Peru trip Day 3

 

Peru Trip Day 3

 

The day that started Thursday

seemed to never end.

Arrived in Lima 525 AM.

Mike the missionary met us there in Lima.

We ate an early lunch and met a woman from Iquitos.

She was an artist and a cultural dancer.

One of our ladies spokes Spanish to her.

She was sweet and gave us hugs

and a kiss on the cheek before she left.

 

We arrived as Peruvians readied for Independence Day.

Indigenous dancers entertained us

while we stood in a long line.

The “special needs” line went ahead of us,

but they weren’t all special needs.

If we had to stand any longer,

we’d become those with “special needs.”

 

I tried to think

“And that’s just the way I like it,”

but there’s a difference

between a positive attitude

and stupidity.

After three hours,

we finally made it through.

 

Arrived in Iquitos which was sauna-like.

We were blessed to have AC at the hotel.

Small room with 2 single beds.

Mike said to not flush toilet paper! Eeks.

 

Iquitos a mixture of old and run down and new.

Lots of motorcycles and the continual buzz of mototaxis,

with lots of horn honking.

 

Roommate and I tried to figure out adaptors,

but ran out of time.

 

Walked quite a ways

to get a great Chinese meal,

but a lot of leftovers wasted.

Butterscotch ice cream and murals.

Jerry showed me his daughter’s art.

 

Orientation meeting that I couldn’t hear well

It was getting late.

After thirty-some hours of traveling

and all that walking,

I just wanted to go to bed.

First, we got gadgets charging.

It turned out,

we didn’t need adapters.