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.