Like the most of the team, yesterday´s post was affected by altitude sickness, which was why it was so short. The postitive of that is that you guys get a nice long one to read today! So, get comfy.
We left Buenos Aires at around 5 30 am, just in time to see the British backpackers we met the night before come home from ¨dinner.¨ We were all sad to leave our uber chill hostel and at the same time, pumped to see Peru. The two flights, Buenos Aires to Lima and Lima to Cusco, were full of drama. Ben Merrick got sick and resulted in Mr Gough dubbing it ¨the day of the brown mist.¨ Karma was obviously at work as Mr Gough also lost his bag on that same flight.
Fortunatly, the bag was found as soon as we mentioned that Simon would need money to replace some stuff and we moved on to Cusco. We had half the plane to ourselves, and the flight was short, and we were keen to see Cusco. The second we exited the airport we had the scene set for us. It was a beautiful sunny day,we were surrounded by mountains and a lady tried to sell us alpacka beanies. It was exactly what we expected.
Our bus dropped us off on a narrow cobble street and we entered Los Aticos Hotel from a side street. We put our bags into our rooms and headed straight to the roof to see the veiw. It was stunning. The valley was full of old style houses that staggered up the mountain side. On the peak of the mountain to the left was a statue of Jesus, and the words¨Viva el Peru¨ enscribed into the mountain on our right. They were very good first impressions.
Stages of Altitude Sickness
1. The Giggly Stage. Every one is smiling, laughing and telling the worst jokes possible, and people laughed anyway. Andrea is still in this stage.
2. The Dizzy Stage. As I was chopping tomatoes for the tacos we were having for dinner I suddenly felt really dizzy, and went to join the rest of the team semi passed out on my bed. Most of the team got a bit of this, but no real dramas. The Tacos were really good.
3. The Post Pills Stage. After taking the Altitude Pills we felt fine except for the weird side effects such as pins and needles in strange places and needing to go to the baños every half hour.
Day Two invloved Mr Gough being confused about the time difference and waking everyone up at 5 30 rather than 7 30. (Stage 4?) After breakfast we met up with Jeremy Cuba from Elim, a local orphange. We took a short yet intense taxi ride to the orphanage were we met the director of Elim, Jeremy`s Mum. We then moved some baking equipment to the new campus of the orphange we we got to see Jame`s problem solving skills and Darryl`s buff side. The girls picked up the orphan kids from school. The girls went to have lunch and go shopping as the guys went keep moving the furniture and then went to get lunch. After a lunch of burgers and Inca Kola, the guys went back to the hotel to play cards, and the girls returned later with every kind of alpacka wool item money could buy.
Peru so far has been amazing, everything we expected and more. We are looking forward to hanging out at Elim again tomorrow and especially Machu Piccu later this week. Everyone is feeling alright now, and looking forward to going to bed. Buenos Noches Amigos!
Josh
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