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I called it buzzard flight because of the low altitude with no particular destination.
Flight over dry hills are ancient pre-inca ruins. It didn't come out as clear as it should.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b46RzfPXEJo

Nice video Ricardo. Your 447 must be running nice and smooth; I didn't see any shaking at all on the video. Pretty country and a nice landing.

Excellent!

Ricardo, just a few thoughts... I think I saw a mini-sub just of of the coast. The cars on the highway seemed to be traveling faster than you and the air sure seemed to be as smooth as glass.

Thanks for buzzing the ruins. Are they protected by the government? Very interesting.

Neil

Hi Ricardo;
Nice video. So much fertile land too. What all is grown there?. You are only about a minute from the ocean, how great is that, LOL. What cars, LOL. I think I saw about 4. It's not like that here, LOL. Beautiful. Keep them coming Ricardo.
Bob

Hi Ricardo!!

Nice flight and video!  Also a great landing!!  Didn't know you even touched down until I heard the rumble of the landing gear!!  

Claude

Thanks guys, to answer some question: the  ruins are intangible and no one is supposed to dig or use the land, but there are so many of them, it is impossible for the government to protect them. They allow to visit them though.
Cars speed? Speed limit is 65 mph but there's no law inforcement, you can see cars going over 100 mph.
Bob, the weather here is so stable with little variation year long, you can grow just about any kind of crop. You  see cornfields being planted, harvested or  mid age all at the same time. Even more, it is possible to have two harvests per year, since corn takes only 6 months. Farmers plant different crops, according to market price and costs. Orchards are by far the best to grow but the investment is very high, you have to wait 3 to 4 years before harvest, in the mean time between rows when trees are small farmers plant something in the middle. Next to my runway I planted tangerines, between rows I planted corn three times and beans the last time.

i go to belize a lot...actually bought land so we can retire there.  didnt know that when i picked a lot a stones throw from a small local airport how smart i was...lol ( hadnt thought of getting back into flying yet ).  but its the same thing there. they havent even began to excavate 1/10 of the sites.  and a local told me everytime you dig you are going to find something.  the civilizations that ran from mexico to the tip of chile were HUGE!