So I finished my final night in Urubamba at the restaurant I became a fixture at. Miguel (¨Mickey¨) the chef made my final hot chocolate and graciously made it on the house. Got up at 4:45am this morning to catch a collectivo back to Cusco for my flight, then spent the remainder of the day in Lima. Did some shopping, some eating, some looking around. It{s not such a bad place. And, just like my last day in Hanoi last year, I went in for a haircut (which I will probably need to get recut), manicure (probably picked up some bacteria from the undisinfected tools), and pedicure (I have pretty pink toes now). But all for less than $15. Anyways, my time sadly is up. My final task at hand it to perfectly spend all of my leftover soles without having to change anymore money. Wish me luck.
General comments:
1. I remember coming home from Vietnam last year and having to make a conscious decision to only wear socks for one day before washing. When I got to Peru it all came back to me. How comforting it is to wear my hiking socks (or any item of clothing for that matter) for multiple days before doing laundry.
2. I discovered avocado on this trip. Can{t say I had ever bought one in Canada before. What a delicious fruit/vegetable. I love everything con palta!!
3. Peruvians are really nice people.
4. Peru is a really beautiful country.
5. I hate smoking. I rarely saw any Peruvians smoking. Most smokers were tourists.
6. My scrubs (hailing from 99/00 in Dene) that I wear for pajamas and during laundry while travelling are almost worn through, particularily around the butt. I can{t wear them in public anymore.
7. I don{t like pink all that much.
8. Diarrhea can and should be a regular topic of conversation (well, while travelling anyways)
9. I found out that there is a special tool that skims off the tough skin around the corners of my fingernails that I usually just bite off.
10. I have mastered going to the toilet with a backpack on both my front and my back, while having to squat over no toilet seat, and pulling toilet paper out of my pocket.
11. Foreign folk music, whether from Thailand, Indonesia or Peru, sounds the same. A woman singing with an irritating high pitched voice, sometimes with a many shouting randome phrases in the background.
12. I love pancakes.
13. There were a lot more thoughts that I thought today, but under pressure of super expensive internet, they evade me now :)
Until the next country......
Trina
