Estoy en Arepuipa, and I´m ok so far....I got into Lima pretty late last night and was a little overwhelmed right out of the airport by the large amounts of people yelling and holding signs. Luckily, Zach found me and I met the head of his project and we took a taxi back to the apartment that Zach, Annie and Sloan (his wife and daughter) are staying for the year that they´re here. I had enough time to sleep, shower and eat, and then I had to be back at the airport for my flight to Arequipa. My spanish is NOT as good as I was hoping it would be, so that´s been a bit of a disappointment. And I´m also just scared to look like an idiot, so I speak less than I probably would.
The first big WOW moment happened as I got off the plane onto the tarmac and turned around: the mountains were large and looming and gorgeous and I felt like I was finally in PERU. As soon as I figure out how to upload pictures from my camera (which is proving a little more difficult than I thought), I´ve got a great picture from the airport of the mountains.
The city of Arequipa is really cool and really pretty, but its so painfully obvious that I´m a tourist.....anyway, I´m off to find food and get back to the hostel. Wish me luck!
gussie this is fun to read! update it more. i hope you have a great time in peru and i get to see you when you come back to nc for a little. take lots of pictures!
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