KFC

To bed at midnight, still awake at 2am. Woken by the garbos between then and 350am wake up. Still wonderingwhen the holiday starts.

On the bus to the airport, onto the plane and in the air by 620am to Puno at 3820 metres above sea level. Its going to be interesting to see if the altitude tablets work. Thanks ebay.

One girl from the group was sick 2 minutes after landing. Its a weird feeling but I first noticed when I carried me luggage up the stairs. As my heart leat out of my chest I could only think ahead to the 3 day trek. Maybe the stairs will be harder than the walk. I think i'm operating on 5 hours sleep since Sydney so not thinking too clear at the moment.

Now our appetite was going to drop due to altitude so of course we head out to a huge lunch. I had soup which was a meal in itself followed by an alpaka dish. 

The afternoon was free so we walked up to a lookout to test out the lungs. Its not easy without air. Coming down i slipped and put my hand on A roof, covered with cactus. Chalk up another holiday cactus incident. It only rates a 3 compared to Annettes perect 10 in Arizona with the jumping cactus.

So back to our hotel we wandered by way of the local eqivalent of K mart. Tomorrow we are doing a home stay and we are advised to take them some fruit and veggies. Made it back by 4 and caught up on a few hours sleep, so of course woke up feeling worse than before. 

And so to dinner where we saw traditional music and dancers. That is where I had my first KFC of the trip. In Peru the C stands for cuy which pretty much translates to Guinea Pig. Sitting in its entirity on the plate less tail I just ripped it apart and ate. Sort of  a cross between chicken, duck and fish. It came with potatoes. In peru, everything does. Back to the room, more repacking for our homestay adventure and to bed before midnight.