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The Long and Winding Road
It would be a long time from the "end" of our travel until we were truly settled back at home. Just to get from Lima to Raleigh it took us two days. This video details our triumphant return to the US.
The Road Home
At 8 AM we left our hostel in Cusco to begin our journey back to the United States. We would fly from Cusco to Lima, kill the better part of 12 hours in Lima then return to the airport to fly to Miami, then to Raleigh.
Cusco V. Lima Futbol
Randomly we were informed of a soccer game by a cab driver. We had gone out to the airport to change out outbound tickets and were on our way back to our hostel. The cab driver was talking to Adrial so fast that none of us could piece a single coherent word together. After about five minutes of jabbering at us Adrial finally figured out there was a futbol game that after noon at the local stadium. We called up our friend Luis and he said he was already planning on going with his son Rumi and his girlfriend. He agreed to meet us at our hostel before the game.
Lima Days
We spent three days in Lima. I am not a huge fans of giant cities, but we ended up having a great time there. Jammie and I arrived the day before Adrial and we were all leaving together for Cusco on the 5th so we had to make the most of our short time.
Happy Birthday
At our hostel (the best hostel in town) we returned from our walk around town to find a birthday cake for Jammie. Our hostel owner had gotten a birthday cake complete with a question mark candle and her name written in frosting. Pisco sours began flowing like water and a multilingual happy birthday singing fiesta ensued.
Dinner Negotiations
Walking through Lima we were accosted by a growing number of hawkers attempting to get us into their various restaurants. Their pitches involved their food, music and how many free drinks they would give us. Eventually we settled on one restaurants with the best looking combo of menu items, price and two free drinks each!
