Down...

but not sure if its for the count.

Repeating over and over in my head...get up, get up, get up.

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Domestication

A five and half year reign at homelessness all came to an end two days ago. For the first time since Dec 2004 I paid rent this time in a fancy little apartment on the 21st floor of a high rise in Santiago, Chile. It feels good to be a little normal again and do things like make dinner at home or buy toilet paper or just have some place to actually call home. I understand that its all temporary and starting again mid may ill be back to being a homeless wanderer but for now I'm going to enjoy the status quo...my arch enemy.
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And sometimes life kicks you in the face...

Just when I thought I was untouchable. Just when I thought the gods smiled upon me like no other. Just when I thought I was gonna get out of Peru unscathed.
I thought wrong.
Sitting at the airport in Lima waiting to board my delayed flight to Santiago is the least of my problems right now. Let's recap the last two hours. I came to the airport with plenty of time to check in and pay my departure fee and say good bye to my friend before taking off to Stgo. Regretfully two minutes after I paid my departure fee I realized my wallet that I just used was either stolen or lost but either way long gone. None of the security or cops were willing to review the videos that were being filmed in the controlled area and no one turned my wallet in. I truly fucked up by first off having every single dollar or euro or soles I owned in my wallet along with both my credit and debit cards. Everything. The cardinal rule I normally always follow is to only keep some cash on me and just one card.
Why the fuck did I have it all?
My fucking bad.
And now it gets more confusing potentially really bad.
When I enter into Chile I have to pay a $131 fee that all Americans have to pay upon arrival. Since I no longer have a single dollar or credit card on me its going to make shit real difficult when I get there.
Luckily I have an Mexican in my life and hopefully she'll be at the airport waiting to save my day.

And now I just got called up to the agents desk and they moved me to business class to keep a family together where I was sitting.

Sometimes the gods smile just a little...let's hope it gets better and better.

And if anyone is curious the wallet contained about $400 and one NY identification card I really loved and my debit and credit card. Ugh.


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Last hours in Peru

Rolling on the Cruz del sur bus toward Lima my last day in Peru and its ending pretty poorly thus far. The bus has been painfully loud and my dream of a 180 degree recline seat never came became a reality. Oh well.

Ill have about 7 hours to kill in Lima before heading to the airport and my flight down to Santiago gets me in at the convenient time of 230 am. Am I really complaining about everything so far? Fuck me. Life is good. Maybe my 7 am wake up is messing up my pma.

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Waking up....

340 am wake up call from the mosquitoes that have decided my hands are tasty enough to eat is not my fantasy way to start the day. So I pulled the mosquito net over me that I should have been under to start with and ill type this little update and try to sleep another couple hours before my next wake up time of 715. Tomorrow ill do some little potentially lame tour of a few spots here in northern Peru and spend my last day in mancora before the long ass bus ride back to Lima. I made a quick change of plans and I am now flying back to Santiago, Chile on Saturday night. Not sure what's gonna happen from there but hopefully its worth the trip south to the colder and less fun city of Stgo.
The coast of Peru has treated me well to some beautiful sunsets especially in huancuco and a nice warm waves here in marcora. The food has been good throughout Peru and I'm gonna miss mangoes and devouring them before jumping into the ocean. But most important ill have my epic tan to keep as a reminder of my little Peruvian vacation.
Alright attempt at sleep number two.....
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Peruuuuuuuuu

Ah what to say about Peru. Its definitely not Argentina and I say that in a good and a bad way. It feels more like South America was suppose to feel in my head at least. Definitely a little more unknown than what I've experienced down here so far. One of the things I love about Peru so far is the food. Its actually delicious and there has been vegetarian restaurants in almost every city but more importantly I have been able to eat in a few regular restaurants and with help from my spanish speaking friend there has been no problems at all. I think if I was on my own and with my complete lack of spanish I'd be pretty fucked though.
Right now I'm on my last hour or so of a 4 hour bus ride to the north of Peru to a beach town called Mancora. It supposedly is the best beach in Peru which I hope means white sand and warm water. I'd like to stay here a few nights before beginning the 20 plus hour bus ride back down to Lima and than eventually to nazca and cusco to go be ultratourist and hopefully actually get into machu picchu.
My quick dislike list of Peru.....
No soap in the bathroom.
People don't really smile here.
Fucking annoying taxi and bus drivers.
Too expensive for shitty hotel rooms in shitty towns.
Holy crap people are fat and pretty unhealthy here.

And my love list....
Its fucking Peru and that's awesome.
Fruits are delicious and readily available here.
Veg food here is a million times better than everywhere else so far.
The sunsets on the pacific are epic.
People may stare and be unfriendly but I don't feel threatened.
I know its only gonna get better.


Alright enough blogging. I don't know why I bother since I hate the idea of anyone actually reading this.

From Peru with love....
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muy muy bien

just finished up a 8 day stretch hanging with my new friend and amazing travel partner Betty the stupid Mexican. She is not actually stupid but a great girl and she definitely made iguazu and Argentina even more excellent than it is. I'm back in buenos aires alone now though and she is on her way back to Santiago, Chile to study and be bored because that place is not bumping.
I have 3 nights of sleep left in BA before I begin my Peruvian go at round 2. I'm excited for the fruit and to hopefully see machu pichu and maybe even the amazon there. I'd also love to study Spanish for at least a couple of weeks but we'll see how lazy I'm gonna be and how long I can stay in one place. I've officially decided to skip Ecuador unless I get the last minute call from Chad telling me there is a chance for any sea shepherds action.

Alright its time to get off the bus and back to the streets.

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