Oriskany (CV 34) - Naval Cruise Book

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M fC La Cabana Supper Club. The ORISKANYS sailors tound that Peru, unlilce Brazil and Chile, was one ot the striking exceptions to the social rule ot South Ameri- ca. ln Lima they found that there was an already well-established middle class, and that there was no sharp dividing line between the very poor and the very rich. Crewmen were able to visit many ot Lima's historic churches and cathedrals. Each church told the story ot the conquest ot the great land and the progress ot the people ot Lima to transform the city to one modern in every re- spect, yet picturesque and quaint. 5 I

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' '- 'ff'l f: ' , 1 7-livfii IGI i' , V, 'Q ' 0 I I .1 ia 'iii I. ' Y Leaving the train for Rio Blanco, high atop the Andes. Goodwill always the password of the American Blueiacket Orislcany sailors rode one ot thc most remarI4- able railroads in the world, which connected Cal- Iao with Lima, Qroya, Pasco, and the mountain regions ot Rio Blanco. In eighty miles the train climbed titteen thousand teet up in the Andes and reached a higher altitude than any other standard-gauge railroad in the world. They visited Indian villages high in the Andes where Indians Iive in a world ditterent in many respects from that ot the whites. The Indian villagers, who seem a Peruvian equivalent ot the Asiatics in James I-IiIton's Lost I-Iorizon, have disregarded completely the trends ot modern civilization. They have Iqept their own languages, a style ot dress, dances, and historic customs that date back to the time ot the Inca Empire. Curiosity, but friendliness always in view. A.