Sunday, August 12, 2007

Make New Friends

Thank God for friends like Ana Maria.

Unfortunately we did not have reservations for a place to stay in Lima last night. Our plane was also late getting in last night, but we met a senorita named Ana Maria and she was kind enough to offer her cousin´s house to us for the night. Many of her family members (probably 10 of them altogether) were at the airport waiting for her and they drove the three of us to their home in Santa Anita. Havier, a friend of Ana Maria, took us to Consuela y Franco´s home where we shared a cerveza con Franco. Salud! Our bed was warm with many blankets and heated water bottles and we had our very own bathroom to shower in the next morning.

Breakfast was delicious and included OJ, cafe, tameles, bread y queso and ham. Today we are exploring la playa y la ciudad Miraflores (looking at flowers). Henry, Ana Maria´s cousin, brought us to this Internet station and is taking us to see the beach next. We have bought our tickets for the infamous bus ride to Cusco and will leave at 5´30 tonight. We head out for dinner with Ana´s family and then head out. The weather here is much cooler than we expected, but Franco has already given us some gloves.

I miss you all! Love, Carly

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