Peru!

¡HOLA!

i hope that everyone is doing fine! things over here are great. we got into peru a few days ago and camped out on the beach for a few nights. the first night i put my sleeping bag and underpad down in the dark (lost my flashlight for a few mins) and didnt pay attention to the slope of the land...i found out that sleeping on a slant isnt the best approach, but was too tired after the day int he truck to do much about it. needless to say that the second day i sorted it out and everything was fine!

so i have a few days to catch up on!

the last town i was in was Baños, it was a beautiful location with stunning waterfalls everywhere! we hiked down to one with lava rock...i wont say much about this because i cant remember if i did talk about it last time, but it felt like it was out of the movies...the lava rock was stunning the way that the water molded it. then we moved on to Cuenca which is a gorgeous little town with a lot of history. it made me think of a more spanish version of old quebec city.

then we crossed the border into peru...what an ordeal. you also have to watch your pockets and make sure that the money they change for you is legit. there is a border town between the two boarders that is reffered to as ´no mans land´and its busy and crazy! people are shoving everything at you trying to sell things like remote controls or sun visors for dogs...there were a lot of vendors and it was very colourful!

almost right away the lush green scenery turned into sandy mountains. oh wait! i almost forgot! we got run off the road by a larger truck and got stuck in mud...we had to explain to a local that his 4X4 little truck would most certainly not pull us out...afterall, our truck is 16 tons... a dump truck was along soon enough and got our sinking turck out!

i have to go, but i will write more later!