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Before The Trip San Salvador and Lima Huacachina and Arequipa Canyon Country

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Southern Peru

Before The Trip

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Apr 30 2007, 05:45 PM

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I am leaving the safety of American America tomorrow. Tom is going to Peru, kids. I will have a brief 300 minute layover in San Salvador, where I'm sure after taking a red eye from the US I will try to sleep w/ a death grip on my belongings. 3 time zones and 13 hrs after leaving LAX I will arrive in Lima, Peru. I've practiced little to no Spanish, so I will be saying "no entiende" and "en Portugalia, erra cardialogo." There I will meet up with the one person in Peru who I know and that's when I can lean completely on someone else to get me around a Spanish speaking country. Oh, I've also got a sick guidebook which completes the set of crutches I will be using down there.

A little nerve-wracking, needless to say. I keep thinking that I'm missing one of the 200 things that I need to bring; as a result I have to keep reminding myself that Lima is not in the middle of nowhere, so I can probably buy any of the little things that I may forget.

Alright folks, enjoy the ride, talk to you in Peru!

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	4. Canyon Country May 10 2007, 06:34 AMCabanaconde, Peru2 comments There are two canyons down here that have definite bragging rights. Cotahuasi is the deepest followed by Colca Canyon. We did Colca because it was 6 hrs closer to Arequipa. Let the fight begin...Colca Canyon vs. Grand Canyon. This translates to Clubber Lang vs. Rocky. For those who didn´t...

	3. Huacachina and Arequipa May 6 2007, 01:51 AMArequipa, Peru1 comment Getting out of Lima felt pretty good. Too much bustle. There´s this little tourist trap down the road called Huacachina. Population: 200. Stray dogs: 50. Dune Buggies: One for every tourist. The town is wrapped around this natural oasis, with sand dune mountains on all sides. Of course...

	2. San Salvador and Lima May 3 2007, 01:33 PMLima, Peru Hola Amigos, made it safe and sound. It´s funny you can feel it when you cross the equator. Your head spins the other way, babies cry backwards (HHHAW, HHHAW...wait that just means they´re laughing), and the keyboards are reeally messed up. Ç¿Ñ why would anyone ever use those characters...

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