Good news! Between this paragraph and the last, we managed to find wifi at a Starbucks. Hooray! So we are sitting here waiting for our ride to take us to to the hostel where we will hopefully have wifi (supposedly we do; fingers crossed). I won't be posting this until we get there.
The flight wasn't too bad. It was a little cramped and there was no vegetarian meal so I kind of starved a little on the plane, but hey, it is what it is! The thing I feared most when preparing to leave for Peru was actually the flight there. I was already nervous about who I'd be sitting next to, and when I went to check myself in, I only got more nervous. The screen told me that my flight was not direct and that I had a layover in Texas. Noooo!! Needless to say, I panicked, but it all worked out and I ended up on the right flight. It seems pretty silly I guess to worry about your neighbors on the plane, especially after my layover scare, but with an almost eight hour flight, the people in my row could really affect the trip there. Luckily I picked out a window seat when booking my flight (phew) and Alex and Sydney were sitting right in front of me. I got even luckier when a girl came and sat down next to me, asked if I was also going on the MEDLIFE trip, and proceeded to introduce herself. She was coming to Peru with a bunch of kids from UDel, where she goes to school. Her one friend was in our row and three of her other girl friends sat in the row behind us. Overall, not a bad flight; it actually went by pretty fast.
We are currently on our way to the hostel. It's 2am! The windows are open on the bus and I can smell the beach. The weather is beautiful here, but I guess that's to be expected since it is summer and all. I can't see much of the scenery since its dark out, but it all seems pretty nice. It's really mountainous in case you didn't know and were wondering.
This is a pretty bumpy bus ride, and I honestly cannot wait to just hop into a real bed and sleep. We have no definite plans tomorrow except some tourist-y explorations of the town we're staying in and rest to rejuvenate from all this travel. A 7 and a half hour flight in combination with a solid 3+ hour wait at the airport really can tucker a kid out!
With that I'm going to end this post, and hopefully I will be able to update you on what Peru is really like tomorrow! Thank you for your support and very many well wishes; it is all very appreciated. Good night everyone!
*It ended up being way longer than an hour and a half.. it's okay. We made it here safely! Finally time for bed, and yes, yes it is 4am.
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