Hola amigos y familia. We are still in Arequipa contemplataing if we want to still work at this crap hostel. As it has been a while since our last post, we can give you a quick breakdown of the highs and lows here. Well, we had a list anyway, but of course i can not remember it, so I{ll deliver random thoughts. First, on the low side, we actually saw a guy get hit by a passenger van and die ( these vans speed around cramming as many people as possible into them as fast as possible.  It is the locals cheap transit).  Actually, Kristen saw the hit, I heard it (two trees blocked my view) but we were in the middle of the aftermath. His helmet flew at least 20 feet, he was on a motorcyle and hit by one of these cabbie buses.   He was laying there on his side witha stream of blood coming out of his head.  It is strange to see how other countries, specifically second world, react to accidents. AT thome everyone has a phone, 911 within minutes, etc. Here, people were concerned but did nothing. We met a Peruvian hostel mate on the walk home minutes after it happened and he pretty much did not seem to care what happened.  Instead of acting concerned, he asked what we had for lunch!!  Needless to say WE were affected.

On lighter notes, we went whitewater rafting with some very, for lack of a better word, hot peruvian guys. We had such a good time, we went for 3 hours and got up to class 4 rapids, apparently. We are looking forward to cusco so we can go for 3 days. Sergio, if you read this somehow, we love you and will give you citizenship.

Finally, after a night of unforseen partying at the hostel last night, you can imagine my shock (Elisa) when I awoke to a bloke in our room taking a piss in the corner behind my bed, full trousers down. At first I was outraged he was hitting my clothes and such, but then i saw he hadn’t and enjoyed the moment laughing at him with his mate that is in the room as well. Then he tried to walk through the wall as if to exit, if you can picture that. His friend had to guide him out of this nook and take him to the baño while i ran and got some towels. It should be dually noted that KP had a look of content on her face as she slept through the whole fiasco with her glasses still on. Ha, her loss.

To top off the absurdity of our last few days, our cabbie tonight told us we were beautiful and he loved us. Really, probably the only words he knows in english. Everyone is shameless for a tip.

Oh and did we tell anyone about the earthquake we experienced in San Pedro? No? Oh, well, we did. It was just a tiny one, but we could feel our beds shaking. Do not worry mom and Joan!

Buenos Noches

E