Spanish Keyboards

So I made it. Not much has happened, although my initial, romantic plans for the start of my trip didn´t really turn out. Before I start this post, I will say that these damn spanish keyboards have too many symbols that aren´t in the right place, so you all just have to deal with it.

Let´s see...well, arriving in Peru at 4am didn´t go as expected. I had this idea of going through customs, getting my bags and by the time I´d leave the airport, it´d be about 6am - the perfect time to watch the sun rise on the beach. Alas, it was not to be. Instead, it was an early landing in Peru at 3:45am, bags at 4am, and out on the streets at 4:30. Thom warned me about the cabs at the airport, and told me that he paid about $13 to get downtown in an official cab. Well, of course, the only official cabs I see are asking for $28 and being the tourist, I pay up only to see a cheaper official cab right outside. Damn you Peru!

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The cab driver (who spoke english very well) kept saying, are you sure you don´t want to stay at a hostel. Well, needless to say, when I saw the deserted streets, the cloudy skies and the fact that NOTHING was open, I second guessed my trip to the beach. Instead, I got a room at a fairly nice hotel and went watched tv. I will say though, that having 100 cable channels was pretty awesome. Between all of the Peruvian movie channels, I had a virtual Saturday afternoon TNT lineup - I caught the end of American Beauty and the middle of Forest Gump. All I needed was to see Shawshank Redemption or the Green Mile and I would have been right back at home. I´ll give Peru a half point on that one.

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Looks like I´ll have to bargin extra hard for that alpaca sweater to make up for it...

Funny story before I end this boring post - I´m typing up an email to my parents, and Thom Googlechats me from an internet cafe a block from here. Yea technology!

Ok, I´m off to find Thom and actually leave my hotel....