Lima Adventues Begin

The last few days after project were quite emotional. It was difficult to say final goodbyes to all of the volunteers and my group leaders. A few people had earlier flights out of Guyana and we were in such a rush that I never got a chance to say a proper goodbye to Pauline, Erin, and Jaclyn. Some of the community members that we met in Parika came out to Georgetown to spend our last few days together. That meant a lot to see a couple of the guys we became close with take the bus out to meet us and say goodbye.

After a 5 hour layover in Trinidad, then an hour in Panama, I arrived in Lima around 1am and had no problems finding Andy (my traveling companion from Statistics Canada). He managed to make friends with a girl on the plane from Toronto who arranged for her brother to give us a lift to our hostel.

Today was my first day officially off project in South America as a traveller. I must say that I throughly enjoyed the HOT standing shower and the warm bed with a real pillow! It was also nice to share a room with only one person instead of 10 :-).

While Andy and I sat on the rooftop of our hostel planning the rest of our trip, we made friends with a couple of guys from England who`ve been traveling for a few months now. We went with them down to the waterfront for lunch (my first experience at a Hooters restaurant) and played at the beach for awhile. Now we are back to booking rooms for the rest of our adventure.

That´s all for now. Thanks for the postcards from T.O.!! They made me smile :).

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