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EXPEDITIONS -
The Llanos Expeditions is the love of
researching
and experiencing the unexplained mysteries of the world. Mark, Pat and Ronny take
two annual excursions visiting remote places to further the appreciation of
lost cultures, ruins and archeological sites based upon their music and the
love of world history. Besides their world travels, they search for enigmatic mysteries and ancient pre-historical sites of the U.S.
particularly those of the Pacific Northwest. If you would like to join any
of the Llanos Expeditions please contact in advance.
Expeditions:
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June 13-20 2005 (Peru) |
Sacred
Valley, Ollantaytambo, Pisac, Chinchero, Machu Picchu (Inca ruins) Cuzco - Tambomachay, Pukapukara, Q'enko, Saqsayhuaman (Inca ruins) Lima - Ica, Nazca (Lineas de Nasca) |
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Feb
12 2006 (Washington) |
Meeker mansion - The Meeker Mansion is a 17-room Italianate Victorian mansion located in Puyallup, Washington. It was built by Ezra Meeker, an entrepreneur and Puyallup's first mayor. In 1890 Meeker completed the impressive mansion to please his wife. |
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Apr 8-9 2006 (Oregon) |
Gold Hill - The Oregon Vortex (House of Mystery) an area of naturally occurring visual and perceptual phenomena. |
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Apr 15 2006 (Washington) |
Bonney Lake - The Sky Stone, the monolith stone that ancestors of the Puyallup Indians used as an observatory. The markings on the surface was to locate stars, constellations and used to predict seasonal changes by marking the sun's position. |
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May 26-29 2006 (Texas) |
San Antonio - The Alamo, established in 1718, the first of five Spanish missions founded to Christianize and educate resident Indians. Ghost hunting with the Southwest Ghost Hunters and Paranormal Group. Natural Bridges, 'Old Tunnel' Bat Caves (Kendall County). |
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June 3-4 2006 (Washington) |
Olympic Rainforest - Ozette Lake, Loop hike (10 mi.) Pacific Coast - Cape Alava, Sand Point, Wedding Rocks (Ozette Indian petroglyphs). |
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June 16 2006 (Washington) |
The MV Kalakala - was a Washington State Ferry which plied the waters of Puget Sound from 1935 until her retirement in 1967. She was notable for her unique streamlined hull, art deco styling, and luxurious amenities. It is currently under restoration at Hylebos waterway at the Tacoma tideflats. |
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July 29-30 2006 (Washington) |
Republic - Stonerose Interpretive Center & Eocene Fossil Site. The site provides world class examples of Eocene plant and animal life. |
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Aug
2006 TBA (Canada) |
Canada's legendary water monster Ogopogo of Lake Okanagan in the south central interior of British Columbia much like the creature immortalized in Loch Ness. Before the whiteman came, the fearsome lake monster N'haaitk was well known to the superstitious Indians. Ogopogo lives in an underwater cave in the deep water off Squally Point, where the lake takes a sharp turn south to its outlet at Penticton. |
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Aug 5
2006 (Washington) |
Orting - Coke Ovens, believed to have been constructed in 1888. The man-made "beehive" ovens were used to transform hard coal into coke. The "coking" process burnt impurities out of the coal. The end product -- coke -- was the best fuel source for the furnaces that were used to manufacture iron and steel. Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery |
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Sept 2-4 2006 (Washington) |
Horsethief Butte & Columbia Hills State Park - Lewis & Clark trail and ancient Indian petroglyphs and cave paintings. Full size Stonehenge replica Maryhill, WA. |
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Dec 2006 (Pacific Science Center Seattle, WA) |
Discovering the Dead Sea
Scrolls - Exhibit The biblical texts are the earliest known manuscripts of the Hebrew Bible, known to Christians as the Old Testament (Psalms, Genesis, Exodus and Deuteronomy, etc.). |
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Apr
20-21 2007 (Washington) |
Trout Lake - The Gililland Ranch -Sky watching at the base of Mt. Adams. (weather permitting) |
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July
28 2007 (Victoria, BC) |
The Titanic Artifact Exhibition - Royal BC Museum. This traveling exhibition features more than 280 artifacts recovered from Titanic's undersea resting place in a series of galleries that trace the life of the "unsinkable" ship - from its design and construction through to its discovery, recovery and conservation. Via the M/V Victoria Clipper, Seattle. |
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Aug
4-5 2007 (Washington) |
Trout Lake - The Gililland Ranch -Sky watching at the base of Mt. Adams. (weather permitting). |
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Sept 4-14 2007 (Egypt) |
The Pyramids (Cheops, Khafre, Menkaure) & Sphinx at Giza, Kom Ombo, Philae Temple, the Temple of Horus at Edfu, Abu Simbel, Valley of the Kings (West Bank), Karnak, Luxor Temple, the Colossi of Memnon at Thebes and Deir el Medina (Valley of the Workers). A visit to the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities, Cairo. Nile cruise to Aswan.. |
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Nov 30-Dec 2 2007 (Central Mexico) |
Teotihuacan - located in the highlands of central Mexico. It used to be a thriving city and ceremonial center that predated the Aztecs by several centuries. Temple of the Sun, Temple of the Moon, The Feathered Serpent (step pyramids) and the Avenue of the Dead. Shrine at Guadalupe, the most visited religious site in Latin America. In 1531 a 'Lady from Heaven' appeared to an Indian at Tepeyac, a hill northwest of Mexico City; she identified herself as the Mother of the True God, instructed him to have the bishop build a temple on the site and left an image of herself imprinted miraculously. |
