So I should post something
Yay for John posting twice recently.
I thought I would pop in a short note while I´m here rocking the third world. Or, consequently, letting the third world rock me. Yeah, I told most people I would be on vacation in Peru for a week with Jen. So far it´s been great. Uh. Yeah.
Well, I don´t have too much to say, except that there have been lots of funny things that happened. Like, well, our plane to Cuzco being cancelled...then uncancelled, then cancelled, and our alternate flight losing our luggage. And how a lot of people here seem to know good english, but that never prepares me for the moments my translator wanders off somewhere and someone else needs me to understand their fast-talking Español.
Also, the keyboards on these computers are really funny, and I can´t really fully utilize the default Windows interface, as it´s all in Spanish.
There´were plenty of National Geographic moments today, we went horseback riding (not as cool as you´d like to think) around some ruins and our trail went through all these small villages. There´d definitely be donkeys and llamas standing around not knowing what the heck. And my horse kept wanting to wander off, or bury its head in another horse´s hind end.
Overall, I guess it was alright, but the altitude in Cuzco (10,000 ft above sea level) kind of makes my head hurt. It makes it worth it though when you meet the kinds of people here that you do, and then see some crazy mountains and ruins and stuff that make you think of The Lord of the Rings...if it had taken place in South America.
So really, it´s just weird and funny being here, but I suspect I should survive and maybe learn some new spanish and have some tacky souvenirs for a few folks.
Later.
I thought I would pop in a short note while I´m here rocking the third world. Or, consequently, letting the third world rock me. Yeah, I told most people I would be on vacation in Peru for a week with Jen. So far it´s been great. Uh. Yeah.
Well, I don´t have too much to say, except that there have been lots of funny things that happened. Like, well, our plane to Cuzco being cancelled...then uncancelled, then cancelled, and our alternate flight losing our luggage. And how a lot of people here seem to know good english, but that never prepares me for the moments my translator wanders off somewhere and someone else needs me to understand their fast-talking Español.
Also, the keyboards on these computers are really funny, and I can´t really fully utilize the default Windows interface, as it´s all in Spanish.
There´were plenty of National Geographic moments today, we went horseback riding (not as cool as you´d like to think) around some ruins and our trail went through all these small villages. There´d definitely be donkeys and llamas standing around not knowing what the heck. And my horse kept wanting to wander off, or bury its head in another horse´s hind end.
Overall, I guess it was alright, but the altitude in Cuzco (10,000 ft above sea level) kind of makes my head hurt. It makes it worth it though when you meet the kinds of people here that you do, and then see some crazy mountains and ruins and stuff that make you think of The Lord of the Rings...if it had taken place in South America.
So really, it´s just weird and funny being here, but I suspect I should survive and maybe learn some new spanish and have some tacky souvenirs for a few folks.
Later.
Nathan Prime 19:06
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