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Hey all!


I would just like to say that in the jungle, i was not one of the 2 that were too afraid to shower. I showered, and wimpered.

Currently in La Paz, Bolivia. I do not feel comfortable wearing my Peru hat anymore. Apparently stomach problems are contagious.

Though I avoided sleeping in a double bed with Alice L in the jungle (we switched rooms with one of the older couples... do not know why out of all of the tour group, we were the only ones with the double bed vs two single beds in our lodge), I was forced to sleep with her in a single bed last night. With one pillow. It is interesting to see how things unfold sometimes... but I would have much rather slept in my own bed... except someone was already there.

Anyway, today is the Canadian couple's last day with us, and I am sad. They are so cool!!!! We taught them the use of the expression "itis" and they taught us the expression "shart". They are lots of fun. Yesterday us "chinas", our tour guide, the boys, and the Canadian couple decided to go out at night after the group dinner to send them off or say goodbye in style... apparently "style" involved extremely explicit pornographic videos that accompanied our karaoke lyrics. I will never think of "Hey Jude" in the same way every again. Frat boy from France had his eyes glued to the screen and his mouth open the whole time. We'll blame our inability to sing properly due to the ridiculous music video. ;) Oh, and as you'd have it, the karaoke bar was connected to a Chinese restaurant. We tried to go clubbing afterwards but most of the clubs in La Paz that we found had weirdo music, or lack of people, or a few weirdo people. We ended up going into some place with nutso tribal music and less space than a Hong Kong subway. Needless to stay, nobody stayed long.

Oh yeah, we got more taste of celebrity when some randoms tried to sneak pictures of us Asian looking kids in the ice cream store. Wonder how many more.

Other random points:

In Puno, they must teach their kids random facts about the countries that they get tourists from. Some random little girl tried to sell us alpaca hats by naming the last three prime ministers of Canada and our capital. I was really impressed, but I am not a sucker for alpaca gear like AliceT.

If one member of the tour group gets sick with something, more than half of the others will get it too... did you know that stomach problems can be contagious too??

Alpaca meat tastes like pork, and llama meat tastes like tough beef.

Anyway, off to the goodbye breakfast at a pub for the Canadians and another traveller.

Clubbing was free in Cuzco. As in, the drinks are free. Just walk around town and collect those cards they give out. FREE! Hence drunk AliceL. I wish i went.

Cheers!

Adrienne