An Adventure in Peru! Chris may stared out of the window, feeling on top of the world that he had finally found out

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An Adventure in Peru!

Chris may stared out of the window, feeling on top of the world that he had finally found out where the ancient treasure and the tomb of King Ophir was, he could finally be a world famous archaeologist. He felt proud as he looked around the cabin at the two other members of his team that he had gotten this far with, Alicia Silva, one of the best archaeologists in the world, in Chris' mind anyway. She was a fine looking tanned lady with long black hair glistening in the early morning sun beams flooding through the planes window. Like Chris himself, she was very interested in being a famous archaeologist and was one of Chris' best friends. Sitting next to her, fast asleep, was Dougal Murdock, a rugged Irishman with long, grey, curly hair, a stocky build and a coarse, thick Irish accent. He also had an unprecedented knowledge of Peru, due to him working all over the country when he was younger for a mining company. He was not really too interested in the archaeology, but came along to help the archaeologists because he was a nice enough man and he was receiving a rather large paycheque.

They were to land in south Peru in a few minutes to try and excavate the Peruvian King Ophir's tomb, which is decked out with millions of pounds of his wealth in Inca gold, diamonds and other precious stones. The grave has been sought after for hundreds of years and only recently has the technology been advanced enough to locate exactly where it was. The British Museum had offered them a modest amount of money for the findings, but for Chris and Alicia becoming top in their field was a lot more important.

They got off the small dinky plane and it was late morning and the sun was reflecting off the frozen runway into the eyes of the team so they quickly moved off the runway. They got into their Jeep and drove off to the camp they had set up last time they had been in the Andes. On the short journey they discussed what they should do for the rest of the day and by the end of the trip they had come to the conclusion that they should go to the tomb as there was still quite a lot of the day remaining.
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After arriving at their camp and depositing all of the travelling gear and picking up the minimal quantity of archaeology and hiking equipment they set off to the area of the Andes where the tomb was situated in the Jeep.

When they stepped out of the car a crisp icy blast of cold air hit them straight on but they clambered up the makeshift trail they had found, Chris and Alicia trekking on ahead and Dougal slightly lagging behind. It was about 3 o'clock when they reached where they had predetermined the tomb was, although it was ...

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