I can't stop sweating!
We arrived in Lima in the evening on Tuesday.
We spent all day yesterday walking along the beach in Lima and through the neighborhoods of Miraflores and Baranco. It was really HOT and really humid! I have re-affirmed the fact that am not a very good hot weather person.
The neighborhood of Baranco is awesome both Forrest and I really liked it, it reminded me of New Orleans. We ate over priced popsicles and sat along the beach for most of the day. Forrest got pooped on by a bird (haha), and then we ate churros so he would feel better.
Last night at 1 in the morning we almost missed our flight to Santiago, because of massive lines in the Lima airport, 3 hours is not enough time to make an international departure there. We also forked over a small fortune to LAN Airlines because of our overweight baggage. FYI flight within south america do not give you international baggae allowances. Forrest and I were only allowed 23 kilos each... needless to say we exceeded it and payed for it, BIG TIME! OUCH!
We are in Mendoza now, it's really hot here too (90+) but it's not as humid. Tommorw we will begin running arround trying to get ready for our warm up climb of Cerro Plata (thanks Toren and Dylan for all of the advice), which will be about 4 days, and should bring us up to 6,000m blowing Forrest previous altitude reccord (that was set in Peru) out of the water. It is a bit stormy tonight, windy with some rain so everyone think good weather thoughts for us!
ps... i could really go for some snow right now.
we are all so relieved to hear you have escaped the rains and danger of the Urabamba.
ReplyDeletePlease keep us posted as you travel through argentina and climbing of the Cerro Plata.
Tracking your adventures and keeping you both close in our hearts.
minmt