we are happy then we enjoy life more and get more out of it. It not only makes life better for us but also for those around us. There are many ways we can bring happiness into our lives and that of others and all us can benefit from smiling instead of going through life frowning.

Always look for what you have to be grateful for in life, whatever the situation we are in there is always something that we should be grateful for. Try to find the good and make the most out of all situations, even if the situation isn’t one that you would like to be in. Studies have shown that those who show gratitude are more energetic and suffer from less physical complaints than those who moan and groan about the situation. So always find something that you should be grateful for on a daily basis and you will find that you have more enthusiasm, are more alert, determined, optimistic and happy in life.

Remember that whatever happens in your life is brought about by the choices we make. If you are committed to making the right choices while accepting that sometimes even with the best intentions, we do make the wrong choice, you will invariably be more optimistic about life.

Practice smiling instead of frowning, by becoming conscious of whether you are smiling or not will get you into the habit of being more pleasant and if you face life with a pleasant attitude you will get more out of it. Scientists have actually proven that by smiling you release endorphins, endorphins are your own natural “happiness” drug that can lead to changing even the worst situation in a more positive one.

Bringing a little bit of your childhood back into your life can have great effect. It has been proven that if we play our immune system is given a boost. When our immune system is in top shape we feel better and are able to ward of illness and disease much better. It also increases optimism and brings out the creative side.

Focusing on your health and body is essential. Your body is what gets you through life and as such needs to be cared for and always benefits for giving it some TLC. If our bodies are healthy then it leaves the way open for happiness.

Forgiveness is also an essential quality for happiness in life. Holding grudges only leads to resentment and anger that has a negative effect on our health and so our happiness, learning how to let go and forgive yourself or others is the only way to true happiness. So develop your own strategy for releasing pent up anger, fear and resentment from acts in the past, let them be just that, in your past.

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Whether one is setting up a new small office/ home office (SOHO) or expanding an existing office, buying the right office equipment at the right price is an important consideration, simply because it has a huge bearing on direct cost, convenience and productivity. Importantly enough, this applies to relatively large-ticket items such as computers, printers, copiers as to lower-priced items such as paper-punches, staplers or other stationery items that are indispensable in an office. Therefore, proper introspection, planning and prioritisation of individual needs are important to determine the type of office equipment that would be required.

Shopping for office equipment online has increasingly become a preferred option for small businesses and large businesses alike. One of the biggest advantages of buying office goods online is the availability of choice: the number of websites selling office products online is increasing by the day as manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers and resellers leverage the promise of the Internet. The flip side, of course, is that one can literally be spoiled for choice; of course, online sellers are continuously taking steps to ensure that there is differentiation amongst competitive offerings and there are tools and content available to highlight the differentiation to the prospective consumer.
Key advantages of buying office equipment via the Internet
Apart from the availability of lots of choice, shopping for office products online has several advantages, some of which are listed below:

Access to details: Typically, sellers provide complete details of the product on the website, including detailed descriptions, technical specifications, purchase, packaging and shipping information and more. What’s more, with the increasing popularity of video and other rich media, one can almost get a “live demonstration” of the equipment from the comfort of one’s room. If time saved is money earned, then this is certainly one way you will be earning some money!
Better pricing: One of the best examples of this is Dell Computers - by selling online only, using its famed ‘built-to-order’ model, the company was able to offer lower prices to consumers. Likewise, many office equipment retailers and resellers, are able to offer excellent bargain deals on office equipment by eliminating the need for a number of face-to-face sales staff. Don’t be surprised if you find the best bargain office equipment deals online.

Making one’s own decision: Sales people are there to assist, of course, but often they are there just to sell. They are trained to influence your purchasing decision; when one is making the purchase decision from the comfort of one’s own room, there is much less pressure on oneself. The choice to buy a particular product is purely one’s own [undeniably, the written word has some influence on it].

Buying & Shopping trends
Undoubtedly, online sales of office equipment has seen a surge, and technology has had a large role to play in this. With greater Internet access, faster download speeds, availability of video content and importantly, greater security in online payments, more and more business owners are taking advantage of the Internet.

