lima last day

so i'm sitting here bored since nick is still taking a shower. they had turned off the hot water and i guess i used it all up. they started heating it up again for nick.

the sulfur tablets aren't working but i think i'll buy a few more and keep taking them till monday. if by then i'm still sick, i'm getting antibiotics.

so yesterday, after i posted, we did nothing. we sat around our hotel room and ate tons of bread and watched some tv. they have some of the same spanish-language soaps here in peru as in america. i shouldn't know this, but unfortunately i do.

i also figured i'd mention a few random things i'd forgotten. apparently lima is always overcast but never rains. like they might get some drizzle but that's it. but several years back they got a drizzle that lasted all day or something, and since there are no gutters, it actually eventually closed down a major highway or something. pretty funny.

another thing, we learned a lot about respecting pacha mama during our trek. she's mother nature and you have to be nice to her. whenever you drink chicha or something, you have to spill a little on the ground for her. but i must've pissed her off or something cuz she certainly punished me. fortunately, she was still generally very happy with us and we did have fantastic weather for all four days. we had clear skies and no rain. it was so clear we could see a lot of the snowy mountain tops. nighttime was freezing though and i ended up sleeping fully clothed with long underwear, beanie, and gloves every night. also, some people were bitten by mosquitoes on the last day. our theory is that only the people who showered the third night got bitten. us dirty people had natural repellent. both nick and i got off bite free :)

so it's already about 10:30 this morning. we're gonna try to do some last-minute shopping for stuffed alpacas. honestly i've hardly bought any souvenirs this trip, just a few scarves. i haven't really seen anything i'm just dying to have. still, i wanna give it one last try. then we're gonna try this ceviche restaurant angelo recommended for lunch. i'll probably just sit and watch nick eat. and finally for dinner we're going to astrid y gaston, which is a famous seafood restaurant here. i'll probably just eat anyways and deal. if eating boring bread is gonna make me sick, i may as well eat something i really like and still get sick. then i guess off to the airport. we have a red eye and won't arrive till tomorrow morning. i miss my bed so much. it'll be nice to come back to our new home.