BEFORE DAWN 5:00 AM BREAKFAST 6:00 AM CANOEING DOWN THE ANGUNA CREEK PONCHOS AND WELLIES WARDING OFF THE LIGHT RAIN SEEING EARLY MORNING JUNGLE TIME WE WERE REWARDED MONKEYS AND VARIOUS BIRDS. TWO HOURS LATER WE SWITCHED TO COVERED CANOE CANOE FOR THE 2+ HOURS TRIP UP THE RIO NAPO TO COCA WHERE WE CAUGHT OUR FLIGHT TO QUITO AFTER A TWO HOUR DELAY DURING WHICH WE WATCHED URAGUAY BEAT GHANA AT "DENNY'S".
AFTER A LONG DAY IN QUITO AIRPORT, WE ARRIVED AT BARRANCO BED AND BREAKFAST AT 11PM, ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF LIMA ON THE WEST COAST OF PERU. EXHAUSTED WE OPENED OUR ROOM DOOR TO FIND A WONDERFUL BOTTLE OF WINE AND BOX OF CHOCOLATE TRUFFLES AND CARDS THAT BJ, LUCY, MARK, AND CARMEN HAD SOMEHOW MANAGED TO HAVE DELIVERED TO LIMA! WE WERE INSTANTLY OVERWHELMED AND REJUVENATED. UNFORTUNATELY SCOTT AND EMILY'S CARDS DID NOT ARRIVE, LOST IN PERU!
WE ENDEAVOURED TO HAVE A LIE-IN WEDNESDAY MORNING BUT WERE EXCITED TO SEE LIMA. WE WALKED ALONG THE CLIFFS, WITH A FOGGY VIEW OF THE PACIFIC, TO A LOCAL MARKET WERE THE SHOPPING PHASE OF OUR TRIP STARTED.
FOR THE AFTERNOON WE VENTURED INTO THE CITY AND TAKING THE DREADED THREE HOUR TOURIST BUS TOUR SINCE WE ONLY HAD ONE DAY TO SEE LIMA.
