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Arriba!

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

Gina. Lima, Peru.

Something about this trip is inspiring me to do things I wouldn´t normally do. Running down the steps on the Inka trail is a good example. Another excellent example is that Steve and went white water rafting on Tuesday in Arequipa, and it was all my idea. I don´t know what´s come over me. But I´m glad that we went rafting because it was awesome! And cold. Very, very cold. I keep forgetting that it´s winter in Peru. And winter means cold rivers.

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My friendly neighborhood parasite

Saturday, June 28th, 2008

Gina. Arequipa, Peru.

I have a parasite (or hopefully, had). I´m not sure what kind, but the doctor I saw was pretty convinced that since I´d been sick for almost three weeks and didn´t have a fever or any other sign of infection that a creature of some kind was the culprit (I went to Hampi on Choquechaca which is the same street as the yummy Jack´s Cafe and as South American Explorers´Club. It was 60 soles for the exam and the doctor was very nice and spoke perfect English–and supposedly also French).

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