Just a quick note to say I arrived safely in Lima this morning...not without much ado. There were 4-5 planes that landed at midnight at the Jorge Chavez Int'l Airport and the line was over 2 hours to get through immigration...loco (crazy) as they say here. The Peruvians where upset at their own gov't and were shouting 'que verguenza' (what shame) to the immigration officials. It was fine, though, and I chatted with many people in line, both Peruvians coming home for the holidays, Americans (from WA state) coming to visit their daughter on a year abroad, and a cute Chinese family from Capistrano Beach, on holiday in Peru! So got in line at 12:45am 12/19, then got through immigration at 2:45am, then grabbed my bag and some soles from the ATM and hightailed it out of the aeropuerto...then got a taxi to the Valdivieso house in San Isidro (my good friend Veronica's parents live here, now). Thank goodness Juan Pablo, Veronica's brother and good friend of mine, stayed up to welcome me here at 3:15am.
Well, I am off to chat with Luis Valdivieso now, (um, check him out, major player in Peruvian economics) and then to hit Lima with Juan Pablo and his 2nd cousin (well, his grandmother's cousin or something like that). Ha! More later.
Besos
Miss Michele
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Glad to hear you made it safe and sound.
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