Perhaps the greatest contributors are resellers and shoppers themselves. For example, resellers often provide additional information about the products and may also have special promotional offers and deals that the merchant themselves may not be offering on their websites. The much wider distribution channel that the resellers have created is certainly helpful.
Moreover, many sites let shoppers provide ratings and reviews which become an invaluable guide to other shoppers. In the era of user-generated content, the consumer has become much more powerful; and this is an avenue that is truly available only on the Internet.

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With the advent of the internet, life has become easy for most of us. Nowadays, you can apply for the loans on the Internet and may receive loan quotes from the private lenders of the UK. Gone are the days when you have to go through a manual process to avail loans.

If you want to borrow a smaller loan amount with a shorter repayment term then online unsecured loans would be a feasible loan option for you to take. Since, you can borrow a smaller loan amount; you need to make your budgets accordingly.

With this loan type you don’t have to pledge collateral for borrowing a loan amount. Hence, the risk associated to the lenders is high in this case. That is why the interest rates are comparatively higher with unsecured loans.

Whatever the reason it may be you can seek a loan for different purposes. You may buy a swanky car, go for a holiday trip; consolidate your multiple debts etc. You can even take a loan for paying your tax bills which has come over your expectations.

The first and the foremost benefit with an online unsecured loan is that you don’t have the threat of repossession of your property. Secondly, you can procure loans fast because the valuation of collateral doesn’t takes place. Less paper work is involved with this loan type which reduces the hassles in procuring loans.

Due to the growing competition among the private lenders in the UK; loans could be sought on best interest rates.

There are many loan sites in the UK which offer online unsecured loan. If you apply for the loans online; you may be contacted by the private lenders with their respective loan quotes. Once you get a loan quote you will be in a position to select a good loan deal for yourself.

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Galapagos Birds

Located some 1000 km from the coast of Ecuador, the Galapagos Islands are a fascinating group of tiny islands to explore. Pristine and remote, these islands are perfect for nature lovers who get to see some of the most rare and endangered wildlife species on the planet, roam free and unafraid amidst the rugged volcanic landscape here. The wildlife in the Galapagos is indeed unique as most of the animals here wander without fear even around human visitors because of the lack of natural predators.

Birds are the most common residents of the Galapagos, with over 58 species of birds found here. While 28 of the Galapagos’ birds are endemic, the other 30 are migratory species that visit the islands at different times during the year. If you are an avid bird enthusiast, or enjoy bird watching then the Galapagos Islands is a great place to come and see birds fly uninhibited in their natural habitat. If you are a keen observer, you can note up 40 bird species as you tour the Galapagos.

Galapagos Birds – Sea
A wide variety of sea birds can be found in the Galapagos Islands, the most magnificent of which is the Waved Albatross. The largest bird in the archipelago, the waved albatross has a wingspan of 2.4 meters. A joy to watch while it is flying, the courtship of this bird is also something special.

The Flightless Cormorant is endemic to the Galapagos Islands and is the only flightless seabird in the world. Found on Islas Isabel and Fernandina, these birds have small wings and strong powerful legs.

Boobies are the most common birds in the Galapagos though they are not endemic to these islands. The blue footed booby, the red footed booby and the masked booby can all be seen on Isla San Cristobel.

The Magnificent Frigatebird and the Great Frigatebird are a treat to watch with their incredible acrobatic flying. With their huge wingspan, both these birds can be easily spotted by their red skin that hangs under their necks.

The Galapagos penguins are the only equatorial penguins in the world. As you dive and snorkel near Islas Fernandina and Isabel, you can spot them gracefully swimming buy. Some other popular sea birds in the Galapagos are the red-billed tropicbird, the swallow-tailed gull, the lava gull, the brown pelican, Audubon’s shearwater and storm petrels.

Galapagos Birds – Wetlands
The Great Blue Heron is the largest heron in the Galapagos. You can spot this huge bird on almost all of the Galapagos Islands. The lava heron is the only endemic bird of this species in the Galapagos and can usually be spotted hunting along the lava shorelines. Flamingoes, American oystercatchers, stilts and sandpipers are some of the other common wetland birds found here.

