Peru!
Hello everyone! We're in Peru, in a town called Huanchuco (about 20kms west of Trujillo). It's a nice little beach town, and I'm sure it's nicer when its warm out! Right now it's cold and cloudy. We are trying to make our way to Huaraz, in the Cordillera Blanca, to do some day hikes and take in the beautiful mountain scenery. Unfortunately there's been a bus strike here in Peru, so things are a bit backed up. Not too bad, we were hoping to get on a bus tonight but we have to wait until tomorrow -- only one day, so it's not too bad.
We arrived in Peru on ... tuesday? I think? By bus, and let me tell you the border crossing was a treat. It brought back fond memories of trying to get stuff done in India, let's just say that! But we made it to Machala that night, a touristy beach town with a slow pace, lots of great food, and LOTS of surfers. The weather, once again, is not all that beachy this time of year, so we didn't hang around.
Nothing terribly exciting has happened... while in Cuenca, we checked out a museum of skeletons -- all kinds of mammals, birds, and reptiles. It was a really cute, kitschy (umm, no idea how to spell that) museum and they had some crazy skeletons (hummingbird!!). Well worth the $1 it cost to go through.
So I'm trying to figure out how to post a map of Peru on here, so you all can follow our progress, but the page is in spanish so I am experiencing difficulty... i may have to get Andrea to do it!
So, it's off to Huaraz on a night bus tomorrow (hooray, my favourite). We've booked flights from Lima to Cuzco on the 4th (me, Jon, and Ave) and 5th (Phil and Andrea) of October, which cuts a tasty 30 hours off our bus trip time in Peru -- well worth the $$, let me tell you! So we'll be in Cuzco with plenty of time to acclimatize for our Macchu Picchu/Inca Trail trip... so exciting!
Fun and random detail of the day:
While eating ice cream in a shop in Cuenca, this guy comes up to us and is all "do you speak english?" to which of course we reply yes, and he asks to know what a word means, this word printed on some papers he produces. the word is 'mutilated'. Understandably, we are all a bit taken aback, and not too willing to tell him what the word means without a context.... turns out his passport had got wet, and the picture was falling out, so the US embassy was telling him he couldn't travel with it anymore... i guess this guy did business in ecuador and the states, and he clearly had a good grasp of conversational english ("and i was like yo, man, give me back my passport, i don't have $97 to pay for a new one, this one is good until 2008. you know? i mean, i was kindof getting pissed off."). anyways it was totally random.
that's all for now!
We arrived in Peru on ... tuesday? I think? By bus, and let me tell you the border crossing was a treat. It brought back fond memories of trying to get stuff done in India, let's just say that! But we made it to Machala that night, a touristy beach town with a slow pace, lots of great food, and LOTS of surfers. The weather, once again, is not all that beachy this time of year, so we didn't hang around.
Nothing terribly exciting has happened... while in Cuenca, we checked out a museum of skeletons -- all kinds of mammals, birds, and reptiles. It was a really cute, kitschy (umm, no idea how to spell that) museum and they had some crazy skeletons (hummingbird!!). Well worth the $1 it cost to go through.
So I'm trying to figure out how to post a map of Peru on here, so you all can follow our progress, but the page is in spanish so I am experiencing difficulty... i may have to get Andrea to do it!
So, it's off to Huaraz on a night bus tomorrow (hooray, my favourite). We've booked flights from Lima to Cuzco on the 4th (me, Jon, and Ave) and 5th (Phil and Andrea) of October, which cuts a tasty 30 hours off our bus trip time in Peru -- well worth the $$, let me tell you! So we'll be in Cuzco with plenty of time to acclimatize for our Macchu Picchu/Inca Trail trip... so exciting!
Fun and random detail of the day:
While eating ice cream in a shop in Cuenca, this guy comes up to us and is all "do you speak english?" to which of course we reply yes, and he asks to know what a word means, this word printed on some papers he produces. the word is 'mutilated'. Understandably, we are all a bit taken aback, and not too willing to tell him what the word means without a context.... turns out his passport had got wet, and the picture was falling out, so the US embassy was telling him he couldn't travel with it anymore... i guess this guy did business in ecuador and the states, and he clearly had a good grasp of conversational english ("and i was like yo, man, give me back my passport, i don't have $97 to pay for a new one, this one is good until 2008. you know? i mean, i was kindof getting pissed off."). anyways it was totally random.
that's all for now!
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2:35 p.m.
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