We´ve returned from the Amazon and have plenty of great stories to tell about that. We´ll save that for tomorrow when we have some more time. Also, hopefully we will find a good internet connection so that we can upload some more photos; uploading photos is almost impossible when the connections are slow. We're now in Lima and I can assure you that the hostel we are staying in is better than our first introduction to Lima....
Here's just a random observation or two about South America or travel in general....
is it just me, or does anyone else find it strange/unnerving that:
...your shower is heated by an electrical shower head. Soooo.... you are standing there, soaking wet, underneath 220 volts of electricity, and the wiring has clearly been twisted together by hand and is barely covered by some cheap electrical tape that is peeling away... I'm sure that this is similar to how they executed people before they invented the electric chair... (we actually did meet one girl who had been electrocuted twice so far on her trip)
...you walk down the street and are politely greeted by some really big guy who asks you, in a very official manner, whether you would like to change some money. He is holding a huge wad of local currency that he proudly shows you, and seems to be just standing on the curb, doing business...
... everywhere in Bolivia seemed to require a bus ride that was about 10 to 13 hours long, even though the distances were only about 250 to 450 kilometers. Most of these buses ran at night which meant that if you don't sleep well on buses, you were a wreck by the time you arrived.
... everyone in South America seems to have at least 2 cell phones. I'm still trying to figure out why...
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