Lima, Peru
Currently I am in lima and I have a bus ticket to Huaraz. I am at a small internet cafe in the big city. My trip haas been problematic so far. The airport in Chicago got closed down for a while due to some (in my opinion) weak thunderstorms and caused my flight to be canceled. Then I get on another flight to Miami and that one was delayed so that I miss my flight to Lima. I arrived in Miami at 2 in the morning. I get booked for the Lan Peru flight the next day on the same flight number and have to spend the night. They offered a room at the Something-that-costs-you-money Hotel for 69 USD + tax. I asked if it was still okay to sleep in the airport to which he replied SURE!. I pulled out my thermarest and sleep sheet and staked out my small spot on some carpet. I slept until about 8:00am but it was not very restful. There were many disturbances. The next day I went to the lone television playing news and thought to myself I´m never getting out of here. I had to wait out hurricane Rita in Miami. Fortunately I had half a bottle of peppermin schnopps to keep me company. It was a small bottle but that and a book made the day go by fast.
In the morning there were about half the flights cancelled for the day. As the day wore on and the storm veered south of the city the flights went to about 20% cannceled. At about 5:00pm my flight to Peru looked like it was goiing to make it. I checked in and went to the gate and grabbed a few mor Zzzzs. Basically, imagine me holding a book with a bored expressioon on my face and that is what I did all day. The interent phone there is a complete rip off. 25cents for a minute. Where I am now is a pruvian dollar (Nuevo Soles). That is about 30 cents US. Oh, also there was nowehre to go with the storms outside in Miami.
Anyway, I am here in Lima. I am going to go by bus to Huaraz today at 11:00. It should be a six hour bus ride. Shannon said there was a transportation strike. She is in some podunk town not even on the map. The do have an internet cafe though. We shall see who arrives first in the city.
I feel like I know enough spanish to get me shot or dropped off in some little village I have no idea where. We shall see how well immeersion does for me.
The keyboards here are kinda whacked.
That is all.
I cannot curse on the computer because it closes the window. Some child protection thing. So, I will just say that I do expect you mother farkers to write and or post to the blog. When you are cut off from civilization the one thing that you want most is communication with normal people. So, write.
Mark
Currently I am in lima and I have a bus ticket to Huaraz. I am at a small internet cafe in the big city. My trip haas been problematic so far. The airport in Chicago got closed down for a while due to some (in my opinion) weak thunderstorms and caused my flight to be canceled. Then I get on another flight to Miami and that one was delayed so that I miss my flight to Lima. I arrived in Miami at 2 in the morning. I get booked for the Lan Peru flight the next day on the same flight number and have to spend the night. They offered a room at the Something-that-costs-you-money Hotel for 69 USD + tax. I asked if it was still okay to sleep in the airport to which he replied SURE!. I pulled out my thermarest and sleep sheet and staked out my small spot on some carpet. I slept until about 8:00am but it was not very restful. There were many disturbances. The next day I went to the lone television playing news and thought to myself I´m never getting out of here. I had to wait out hurricane Rita in Miami. Fortunately I had half a bottle of peppermin schnopps to keep me company. It was a small bottle but that and a book made the day go by fast.
In the morning there were about half the flights cancelled for the day. As the day wore on and the storm veered south of the city the flights went to about 20% cannceled. At about 5:00pm my flight to Peru looked like it was goiing to make it. I checked in and went to the gate and grabbed a few mor Zzzzs. Basically, imagine me holding a book with a bored expressioon on my face and that is what I did all day. The interent phone there is a complete rip off. 25cents for a minute. Where I am now is a pruvian dollar (Nuevo Soles). That is about 30 cents US. Oh, also there was nowehre to go with the storms outside in Miami.
Anyway, I am here in Lima. I am going to go by bus to Huaraz today at 11:00. It should be a six hour bus ride. Shannon said there was a transportation strike. She is in some podunk town not even on the map. The do have an internet cafe though. We shall see who arrives first in the city.
I feel like I know enough spanish to get me shot or dropped off in some little village I have no idea where. We shall see how well immeersion does for me.
The keyboards here are kinda whacked.
That is all.
I cannot curse on the computer because it closes the window. Some child protection thing. So, I will just say that I do expect you mother farkers to write and or post to the blog. When you are cut off from civilization the one thing that you want most is communication with normal people. So, write.
Mark
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