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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.
Surviving Miami Beach Part 1
We begin our South American tour in Miami, about as close to South America as you can get in the U.S. We arrived by train then an hour plus bus ride to our south beach hostel. The bus dropped us off like 12 blocks from our hostel so we had our first walking with our heavy packs experience. Hot, humid, sticky, rainy weather and heavy packs are not a good combo.
We can see Jazz Hostel at South beach about a block away because of the huge Monster (energy drink) truck parked outside as well as the crowds of people spilling onto the street and the loud dance party music.
How a 90 minute flight can become a 13 hour trip from hell
We left Ken and Su's house at 7 am on Friday morning to catch a 9:30 flight and Raleigh-Durham Airport. About 30 minutes before the flight the loud speaker informed us that due to weather at our destination - Legaurdia - the flight was canceled. Needless to say it quickly became a madhouse as all of our fellow passengers and ourselves scrambled to get seats on other flights. Due to the supposedly bad weather in New York many flights were being canceled and the rest were filling up rapidly. We managed to get seats on a 1:45 flight connecting through Washington, D.C.
