So sorry this has not been up dated in so long! It really difficult to get a good Internet connection here and it takes some time to type all the happenings in such a short time! I'm always on the go! One of these days I'll spend a few hours updating! Miss you all!

Woke up around 9ish got ready and went out to the common area of the hostal (Hostal Bonbini) and met up with a few people from the group Benny (our truck driver) and Amy & Scott from New Zealand who had also arrived the same day I did and headed out to get some money changed into Peruvian Sols. Had a bit of a chance to see some streets of the city as it was a few blocks to walk. Lima isn't the most pretty city, it's still got a lot of open construction due to...

The big day is here! And I am still in a bit of shock actually! Time has never passed so fast! And not saying that's a bad thing cause this is what I have been waiting for! So I guess this is better than painstakingly slow! But with time going so quickly I get that feeling of forgetting something no matter how organized I am. And I am definitely organized, I hope! ;) This morning was a little crazy. Just like the last few weeks have been! Working lots of overti...

I am finally getting time and an internet connection to write in my blog! Been a week in South America now and I have tons to write about! I'll start from the beginning I guess! It's been a real blur so far, always on the go, but I have been keeping a written journal as well so I'll just copy what I have written in there. Flights over were as good as good can be. First flight from Vancouver to Houston was only about 4 hours do went fairly quick and as an added b...

26 days left! I almost can't believe it! Time has flown by, yet it seems like forever ago that this whole idea to go to South America came about. But man am I happy that I decided to go because now I'm just so BEYOND excited for this trip in so many ways. I get to not work for 3 months, meet new people and make new friends, test my "awesome" beginner Spanish skills, and just experience all the sights, sounds & tastes of 6 different countries. But I think t...