Peru Day 3 (Cusco) Part 2

We stepped out of the hotel and into the waiting cab.  Our driver, Raphael proved to be a comical and witty man who spoke English with an accent which, try as I might, I just could not place.  It was sort of a strange mix of Eastern European and South American all at the same time.  We talked all the way to the airport about Lima and Cusco and Coca Tea to help us cope with the altitude.  Cusco is located in the Andes at 11,200 ft.  That is the height of many peaks in the US and higher than the highest point in many of the states back home.  We would eventually be going up from there.  I looked out the window on the way and found myself memorized by the ability of 5 cars to fit in a three lane road with no accidents.  Raphael parked at the airport we thanked him, wished him well and arranged to have him pick us back up on the return trip.  I stepped from the cab and started to feel a little woozy, and light headed.  I underestimated the affect the coffee would have on me and I could hear my pule in my ears as we walked in to the airport and up to the security line.  As we were standing there, I felt tunnel vision coming on and thought I might pass out.

Peru Day 3 (Cusco) Part 1

Courtyard at The Hotel Miraflores

Well it has been a couple of weeks since my last post.  Unfortunately the trifles of life, like work, have gotten in the way once again.  Here is the next segment in the series, enjoy.
I awoke to the ring of the house phone waking me up.  I looked blearily around the room trying to wipe out the sleep and get my bearings.  It was 7 AM Lima time and one quick look around the room and I realized I must have been dead asleep.  My travel companion seemed to be missing.  I hopped out of bed, took care of the morning grooming in the form of brushing my teeth, showering and then putting on the same clothes for the third day in a row.
If variety is the spice of life, then certainly I was finding the lack of it makes for the ease of life.  Elk walked in right as our backup alarm was ringing on the rented phone and we went off to eat breakfast in the hotel lobby.  Breakfast smelled like a mix of strong coffee and homemade bread being baked in a brick oven.

Peru Day 2 (El Salvador and Lima) - Part 2

Welcome to Lima

I will definitely be back to explore more of El Salvador.  Descriptions and pictures do not do justice to the beauty of the countryside and beaches they have there.  We cleared back through customs at the airport with a breeze and headed back into the terminal to go on to Lima.  While in the terminal I purchased 2 postcards one for my nephews and one for my girlfriend.  Surprisingly, there was not post office in the airport to mail them, so I gave the man a the tourism office the two postcards