Buenas Noches
We had a wonderful day with Trevor yesterday. He is a fountain of knowledge and most wonderful tour guide!!! We started out the morning walking through the streets of Miraflores to the Indian Markets. It is so fun just to walk the streets and observe the culture! We bargained at the market and got some local goodies...it was fun (also have our eye on some things we will go back for). We had dinner down near the President of Peru"s quarters, in a traditional peruvian restaurant. A 3 course dinner for the three of us cost $5...our papaya drink had an interesting surprise...a napakin!! it was quickly whisked away and of course a "clean" fresh drink arrived!
We made our way in the little combis, smaller than a minivan filling 25 people, to Donnas batch where we met up with our friends b4 everyone flew out on to other arrangements. What a wonderful afternoon! Fresh strawberry juice and we discovered the secret food of Peru...mangoes!!! THey are out of this world!! So after gorging on mangoes and visiting with all we headed back across town from the batch to our hotel in a larger bus. We fell in love with the smelly dirty buses...they feel much safer than taxis and we get to experience the people...the beautiful music they play together in the back of the bus with whatever they have.
We arrived home to our hostel dirty, tired and craving more mangoes...so down to the corner market to get more!!!
WE booked our flights to Cuzco and called it a night...of course after licking up mangoes!
Early morning rise to catch our flight to Cuzco...1 hr flight instead of 30 hr bus...we decided the extra $ was worth it!
Cuzco seems more friendly, safe...more policia everywhere. Got sucked in by the travel tour guides in the airport and got escorted to a hostel. It is more like Peru than our last one...although seems pretty safe. The "tour guide" wanted us to pay her bunch of usd up front without showing us any tickets or anything...so we said if she came in the morning with the tickets we would pay her. She was very cranky and wanted us to pay her $10usd (3 days worth of wages here)right now.. feeling a little uneasy about the whole thing we paid her the $10 and decided it wasnt much to us if she doesnt show up. So we may be going to Machu Picchu Thursday instead...but thats ok. We will motorbike the sacred valley tomorrow if she doesnt show and we cant get on the train in the morning. (sorry about spelling, havent figured out how to fully use the spanish keyboard)
So after the exchange we decided to go find something to eat, inquire to see how much the "tour" guide was over charging. It seems she was pretty close to what the going rate is...so will see if she shows in the am.
WE found a great little restaurant to eat in and were glad to sit down as we have been feeling somewhat woozy being at almost 11000 feet. One of the higher cities in Peru. After ordering our fresh lemonade drink I (Katrina) started feeling like throwing up, all of a sudden everything got "fat" and I could not hear...everything got really far away. Andrew got me to put my head between my knees to get the blood back to my head and after awhile I was fine...avoided passing out. Apparently this is quite typical symptoms this high up...so feel fine tonight although Andrew still has a headache.
We plan to be back in Lima on Sat to stay at the batch...looking forward to that too.
Hope this finds you staying warm in Canada!!!
It has been 28c here!!!
Ciao
AnK
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