Finally In Peru!!!

I started off my trip at San Francisco International Airport at about 7:30am and eventually flew out to LAX at 9:20am. Once I got to LAX I met up with other people that were talking the same flight to Lima and we hung out at LAX for a while. Our flight to Lima was supposed to leave at 1:20 but after busing us to the plane and then getting us on the plane they told us we had to get off and await further instructions (I never actually found out what the problem was). So, we did not actually leave LAX until about 6:15. International flights are quite festive. I watched a couple movies, the food was not too bad and had a row to myself and a window seat. Seeing the sunset as we passed over Baja, Mexico was priceless. I probably did not get as much sleep as I should have but I just took a nap for a couple hours and am feeling much better. So, after getting to Lima I had to reschedule my connecting flight to Cuzco because my original connection was at 4am and we did not arrive at Lima until 4:15. I made it off on a flight to Cuzco at 6:10 Lima time, which is three hours ahead of California just like the east coast. It was a cloudy flight so I missed getting to see the snow capped peaks that I had hoped for, I will probably catch them on my way back up to Lima in July. After arriving at Cuzco Airport I was picked up and met with the other people in the group. After chatting a while we made the taxi ride up to our hotel which is about two blocks from the main square. It is a really nice place and has really warm sheets. Cuzco is an amazing city with colonial architecture mixed with its Incan heritage. I will be staying in Cuzco until the 27th of May when I will be moving onto Puno and eventually Chijnaya. Hopefully next time I will have some pictures or something to show for my adventures. So far things are going fantastically, the people are great and it should be a great trip. I hope to get to tour some of Cuzco today with its amazing cathedral and other architecture. It is a little chilly here in Cuzco but I will adjust. I have not been feeling much of the effects of the altitude yet, we are currently at about 10,500 feet but will be getting higher up next week. The trip has already proven a great test for my spanish as manuevering through airports is much easier, especially the ones in Peru, if you know spanish. It also helps with the flight attendents on my international flights who typically speak Spanish, although know English. Everyone is going to try to make arrangements to visit Macchu Picchu so I will have to update you all on whether or not I will be going. I hope everyone is well and I send my best wishes to you all on a great summer.