I'm alive... I'm safe... I'm in Cuzco.
My first day in South America has been a long one, and I'm now totally exhausted. I didn't get much sleep on the plane out, and haven't slept since I landed, so this is going to be brief.
I arrived in Lima at around 5:15am, and left by 9:30am. Clearly, I am now an expert on Lima, and know all there is to know about it. My thinking was that it would be time better spent seeing Machu Pichu, and then heading down to Chile, rather than spending time in Lima.
Shortly after arriving in Cuzco, I lugged my 60lb monster up the stairs to my room on the second floor of the hotel I{m staying at. Guess what? It became really obvious that Cuzco is at 3400m (11,000'). It took a little bit, but I've adjusted to the altitude now, which is good.
I went to see a soccer game tonight -- part of the south american cup. The game was Cuzco )Peru) against somewhere in Columbia. We won, 1-0. Watching the game was a blast, and it was all that much more impressive given the altitude.
Tomorrow I'm off to Machu Pichu for a couple days, via the train. Right now, sleep. Much needed sleep.
Oh, and a disclaimer: keyboards are weird down here, so there are going to be some weird typos that I can't be bothered to fix throughout all of my posts from here.
Posted by vanwie at December 4, 2003 07:01 PMHeya! Good to hear you've arrived safely! Keep up the posts...
Posted by: Matthew at December 5, 2003 02:18 PMDitto. (I guess the only point of this comment
is to let you know that I'm reading.)
Tell me you brought a camera along to document your entire journey!
Posted by: Jeff at December 8, 2003 06:01 PMGreat to hear from you guys -- helps keep me from getting lonely on days when I'm alone.
Yes, I do have a camera, and hopefully I'll find a place to upload pictures soon. That's one of my goals for today or tomorrow.
Posted by: vanwie at December 13, 2003 07:16 AM