A Summary Of The Journey Through The Amazon Rainforest?

As Martin walks through the Amazon Rainforest with his guide, the humidity causes his hands to become clammy. Since the rainforest is on the equator the heat and the humidity causes his shirt to cling to his back like paper and glue. To Martin the forest seemed to be alive. In only 250 acres Pablo had showed him about 1,000 different types of plants in just half an acre. Apparently there were over 6,000 types of plants in just 250 acres. Pablo also showed him the diversity of the animals in the Amazon Rainforest. He pointed out the different monkeys that were swinging from tree to tree which caused the trees to shake. His guide, Pablo, shows Martin all the different species of snakes while they are slithering through the undergrowth. Then Pablo shows Martin his home. The one out of the few places someone can do this is in Peru. Located in South America, Peru has one of the world’s most diverse life. The Pacific Ocean borders this country to the west. It shares a border with four other South American countries. In the north is bordered by Ecuador and Colombia. In the west is the country of Brazil and bordering it in the south is Bolivia. Lima, the capital of Peru, is one of the most populated cities in this country. It has about 8,180,000 residents in the city. Some may describe this city as noisy and crowded. It is like this because an increasing amount of people are leaving the farms and more rural areas to come to cities for more opportunities. Almost twice the size of Texas Peru is the third largest country in South America. With an area in square mile of 496,225, this country holds about 27,947,000 people.

This country has three main regions which include la costa, la sierra, and la selva. In western Peru is La costa which m...

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Many activities are integral to Peruvian culture. Music, dancing, and sports are a few of the most popular activities. Radio stations here may play traditional songs from the mountains or the top songs from the United States. Traditional music is usually about Peru, the culture, feelings, and the animals. This type of music are played with unique instruments such as the charango, antara, quena, drums, rattles, and small harps. The charango is like a small guitar, the antara is similar to many flutes tied together vertically, and the quena is comparable to the recorder. With this abundance of music the Peruvian people love to dance. Two dances that originated from the mountains are the Huayno and the Baile de las Tijeras which means dance of the scissors. In fact, music and dancing are so popular that many cities have their own dances.