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Yo yo,
We now find ourselves in Lima for the last day about to join the tour group for t'Inca Trail (we've decided the rest of the group will be comprised entirely of package-holiday-Americans in silly hats who speak no Spanish).
The day we last left you we moved onto Trujillo where we'd be spending the night, only to again find that there were only late buses and that we'd have to spend a whole day there. We finally had our first Pisco Sours here and were later stopped by two dodgy looking limeños (young men from Lima) who wanted us to go for a drink with them to practise their English. We were tired and it all seemed a bit suspish and pre-planned, so we declined, but couldn't think of an excuse not to meet them for lunch the next day. We then spent the next day hiding from them. Despite this, they found us several times but didn't seem to mind us ignoring them and running away. All good fun. Our only other observation on Trujillo is that it severely lacks bars, but has plenty of opticians.
Next was a luxury (that was the only kind available, honest) overnight bus onto Huaraz. There were about three other people on it (and no children!) and we were served dinner and tea in nearly-fully reclining leather seats. The 10 hour journey cost $15 each.
When we arrived in the hostel in Huaraz we were given our first coca tea - lovely. Huaraz was full of backpackers, travel agents and alpacas dressed up as people. We went for a walk around some lakes in the Cordillera Blanca and later went to play in the snow. It was cold and wet and snowy. Also in Huaraz we tried guinea pig. It was a bit rubbish really, very little meat on it and what there was was slimey and lacked any flavour. We bought alpaca hats and gloves.
Next onto Lima. Plenty of shopping around the Miraflores area, and a bit of paragliding on the side. We saw Llamawoman (she got a llama on her head) and were yet again forced to eat in Burger King and Pizza Hut by extortionate prices everywhere else. Also, they don't let you buy beer in the supermarkets here unless you bring back an empty bottle. I tried to ask how, then, you get hold of the bottle you need to return. No one as yet has been able to clarify this for me, but it has resulted in me not being able to try half the beers here.
We're writing this while the hostel we're trying to move out of is being fumigated. In an hour or so we'll be moving into a fancy hotel that we can't afford as part of t'Inca tour. It's got stars and everything. We don't think they'll let us skanks in.
That's about it, not much has really happened (for a change).
Love,
Nick and Vic
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