Did i mention how great the marriott hotel is?!!!! Thanks again mom and dad, matt and i really appreciated it!!! Because dad is a gold member we got our asses kissed!!! we got free late cheak out and all of our meals for free. So after two glorious days at the hotel we had to leave. However we did not realize how hard traveling around peru was, the bus rides are really long. So we decided to come to Arequipa which is the 2nd biggest city in peru. It is 16 hours away. Yes that is right we had to sit on a bus for 18 and a half hours. Matt was not impressed!!!! We got on the bus at 4:30 pm on dec 12 and arrived here at 10:30 am dec 13. ouch!!! Tommorw we will be going on a tour to what is called the colca canyon, it is 2 times as deep as the grand canyon. Here we will see alot of different towns. One big attreaction is the condors. They are the biggest bird in the world with a wing span of 12 ft. They are saposed to be great!!! There are also volcanos with hot springs so we will be able to go into those too.
Arequipa is like antigua for me except there are no gringos really at all, so my spanish is being put to the test! i am doing ok but it is very hard. Here there is saposed to be 300 days of sunshine a year, i know its great!!! whats the weather like at home????
sheila what are your phone numbers again? How is work and the house selling?
Jen where are you i havent herd from you in awhiel
Mom pls make sure mark is watering my plants, matt thinks he is going to kill them!
Dad(matts dad) HAPPY BIRTHDAY i tried calling but no one picked up i will try calling again
Ryan HAPPY BIRTHDAY(kathy and bud if he dosent read this pls let him know)
Mom and bud thanks for writting, keep reading the blog we will keep everyone up to date on our crazy adventures!!!
antie sherry, fernald and the kids, and crystal and bryant hello, having a great time! keep in contact. Tanny, amber where are my messages?
Let me tell you guys, the drivers out here are crazy. Sharing lanes, no signaling, no speed limits. On the way here on the bus ride from hell we were on like a cliff right beside the ocean and i swear he was going to drive us right off the cliff. So it is going to take some getting use to!!!
From here we are going to go to the city of puno there are some really cool jungle like towns and national parks that we are going to go to. The lake is called Titicaca, yep titicaca anyways it is saposed to be great!!! We will probley be in peru for christmas, but we dont really know yet. From here we are going to go to chile or bolivia we dont know! we will let you guys know
WEll we are off to see the historical sites of the city
Bye
Love
Karalynn and Matt