Top Five, Peruvian Style
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)
Tags: altitude sickness, Cordillera Blanca, Health, Huaraz, Nicaragua, Peru, South America, Travel
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beer flavored ice cream that tastes like cocnut=really really gross.
re: #5- “Walk high, sleep low.” That’s what they say in high-altitude climes. Words to live by. I still remember finding Esther Cassidy clinging to a countertop, waiting for the altitude-sickness hallucinations to clear. If you have significant symptoms beyond the headaches, don’t wait too long. The only good solution is to head down to 5,000 ft or below and stay there for 3 days.
OK, ummm, that dog looks really SCARY. It looks like a devil dog or like Anubis or something. I mean, I know we’re all god’s creatures . . . I guess I’m just glad I’m one of god’s hairy creatures.
I have never had altitude sickness. I am sorry it feels so crap-tastic. I hope you get over it soon.
…the dog is definitely not cuddly-looking, even if it is warm.
They’ve had to start specially breeding the hairless dogs because they were going extinct. I guess people stopped liking them once they figured out that freckles were cute.
-Megan
Freckles are MUCH cuter than this dog!!!!
hello hello you are beautiful i love you
sorry… I just happen to agree….