Hotel Santa Cruz Lima

... Just tastes better being here... the right ingredients, wonderful friends... such a blessing!!!! <br><br>We miss the boys something fierce! I'm so thankful for technology! We've been able to video chat with them a lot. Can't wait to hug them!!!! <br><br>This is a saying hanging in Aunt Gloria's bathroom and I just LOVE it! "Blessed is he with no expectations for he shall not be disappointed"<br><br>Buenas Noches <br><br><br>

... til you have to do it 22 times in pans you would use to cook for a family of four! Anyway, I sound bitter, but it was actually pretty fun &#8211; I had people around entertaining me.<br><br>Believe it or not (and anyone that has ever eaten something I have prepared will not believe), I had everything ready ahead of schedule. We still ended up eating a little later than planned, but that was just because I didn&#8217;t think about serving plates ahead of time ...

... griping about things like homework. (That story was actually really interesting, despite it's very tedious use of random names of aquatic life that had no bearing on the meaning of the story, but how am I to know that?)<br><br>Also, I want to give a special shout out to Larry, for making me realize that I hadn't written here in forever. As for what has happened since I last wrote.... <br><br>Well I already described my intense ...

... is wasted.<br> <br>After lunch it was onto a small airconditioned mercedes bus and off to Clube Labareda. This is one of two venues for members of CAM's social club which incorporates 3 swimming pools, a function centre, outdoor futsal and volleyball courts and canopied futsal courts, food and drink outlets and a small shop for Galo (CAM) fans. Whilst I am not sure how much an annual membership costs, it is apparent that only a small percentage of CAM ...

... and then on to Cusco to tackle the Inca trail. Meeting with some friends of my former boss Sue tomorrow or Saturday which will be good. Uploading photos is very slow so we don´t have time to do any more at the moment. We will probably have a huge write up and uploading session when we get to NZ! Bye for now, keep reading everyone. Hope you are not all too insanely jealous!!

... chickens, including a baby and cows. I took a look at the coffee that was drying in the sun and went with Reynaldo and Marcos to eat from the trees. We had tangerines and oranges...pretty good, although they eat them when they are green and not ripe. We settled in, had lunch, and then took a walk into the crops. I helped pick fava beans and looked over the mountains and river from atop this hill...absolutely gorgeous! After a short walk closer to ...

... I told him that I definitely plan on going there. When we went outside to collect the bags, there were already a group of taxi drivers waiting and offering to give rides to the city centre. They acted like a pack of lions ready to pounce on the bus passengers. I told them I wasn&#8217;t interested in a ride. One even offered to take my bag, thinking automatically that I wanted to get to central Lima. I had to tell the taxi driver several ...

... had to wait ;( ... but Melih and Serdar were willing to wait with us ... really nice. And we waited for two hours more until the bar closed and then Tijana arrived. We were lucky, but in fact I was not tired and it was a great night, but I also had to say good bye to Melih :( But I am sure I will visit him in Istambul! We both girls slept in ALeksandras house and the next morning we went back to Ouro Preto and I directly to work.

... the cave and at the bottom is a really clear blue lake, hence the name!! The other half was tubing down a river, cross between white water rafting and a lazy river. Nice. <img src=http://www.travelpod.com/users/zmas ey/south_america.1108380000.img_1390.jp g width=260 Another day was spent snorkelling 3km along the clearest river with lots of fishes, big fishes, little fishes and allegedly an anoconda. Now its off to the Pantanal.