after departing Houston your flight heads over the vast Gulf of Mexico beneath these Waters the chick Salo crater marks where a massive asteroid struck 66 million years ago wiping out the dinosaurs and forever reshaping Earth's history the Yucatan Peninsula is home to chichin Ita a massive ancient Mayan city with the iconic El Castillo pyramid once a hub of Mayan culture and astronomy Honduras has the Mayan Copan ruins Nicaragua's Lake Nicaragua has freshwater sharks and Costa Rica shelters 5% of global biodiversity did you know you're flying over a Marine Highway the Eastern tropical Pacific Marine Corridor stretching from Costa Rica to the Galapagos is a bustling route for whales sharks and sea turtles What creatures might be swimming beneath you right now crossing over Ecuador into Peru your flight follows the Majestic Andes Mountains the world's longest range stretching 4,300 Mi these towering Peaks have shaped civilizations climates and cultures for thousands of years welcome to Lima