Galapagos Birds – Land
The most famous land birds in the Galapagos have to be Darwin’s finches. With 13 species, these finches are credited to have helped Darwin formulate his theory of evolution. The Galapagos hawk is another endemic land bird. Extremely fearless, unfortunately this hawk is now an endangered species, with just a few hundred remaining in the wild.

The Galapagos Flycatcher, the barn owl, the Galapagos mockingbirds and the dark-billed cuckoo are some other well known land birds in the Galapagos.

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A while back Annie Duke was challenged to see how well she could do at deciphering if a person was lying or not. She participated in an experiment for The Discovery Channel alongside a psychic, and an FBI agent named Joe Navarro. All with seemingly inherent skills at finding the underlying truth of an individual answering questions using observations of posture, tone, expressions, words and anything else they deemed valid to the discovery.

Navarro and Duke did very well during this test, while the psychic professional didn’t do nearly as good. Hence the beginning for Duke of discovering even more tells than she already knew while picking Navarro’s brain and trying to relate some of that information to the poker table.

At the time Navarro did not play poker, and hadn’t really equated his skills to the field. This book changes all that. Read ‘em and Reap parlays Navarro’s extensive FBI intelligence skills into new poker skills unbeknownst by most. Let me say here, that this is far beyond the Mike Caro Book of Tells in that it examines what Navarro describes as part of the brain known as the limbic brain.

This part of the brain functions in a way that reacts to natural stimuli around our bodies, usually associated with dangerous or protective emotions that are somewhat involuntary. How these reactions are controlled, harnessed, and exhibited at a poker table can divulge key feelings a player has about his hand, the community cards, and his plan of action.

For the most part, this book is written quite well, straight up as it were. Not a lot of humor in this as, well, Joe was an FBI agent. More to the point: there is striking content in here that will offer up new information and skills to the most experienced players out there. If you play live games or tournaments it’s going to be quite hard to ignore the content in this book, especially since you can easily envision your opponents having this information on you.

An interesting exercise worthwhile here is to read the book, and then go watch those WPT reruns all over again. In the first episode I picked at random, I spotted 2 tells, 1 of them was on a professional player, and the other one on a player that was actually under the table! Yeah, there’s lots in this book about that! Needless to say, the book will add valuable dimensions to my live game.

Phil Hellmuth is on the cover, and writes a few short pages in here as well as an introduction, but that does more for him than it does for Navarro. Joe didn’t need Phil to market this book and if you thought by the cover that this was another lame “I am Phil Hellmuth monologue”, it isn’t at all. Phil just hooked up with a far better writer, with far more valuable content to offer the poker market.

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A bad credit unsecured loan is a boon for the people who have a poor credit history. A bad credit history could be anything like arrears, defaults, bankruptcies, County Court Judgements etc.

The best part with a bad credit unsecured personal loan is that you don’t have to put your property at risk. So, the tenants will have a very good opportunity to avail finances without bothering about the threat of repossession.

The interest rate depends upon your credit score. The highest possible interest rates may be charged for the people having severe credit problems. Apart from this, if you have opted for a variable APR, then your interest rates may vary according to the base rates by the Bank of England, throughout the loan tenure.

But, the interest rates may not go up and down automatically. It can only vary if it is properly mentioned in the loan agreement that it can go up and down according to the base rates by the Bank of England.

There is a chance that you can improve your credit score as well with this a bad credit loan. If you repay the loan amount with thin the stipulated time frame, you can improve your credit record. This may help you in availing loans easily in the future.

There are various private lenders in the UK, who offers an bad credit personal loans. If you have a poor credit history, you can seek a bad credit loan for varied purposes. It can be for buying a car, going for a holiday trip, home improvement, educational purposes etc.

If you have a poor credit record, then you can apply for the easy loans and you would be contacted by the lenders with their respective loan quotes. All you need to do is to apply for the loans on any of the loan sites, and you would be contacted by the lenders with their respective loan quotes. Once you receive a loan quote from them you can judge that which one is a feasible option for you to go for.

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