An explanation & Arriving in Lima

I've decided to transfer all the blogging I've done in my group blog to my regular blog so that everyone can see what I've been up to, so althought these will appear to be written on the same date, they are from different dates.

Thursday, June 7, 2007
I am the big spoon... For anyone who has met my "amiguito" that probably conjures up a funny image-- 5'1" me wrapped around a 6'1" body. But I am the big spoon and it works for us.
Last night, after arriving my hostel in the big, dirty city of Lima at around 1 a.m. (so actually, this morning). I tried to wrap myself around a little stuffed mycobacterium (www.giantmicrobes.com if you need a reference), I tried to wrap myself around myself, I tried to wrap myself up in the sheets, but it wasn't working. For the longest time I lay awake in bed hearing the random cars drive by. When I finally drifted off to sleep it was a fitful sleep, I'd wake up every so often, switch sides and go back to sleep again, until the knock on our door at 9 in the morning that meant breakfast was here.It's morning now, not much brighter in the southern hemisphere winter time, but I'm a little more excited. In a few minutes Omar will pick us up so that we can go meet Silvia, our local contact person here and we can figure out what we will be doing over the next few weeks. So far the few people I've met have been nice and helpful and at least I speak the language this time around. So, maybe tonight I will try wrapping myself around a pillow, who knows... I'm sure I'll figure it out.