Top Five, Peruvian Style
Saturday, February 17th, 2007
1. There is a breed of hairless dog that lives in Peru. It’s kind of blue and its body temperature is hotter than other dogs. It has historically been used as a heating pad for those with pains. Also apparently, its urine cures freckles. When I got a fever, Megan looked on the bright side and said “well, maybe now we can use you like a hairless dog… wanna pee on my freckles? Ha ha ha.” Very funny.
2. Megan ate beer flavored ice cream for breakfast yesterday. She said it tasted like coconut. Go figure.
3. There was a Peruvian teenage girl on our tour of the Cordillera Blanca yesterday. She was wearing a pink sweater that said, simply: “Jeans!” (exclamation point included).
4. One thing that will be a relief about being back in the States is that men will not constantly say (in English) “Hello… hello… good morning” to me on the street, or, if it’s night time “hello… good night… I love you,” or in Nicaragua “Goodbye, goodbye, you’re beautiful.” (Weirdly in Nicaragua people say “adios” instead of “hola” when they greet each other on the street.)
5. When they say that altitude sickness feels like a hangover (and “they” are the people that wrote our little first aid book), they’re not lying. Here at 3100 meters above sea level, we’ve been in a constant state of hung-over-ness for the past few days without the aid of any fun times the night before.
-Sarah (with help from Megan)
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