Lima, Peru

I´m going to have to keep this short, im using the computer at the hostel and I don´t want to tie it up for too long.

Flight to Lima was great, I sat next to a few students about my age going backpacking. We exchanged emails, and may meet up in Buenos Aires in May.

When I got to the Lima airport, a man named Eduardo was waiting for me with a sign that read STEPHEN CARI. His car was tiny and it stalled several times on the way to the hostel. Eduardo seemed used to this though, and fixed it so quickly it was hardly noticable as we drove.

I just took a shower and now I´m about to try a pisco sour. It´s a popular Peruvian drink.

Leaving for Santiago at 2pm tomorrow!

February 26th, 2:40 AM

This is my first official entry, the one before this didn't count.

I am sitting in the common room of 634, and I have to wake up in about two hours for the airport. It's okay though, I'll have plenty of time to sleep during the 60ish hours of traveling I have ahead of me:

• Flight leaves Boston at 8am Saturday, arrives in Lima, Peru at 8pm (12 hours)

• Spend Saturday night at a hostel

• Bus leaves Lima at 2pm Sunday, arrives Tacna at 9am Monday (19 hours)

• Taxi across border

• Bus leaves Arica, Chile at 10:30am, arrives Santiago 2:20pm Tuesday (30 HOURS)

• Spend Tuesday night at a cousin's friend's house in Santiago

• Bus leaves Santiago at 10am Wednesday, arrives Olmué (site of my first farm) around noon.

I have two alarms set because I'm paranoid about not waking up and missing my flight. The next flight to Lima isn't for a week, so it would really screw up this itinerary.

I have 6 PBJ's made, a big bag of snap peas, and a bigger bag of granola. I have my regular sized North Face backpack for food, books, and general carry-on. I have a large backpacking pack for everything else- clothes, sleeping bag, tent:

This is in the hostel in Lima.

Okay, sleeping now.