Day 1 & 2


Hi all!Sorry for the mass email but I have not had time to set up my blog page yet.

My adventure started on Sunday the 6th trying to drive from Durango toDenver during a major winter storm. 3-4 feet of wet, heavy snow fellacross the San Juans closing every pass out of Durango. The onlyoptions were to drive thru Moab, UT or Santa Fe/Albuquerque (which I took] to get to Denver. The roads were treacherous, vehicles littered the highways and after an 11 hour drive I finally arrived in Denver. The weather was fine in Denver on Monday and my flight to Houston then Lima went fine. I blazed thru customs but the taxi ride to my hostel was insane! Every single one of the 10 million residents here drive with complete disregard to signals, signs, lanes and other vehicles -each trip in a taxi is an exciting & scary proposition.

The Loki Lima hostel is really nice & clean, for a hostel. The showers are hot, the beds are comfy and the bar/rec area is sweet. It is located next to the central park in the Miraflores district, amodern & very beautiful part of Lima. I arrived around 1AM to a large party in the bar and quickly made friends with others from Brasil,Argentina, Ireland, New Zealand and the US. Today, four of us walked down an old cobblestone road a few blocks to the beach. The sun was hot and the water was cold with strong currents. It was great to swim in the ocean in January! We met four lovely local girls that took us to their favorite spots for ceviche,the national dish, and pisco sours, the national drink. We hung out with them for the amazing sunset and an early dinner. After a shortnap and shower I went out with a group of seven beautiful Brazilian girls and two other guys to a trendy techno dance club where we danced our butts off until we were dripping with sweat.

I have barely been here 30 hours and my Spanish skills have tripled.I'm starting to remember lessons from all those classes in college. I think I will stay in Lima for another two days as I am having a great time, meeting exceptional people and enjoying being in a huge city. I will try to set up the blog and post pictures tomorrow- I will send you all the links when ready.

Hasta luego,
Scott