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Day 1 in Cusco

Sunday, April 30th, 2006

So we made it Cusco alright. The Kiwi’s ended up being on the same flight as us, and Karl said he was staying at the Loki Hostel, which, incidently, was where we were thinking of staying per a previous recommendation. In the airport the night before, we also met up with two guys from Boston that were trying to figure out how to get to Cusco. They also were on our flight, and ended up staying at Loki. We’ve only been here a couple hours, and it’s already getting to be a party! I think everyone else ended up bussing it, but the four of us grabbed a cab. I was the elected translator in the group because, well, I’m the one that knew Spanish. Not that I’m fluent, but I can get by pretty well. Blu learned a bit before going, too, but didn’t know as much. I’m glad I did know it, because it makes hagglng prices easier. We got the cab to the hostel for 5 soles (about $1.50 USD)

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Loggin in from Lima

Saturday, April 15th, 2006

It´s been a long day… after working all day Thursday, I went home and got the last of my things together and met with Joe, Blu, and Lindsey. This was about midnight…. we had to be at the airport around 4am, so we just chilled and got things ready. Our flight left Detroit at 6:30 and headed to Newark, and we had a 7 hour layover there, so we decided to head into NYC. Last I was there was in February, but Joe hadn´t been in about 10 years, and Blu and Lindsey had never been to the city. We didn´t have a whole lot of time, but enough to wander and check some things out til we met up with Liz G for lunch. Ended up going to Bon Vivant near Union Square. Afterwards we had to get back to the Port Authority to catch the bus back to Newark. We were afraid time was starting to get a little close, especially when the bus was taking a long time to negotiate traffic in the city, but all went well. Made it back with enough time to get back through security and toast with a shot of Drambui before boarding.

Flight to Lima wasn´t too bad, as I have the great ability to sleep right through flights. Once landing in Lima, we needed to buy a ticket to Cusco, find some food, and a place to crash for a bit. Getting the ticket seemed a bit shady at first, as we seemed to have been comandeered by the rep of some agency into purchasing from them… it was the price we expected, so now scam or anything, but they wouldn´t take a charge… cash only, which wasn´t going to work out for us. After some miscommunicating and trying to figure out why they couldn´t take a card, they directed us directly to the airline themselves where we got things settled.

Next objective was food. Not too many choices other than standard airport fast food at midnight. In the midst of it, though, we met two Kiwis, separately, who weren´t traveling with each other. I called it. I knew it was going to happen. Everywhere I go I end up hanging with Aussies and Kiwis. They´re just everywhere! Karl and Jo(e)? (female… not sure how she spells it…) are cool, they´re both headed to Cusco too. We chatted with them for a couple hours before all deciding to try to catch a couple winks before the flight. Many others had the same idea…. there´s a big open area littered with people sleeping on the floor using their backpacks as pillows. But for some reason I couldn´t, so I´m here typing this. We´re able to check in for the flight in a bit though, so now I´m off.

Lima Airport

Joe, Jo, Karl, Blu, and Lindsey in the food court of Lima Airport.

Leaving for Perú!

Thursday, April 13th, 2006
So here I am, just hours before my departure for Perú. It's been a long time in the making, yet doesn't seem it. We'll back up a bit to see how we got here.... My best friend Joe and I did ... [Continue reading this entry]

The Obligatory Bio Post

Wednesday, April 12th, 2006
So this is for anybody reading this (IS anybody reading this??) that doesn't know me, or doesn't know me well, or does know me but would like a refresher, or does know me well, but just enjoys being retold shit ... [Continue reading this entry]