Hi Gang,
We made it safe and sound. Should not have watched the first episode of Lost before flying- had a bit of severe turbulence and Scott turned positively white. I was sorry that I spilled my drink. But other than that, a relatively painless flight.
So after we get through customs, who made us open our boxes of gear, Hein picks us up and escorts us past the tourist taxis to the cheaper ones on the street and we head to his casa, in a residential area of Lima. We arrive there around 2 am. Very tired. This morning, he walked us around to a local market and the bank and sent us out into Lima. Very nice people. He is Dutch and has a wife in the Netherlands. And calls Ana his Peruvian wife... I dont really get it but suffice to say that he doesnt seem to care that Scott and I may not be married.
So we{re jut cruising around, had a meal at what we figure is the Peruvian equivalent to Chuck E. Cheeses- we order this mixed plate and then broke out the Spanish-English dictionary to find we had ordered Chicken, Porkchop, Sausage, sweetbreads and what we are pretty sure is intestines. Oops. Oh well, the other identifiable stuff that isn{t sweetbreads was pretty good....
Bikes due to arrive midnight Monday so we are going to the airportwith Hein to suss out the customs scene tomorrow am. He is eager to help.
Answers to questions--- we are 3 hours ahead here, same time zone as Ontario. No, it isnt too hot, but muggy and temp is mild- tshirts and pants weather. Spanish is not quite coming along yet, but we{ll start some lessons with Ana and Hein soon.
By the way, if those of you on Messenger can add us to your contacts, we are logging into MSN to get to hotmail- maybe we can catch you once in a while.
Cheers all,
Scott and Pam