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Written by Keith Rhoades
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Sunday, 24 October 2004 |
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Hola mis amigos y familia! Que tal? It is Saturday night about 10 pm and getting ready to go out dancing tonight.... but unlike the US things are open here later. Let{s see... I don't even know where to being. Lima is such a huge and overwhelming city, noisy and crazy. Of course poverty is very sad here. I’ve been getting lessons on all kinds of historic and political things such as prostitution is legal, but not pimping, marijuana is legal but not selling but you can posses and use. It is nice to spend the time with a local person (who yes is on my team) the current president has 12% support while the previous president is being extradited from Japan. There are also major problems with coca terrorists outside of Lima and yesterday they were blocking the roads so busses could not get through...so everything on my schedule is tentative. This morning I woke up late...Cesar took me to the travel agency and helped me get all of my bus tickets and stuff for the rest of my Peru travel so that was very helpful. After we took a taxi to the Baranco district which we went on a walking tour of the old colonial mansions. There I had picarones (Peruvian donuts) and mate de coca Coca tea. In the afternoon we went to the Magdalena district to the national museum of anthropology and archeology which was incredible saw mummies, burial rights, pottery, and historical explanation of the civilizations of Peru throughout the ages. After we went out to a cafe and chatter. Now we are home getting ready to go to the disco. On the other hand....this trip is teaching me patience and tolerance...the Peruvians are very, very slow and when they talk they get in your space..like less than a foot from you, speak directly to you and talk forever...and I like to talk but some of the conversations I have had I thought would never end....but they are very friendly...all of them have been very personable. Cesar is a very nice guy...however, I believe he has fallen head over heals for me...more so for me than for him. I guess I can face the reality that we will probably only see each other for 3 days and then move on....but it is always nice to have friends around the world. He has a maid, his parents live in Zurich Switzerland and he works as a tax attorney for the Peruvian government. As I write this I feel like auntie mame or something. Tomorrow is my last day in Lima and proves to be a busy one with lots of historical churches and archaeology sites....I will keep you updated..
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Last Updated ( Friday, 09 February 2007 )
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