am i dreaming?

did i really see an alpaca as soon as i got out of the taxi? (yes, i wrote "llama" on the original post) cobblestone roads? 4 soles (it´s about 32 cents to the Sol here) for lunch or dinner, and 2 for breakfast? People dressed in the clothes i´ve seen in history books? I get to see Machu Picchu on Saturday? 15 soles a night for the hostel? Adorable children running down the hills in their school uniforms? After tearing up at Extreme Makeover Home Edition while waiting for my room to be ready, I may end up crying of happiness. Lord knows I was ridiculously excited when I saw the Dunkin' Donuts in the Lima airport this morning. Hard to tell if the nausea I felt upon landing in Cusco was sugar overload or altitude sickness. There´s a reason I´ve been dreaming about coming to Perú since I was 13.

A week from today I will be somewhere between Miami and NYC. Yesterday I flew from Recife to Rio to Buenos Aires to Lima, and after arriving at midnight got back on a plane at 10:40 this morning. I counted today - by the time I return, I will have taken 14 buses, 11 plans, 2 boats, 1 ferry, countless city busses, and stayed in 11 hostels and 7 hotels. And who knows how many other places I´ll stay til I find a place to live in DC....I know for sure a hotel in Crystal City, my parents´house, Diana´s couch, and Lisa´s house.....

time to meet with a tour guidey person about plans for Machu Picchu on Saturday.

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