Peru - Trujillo

On the move again.

We´ve cruised through three towns in as many days, taking advantage of night buses or short rides. Let´s see. There was the small, quiet Piura where the locals are nothing but old men by day and young girls by night. Crossing the border into Peru, and getting closer to the coast, the climate has warmed and dried up, also our eleveation has lowered significantly.

Then we were in Chiclayo long enough to see what the town itself had to offer. Spent a night, though a tourist would have a much better time for several days as there are a number of incredible pre-colombian ruins surrounding the town described as the south American Egypt, which we missed, but we´re travellers, not tourists.

From there we´ve made it to Trujillo, which is right on the coast and warm like May in Arizona and the town is clean, cheap and people seem friendly enough. Summer is just starting here, so this is going to turn out to be the never ending summer as we´ve had great weather most of the trip, save Ecuador.

As for my illness, I feel back to normal. The infection in the throat cleared, my sinuses are draining and I can hear normally and I am feeling like my chipper self again. I´ll keep in mind your tragic strep story, but I´m hoping for the best. We´ll be in Lima on Monday, and from there I can look up doctors that the insurance covers and I´ll keep a close account of my symptoms or lack there of. Fortunately, it never went into my lungs, which, as you well know, are more sensitive.

Speaking of lungs, I´ve only use one of my ten or so inhalers, which is good thing. Oh, Scott and I are going to probably send a package home from Lima, a few things we will not longer need, or didn´t need in the first place. Somewhere along the way, the tiger tail Clair gave me got ripped off, either by accident or intentionally, but I know it made it to Costa Rica. I miss it.

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Our scam of Withdrawing as a Cash advance using Visa in the banks still works, saving us $3 every time. Financially, I´m better of than anticipated, but still keeping a tight budget. We´ll be able to save some money in Lima staying with Scott´s friends.

Any updates? Any community news. National? are we going to war yet? hopefully not? perhaps Bush resigned? Not much else going on here. Haven´t changed shirt or pants in two weeks, you can hardly tell by looking, but smelling... hee. hee.