Last Leg

Holy Hannah! It's been quite a ride this last week. I haven't had a ton of time to sit down at the computer, hence my lack of blogging. Since I last updated you, we visit some ruins up in the moutains, saw the largest market in Peru, traveled to Machu Picchu, got a wicked bad sunburn over my face, arms, and neck, bought heaps of souvenirs, took another 21 hour bus ride back to Lima, and Montezuma had his revenge on me.

This pictures from this trip have been spectacular. They will follow in the near future.

We managed to not get robbed at all this week, at least not stolen from, though some of the prices for things seemed like robbery.

I used up most of a bottle of aloe on my sunburns in 2 days because they were so nasty. We weren't counting on it being sunny at Machu Picchu so we didn't bring sunscreen. Between the intense sun that DID show up that day and what I assume to be thin atmosphere at 10,000 feet of altitude, my arms, hands, neck, and face ended up swollen and red from the burn. The swelling has since then gone down, along with much of the redness, but my nose already feels beef jerky and my forehead and neck will look leperous by tomorrow.

Tomorrow at midnight we fly out. It's been an amazing ride. I'll fill in more details later, but we feel really lucky to have seen so much and done so without serious accident or incident.