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Apr
25- May 3 2008 (Easter Island) |
Easter Island (Rapa Nui) is the world's most isolated inhabited island belonging to Chile. It is home to the giant Moai stone statues and a collection of petroglyphs belonging to a culture that over populated and depleted natural resources resulting in their demise. Sites at Rano Raraku, Ahu Tongriki, Vinapu, Akivi, Naunau, Tahai and Orongo in the South Pacific. |
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Aug 26 2008 (Washington) |
Littlerock - The Mima Mounds, mysterious formations found in fields in various parts of the world, including China, Alaska, and in this part of southwestern Washington. |
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Nov 6-17 2009 (Yucatan Peninsula) |
Yucatan, Quintana Roo, Mayan sites; Coba, Tulum, Ek Balaam, Izamal, Celestun Reserve, Kinich Kak Moo, Kabah, Uxmal and Chichen Itza. Ik Kil the Sacred Blue Cenote of Chichen Itza and Merida. 15th Cent. Franciscan churces; San Antonio de Padua Convent and De Iglesia church at Uayma. Old Sisal factory at Yaxcopoil. |
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Jan 17-19 2009 (New Mexico, Colorado) |
About two thousand years ago nomadic people began to live year round in villages and cultivate crops. The 'Anasazi' ancestors of the Pueblo Indians; eventually became accomplished farmers, architects, artisans, and traders. They lived across a broad area, including parts of New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, and Utah. Aztec ruins near Farmington, Chaco Canyon, Salmon ruins and Mesa Verde. |
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June 20-July 1 2009 (Kaua'i, Hawaii) |
The folklore of many nations around the world include stories of magical little people. The most famous of course, are the leprechauns of Ireland. In Kaua'i, Hawaii, it is the mischievous Menehune who are said to haunt the deep forests and the mountains of Waimea Canyon. The Alekoko Fish Pond and The Menehune Ditch were sites that according to local legend, was built by The Menehune. Only a small portion of the engineering phenomena still remains. Archeologists say it was built before the Polynesians ever arrived on the island. Waimea Canyon, Haena, Hanalei, Kiluea, Kapaa, Lihue, Wailua River |
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Dec 5-14 2009 (Greece) |
The Parthenon, Acropolis, Agoras, the Temple of Zeus, the Theater of Dionysus and Keramikos (Athens), The Minoan ruins of Akrotiri (Santorini) and Knossos, Aptera, Phaistos, Malia, Elefterna (Crete). The Minoan culture is that part of the Greek civilization between about 3000 and 1000 BC, and largely centered on the island of Crete. The Minoans had a very advanced civilization. They had running water, sewers, buildings with multiple stories, paved streets and many other modern conveniences we have today. They were also the center of trade in the Mediterranean which helped them to amass a lot of wealth. Their wealth also afforded them the ability to pursue the arts resulting in incredible frescos and mosaics as well as sculptures. |
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Mar
3-6
2010 (Oaxaca, Mexico) |
The Oaxaca valley has been inhabited for thousands of years. The ruins at San Jose Mogote (now just a collection of mounds), just a few kilometers north of Oaxaca Mexico dates back over 3 thousand years. The height of civilization in Oaxaca can be seen at the ruins of Monte Alban which are on a mountain overlooking Oaxaca City. Monte Alban seems to have been the dominant city in the area from around 450 BC to 700 AD. By 800 AD, the city of Monte Alban was abandoned while the cities of Mitla, Dainzu, Lambiteyco and Yagul continued to grow and prosper (at least until the arrival or conquest of the Spaniards). Tule, Tlacolula and Zaachila. |
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Apr 16-23
2010 (Ryukyu Isl., Japan) |
Not far from the shore off the island of Yonaguni, south from Okinawa, they found a gigantic, pyramidal structure in 100 feet of water. In what appeared to be a ceremonial center of broad promenades and flanking pylons, the gargantuan building measures 240 feet long. They beheld long streets, grand boulevards, majestic staircases, magnificent archways, enormous blocks of perfectly cut and fitted stone - all harmoniously welded together in a linear architecture unlike anything they had ever seen before. Ancient castle ruins of; Katsuren, Nakijin, Zakimi, ect. |
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Sept 14-21 2010 (Transylvania, Romania) |
The land of Vlad Tepes III, known as the historical model of Count Dracula, Vlad the Impaler. He is considered a national hero in his native country. A fifteenth century voivode or prince of Wallachia of the princely House of Basarab. Vlad III Dracula is a Romanian national symbol of fight for independence against ottomans. Brasov, Bucharest, Peles & Pelisor Castles, Sinaia, Moeciu Village, Bran Castle, Snagov Isl, Transylvanian and Wallachian Forests. |
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Dec 9-12 2010 (Cahokia, Collinsville, IL.) |
At Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site is preserved the central section of the largest prehistoric Native American city north of Mexico. Occupied from 700 to 1400 AD, the city grew to cover 4,000 acres, with a population of between ten and twenty thousand at its peak around 1100 AD. The site is dominated by the hundred-foot-tall Monks Mound, the largest prehistoric earthen mound in the Americas. |
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Nov 3-11 2012 (Siem Reap, Cambodia) |
Angkor Wat, Bayon, Baphoun, Ta Som, East Mebon, Lolei, Thommanon, Preah Khan, Neak Poan, Kbal Spean, Ta Prohm, |
Yucatan
Easter Island
Central Mexico
Peru
Mt. St. Helens
Stonerose
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Hawaii
Trout Lake - UFO Skywatch
Mima Mounds
Orting
Alamo
Old Tunnel
Tarantula
Natural Bridge Caverns
(more pictures coming soon)
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