My Peruvian Adventures: Day 2: Sunday January 22nd

I woke up at 6am, even though my alarm was set for 8, call my parents, got ready, then fell back asleep. I woke up at 9:00am then went down for the complimentary breakfast. It was amazing, an array of meats, cheeses, and rolls; pancakes, sausages, bacon, potatos, orange juice, coffee, etc. Then I checked out and procured a ‘taxi’, but actually it was more of a really nice towncar that took me downtown Lima to the bus station. I was surprised by what I saw because whenever I've seen pictures of Lima in my Spanish books or on tv it looks so beautiful. But what I saw was poverty and dilapidated buildings that were people’s homes. I thought, if this is what Lima, the capital city looks like, then I’m in for quite a surprise when I get to Pisco.

Once I arrived at the bus station I bought my bus ticket and waited in a little glass room with other passengers for about 15 minutes while our bus was being fueled and cleaned. We boarded the bus, and had assigned seats, which I lucked out and got an isle, because if I would’ve had a window seat, My knees wouldn’t have fit. So I read about half of my book on the four hour bus ride, and watched True Grit, with Spanish dubbing and subtitles. The bus ride was quite a site. Most of what I saw out the window was sand, then the occasional 'town' of tin 'houses' if you can even call them that.

Once in PIsco, I found a taxi driver, at least I think he was a taxi driver, his car was just a normal car… But he was nice and spoke English so I told him to take me to Pisco Sin Fronteras, then gave him the address, but everyone is Pisco knows where PSF is, so he drove me there and waited until someone came to let me in.

I knocked on the bright blue gate and was let in by Madi. She told me that mostly everyone was away today, but gave me a tour of everything even though she's only been here a week. I sat down and chilled while slowly more and more volunteers arrived. As I introduced myself, everyone is so friendly and welcoming and I already know that I am going to make lasting friends and a forever home here.

Now, I am all settled in my room. I have a top bunk and I share a room with three very nice british girls. We even have our own bathroom! Hopefully my suitcase with most of my clothes comes soon, because I only have two shirts...

The hotel in Lima.