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July 16, 2005The Paz!
Wow, so its been a while since ive udated yall on my big south american adventure. Well, after Hurraz I went to Lima for a weekend of fun. I stayed at Friend´s House hostal in Miraflores and it was a blast...one of the funnest hostals ive stayed at...very social atmoshpere. In Lima i checked out some great measums, did some serious partying, and met some really cool people. I was only there for like 3 days and then I took a bus to Arequipa. Upon our arrival in Arequipa, the bus was met with hostalities at the hands of local protesters who were trying to block the road, but i think the police interviened on our behalf so we made it to the termainal safe and sound. Arequipa was OK, but not my favirorite place, and once i realized that i wasnt going to see Colca Canyon (worlds 2nd deepest canyon, the 1st is also in Peru nearby Colca, but i forgot the name) i didnt see much of a point in being there. I mostaly just wandered around the colonial streets, visited churches, visited measums...including the actual Juannita (south americas most famous and best preserved mummy), and watched TV and drank sangria at the hostal. I was stuck there for like 2 days because of the road blocks, which went on for quite a while after i left. They were protesting a fuel tax, but in South America when there is a social protest, everyone gets involved and makes their case...including the construction workers, teachers, bus and taxi drivers, ect. Well i paid 40 sol for what i thought would be a good bus, but according to the travel agent (which i suspect pulled a swicheroo on me) the good busses were not running because of the road blocks and the only busses brave enought to endure molotov coctails and rocks were the cheaper bus lines...so i paid 40 sol for a shit bus to Cusco.....I will always remember this bus ride as THE WORST BUS RIDE OF MY ENTIRE SOUTH AMERICAN TRIP! The route was freezing, the buss had no heating, the windows were cracked, and i was totally unprepared for this type of cold. Luckly a french dude shared his sleeping bag with me so my feet didnt freeze off, but I could see my breath the entire bus trip and the bus was full of people. I didnt sleep for the entire 10 hours of freezing hell in earth. Anyways, made it to Cuzco and found a cheap hostal. I arrived in Cuzco for the weekend so i made sure to hit the town on Fri and Sat night. The clubs were hoppin and free drink offers abound as compitition was quite fierce between the bars there. There also seemed to be alot of blow going around. Evertime i went to use the bathroom there were at least 5 Isralies or Austrailians doing blow in the toilet stall. Anyway, i met a cool german girl at my hostal and i bumped into Chis there......I met Chris on my first day of traveling way back on Jan. 10th in Rio de Janiero. He is a cool guy from the UK who is like 55 and went traveling to south america after his wife divorced him and he quite his job. He now enjoys dating 25-30 year olds and parties harder than most pleople half his age. It was good to see a old friend again....its a small world you know. In cusco i wandered around the narrow streets checking out the remains of Incan arcetecture mixed with tradational spanish colonial style. Lots of mueasumes (i can never spell that word right) and sights to see. Comments
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