South America -- Land of Delays and Cancellations

SOooOOooOO! We had some trouble leaving Lima. In a nutshell, there were "problems with the road" and our previously booked bus tickets (non-refundable) were only good to take us on a detour to Arequipa and then book ANOTHER ticket from Arequipa to Cuzco. That's what we did. We had a day to explore Arequipa and get a taste for what is there for when we return to do hiking and camping with Megan. We went to a museum to see "Juanita" the Ice Mummy. Whoa -- a 14 year old Inca girl sacrificed at the top of Mount Ampato. Because of the icy climate she was mummified and later exposed because of a volcantic erruption. She's crazily well preserved. You should definitely google it and check out some facts. They had her on display in a glass freezer. WHoa. BLEW. MY. MIND.

We also had coffee on a balcony over looking the Plaza de Armas in Arequipa, played waaay too many rounds of HangMan, but had fun, all in all. Actually, we went to this park that has an aerial view of the city and a view of Mount Misti and at the park they had singing rocks playing wackadoodle versions of Cat Stevens tunes.

BUT, after one night sleeping on Megans floor (muchas gracias megan), and 2 nights sleeping in busses, we're pretty beat. We arrived in Cusco between 5 and 6am and once we got done with the taxi and hostel haggling, we were ready for a sleep in a bed. Now, we're just taking it easy today. Planning our next move in Cuzco. Machu Picchu is soooo close!

IN OTHER NEWS: We have some fanny updates. So far we've seen a fanny with a mesh pouch, a camoflouge fanny, grade schoolers with fannies, and Marie even had a DREAM about fannies.

Also, we've seen some pretty killer Starter jackets about town. Father/Son duo actually, with Bulls and Miami Dolphin jackets. Also, Manuel from Huacachina had a starter jacket -- if i didn´t already mention that.

SIDE NOTE -- We have given REFRESCO many chances, but seriously -- we're just not into it. Its like this Kool-Aide drink that comes with your Menu meal. Sometimes its orange, yellow, brownish (which was by far the worst, it tasted like SHOE POLISH or cleaning solution), or sometimes its purple. Actually, in Arequipa at lunch yesterday we saw the TRASH CAN full of Refresco that they were serving everyone out of, YEs: trash barrel. Then, on our way out of town in our Taxi I spotted people selling refresco on the street out of buckets. Whats the deal with that?? I can´t really describe the drink more than its like really sweet like bubblegum, slippery texture, and freaking everywhere.