Ridiculous Peruvian Adventures List

1. Getting into an incredibly sketchy situation in hopes of finding a hostel at 11pm. Includes super sketchy tour guide lady and ridiculously overpriced hotels.
2. Finding the Peruvian equivalent of Zippy´s in Lima and coincidentally eating there 2/3 meals we had there.
   
3. Driving through the Andes on hour 18 (??) on a bus, listening to the same opera song for the 6th time, while everyone around you is puking.
4. Sitting in an internet café with a young midget indigenous woman is at the computer next to you, singing along to Peruvian rap on youtube.
5. We visited at least 2 monastaries, 4 crypts, and probably a bajillion churches
6. Trains that leave on Peruvian time for no apparent reason (i.e. 2 hours late)
7. Our Macchu Pichu Christmas miracle (see previous post)
   
8. Christmas Eve: went to sleep at 930 since we were catching the 530am bus to Machu Picchu. Got woken up at midnight by fireworks that were of New Years Eve levels.
9. Getting sick on Christmas so our holiday dinner consisted of chicken soup and garlic bread
10. Christmas Day: sick, so went to sleep at 830pm, got woken up at 930pm by 12 loud British guys arriving at the hostel (where we were previously the only occupants) who then went out, then came back at midnight and had loud discussions about whether they should eat the Pringles now or later, especially since they were getting up in 4 hours to go to Machu Picchu.
11. ICE MUMMIES
    
12. Lived off bread, oreos, crackers, and Gatorade for about 3 days
13. Getting really excited about cable in the hostels and my first opportunity to watch tv in English in 4 months (especially when I discovered both LOST and Animal planet were on)
14. Llama wear and putting all of it on at once, none of which match
15. Finding out that Jeannine Sullivan (Punahou ’07 classmate) and her family are also in Peru, and in Cuzco, and Aguas Calientes. Yet we are unable to find them, despite being in the same towns for 3 days straight.
16. Too many long bus rides
    
17. Getting into Lima at 11pm (again) and realizing that we just need a cheap hostel to sleep in for 6 hours before getting up again to go to the airport. Picked one randomly near the airport, go to ask for available rooms. They don´t have any with individual beds, just "camas matrimoniales" but it´s cheap and Michelle and I so we say ok. Walk into room, first thing we see is an Avril Lavigne poster. Classy. Continue two feet and see the bed, and realize to our horror, that the ceiling and walls are covered in mirrors. There was also a sketchy stain on the fitted sheet. Needless to say we wore slippers indoors (a big deal for us two), didn´t touch the blanket, and slept on top the sheets that night. A ridiculous end to our Peruvian adventure.