Hudson in Miami

I arrived in Lima this morning, but not without a litle drama. This "free" airline ticket with American comes with some strings attached, namely an airport stopover tour of the continental united states. San Diego to Dallas, Dallas to Miami, and Miami to Lima, with just enough of stop over in each city to be annoying. I made friends with the Jimmy-leg at my drinkover, uh I mean stopover in Dallas, after 2 rounds he insisted on this ...

The drama came just as we were leaving Miami heading out over the ocean when the pilot got on the loudspeaker and anounced that we were heading back to the airport...As he´s translating that in spanish we can hear the alarms shrieking in background as we begin a RAPID descent back to Miami. As we´re landing there must have been 20 fire trucks lining the side of the runway all with their red lights flashing. Most of us were looking for the Hudson river at that point...Turns out some crazy vibration caused the "stall alarm" to falsely register. After switching airplanes we got to Lima 3 hours late.

I struck up a conversation with the guy in seat next to me, Ed,turns out he´s headed for Bolivia to ride a mountain bike for 6 months. We´re rooming at the Hostal together. This is what $35 a night buys you in Lima at the Flying Dog Hostal
At least we have our own kitch and bathroom

I´m staying in the miraflores section of Lima and its very spanish here and I like it alot! Reminds me of Spain, maybe say in the 80´s...

I´m pretty beat up today, so its kind of been a "getting acclimated" day. Its all about the fish here in Lima and I had a great ceviche mixto for lunch. Things are generally cheap here in Lima even for a big city, but like anything else add up quickly.

I washed my REI camping clothes out in the sink, I wont do that again. What a pain. On top of that, I left my xani´s in the super secret pocket and accidentally washed them too. Turns out theres a lavanderia next to the hostal that will wash clothes for a buck or two. Speaking of Bucks what would any sacred destination of all that is holy be without one of these...

Tonight its happy hour at the hostel and tomorrow I´ll venture out and see the sites before flying to Cusco friday morning. Turns out there a Carnivale celebration there and getting a bus is next to impossible. Im glad i´m flying...