Clifford Hotel Lima

Today was one Jeff and I were really looking forward to. Aunt Gloria and Uncle Oliver (names of endearment) have been SUPER gracious and caring to us. They have allowed us to stay here on the seminary grounds. They took us to Jeff's old school Fetzer. I loved seeing his eyes... a look I've never seen in the man I've loved for 17 yrs!!! I met teachers who impacted him as a child, whose names I've heard and now I can put a face with ...

... in hand, there is no way we could get lost!!

We managed to get local currency )the first victory!), hit the local offices of Gap Adventures to book a few day trips during our time here, a grocery store for some food and water, and then a walk down to the beach.

The weather is fine - closer to 17C and overcast, though I did get a burn today I am starting to ...

... on Saturday the 10th of October I will break my usual routine Instead, I will go to Selvamonos: the First Music and Arts Festival of Oxapampa at the Ruffner Ranch (a rustic farm seeped in old charm) where concerts and live theatrical performances will take place.

The music will kick off at 2pm across two stages. Big Peruvian names like Jean-Pierre Magnet and his Seranata de los Andes will play, followed by ...

... Pisco sour or 3. Paul and Gilli succumb to the higher priced stores and make last minute instinctive purchases for family and friends and selves. I simply watch - knowing that my rucksack is refusing to take another single item unless i ditch something else.

As the three of us are heading back to my place so Paul and Gilli can grab a taxi to whisk them back to Crime Ville for the night we stumble upon some of our American camp mates frm the ...

... preceeded my departure allowed the long lines in the LAX airport to be tolarable. I found myself neither anxious or excited. Just there. Waiting. I was hungry and didn´t know what to expect in terms of food for the flight, and the only store open was starbucks. Let it suffice to say, that I walked away with a 5 dollar plate of veggies and ranch dressing, a 3 dollar cookie, a 2 dollar drink and a vow that if I saw another starbucks in the next two ...

... in the states, but the name was enough to deter us from even trying it and we settled at a place called ¨Las Pizzas Bar¨ which turned out to have excellent spaghetti (me) and lasagna (Taylor).

After dinner we went back to our hangout from the night before called ¨The Corner¨ which is an American sports bar to watch my Cleveland Cavaliers play the Orlando Magic. The game didn´t end as I had ...

... Lima, I feel a bit like in Cuba. These old american and european cars here give you an impression of an old communist time. Also the buildings and old residents spread the spirit of an old time. Especially here in the higher-residential district of Lima, Barranco. If you just go one district on, to Miraflores the city-environment is changed to the a skyscraper-residential area. It is the most touristic area which huge residential and corporal ...

... mountain was a grueling one, each corner I would see in the distance I hoped it would be the top, once I got there I was greeted with another steep incline, I pushed on! Finally we arrived in Aguas Calientes and enjoyed a much deserved lunch and hung out for an hour or two before the train arrived.
The next morning at 5.30 we caught the bus up the Machu Pichu from the town centre. We had originally ...